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Social Media Scraping API

Instagram Comments API for Academic Researchers

Collect large-scale social media data for academic research, sentiment analysis, and behavioral studies.

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https://api.socialkit.dev/instagram/comments?url=instagram.com/reel/DRU4smMj0cu/
AI Summary
+transcript

Video discusses upcoming social media trends including AI-generated content...

• Full transcript available
Engagement
+15 metrics
94%
Rate
8.2
Score
• Views, likes, comments...
Topics
+keywords
AI ContentTrendsMarketing...
• Sentiment, entities...
Ziv ErlichsonFounder at Plynn

"It was very easy to set up and get going, and support was superb."

Ziv Erlichson, Founder at Plynn

Thomas PuechDesigner

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How It Works

Start extracting insights from Social Media Videos in minutes, and save days of development.

01

Get Your Access Key

Sign up and get your API key instantly - no sales calls, no complex onboarding.

02

Send Your First Request

Call our Social Media API with any YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook URL.

03

Extract Insights at Scale

Get video summaries, transcripts, engagement metrics, and more.

Features Built for Instagram Comments API Researchers

Specialized capabilities designed specifically for researchers workflows and use cases.

Author & Engagement Data

Retrieve detailed author information including username, full name, profile picture URL, and verification status alongside comment text, likes, and reply counts.

Real-time Extraction

Access up-to-date Instagram comments with timestamps and creation dates for time-based analysis, trend monitoring, and live audience tracking.

Structured Output

Receive normalized comment objects with consistent field names for easy integration into your analytics, moderation, or sentiment pipelines.

Cursor Pagination

Walk entire comment threads on viral posts using cursor-based pagination. Pass the cursor from any response back to retrieve the next batch reliably.

Sentiment Analysis Ready

Pre-formatted data perfect for feeding into OpenAI, Claude, or your own NLP pipelines for sentiment scoring, topic modeling, and theme extraction.

Audience Insights

Understand audience engagement patterns, identify top commenters, and surface trending themes across Instagram posts and reels.

How It Works

Step-by-step workflow to get started

1

Define research questions and data needs

2

Collect transcripts, comments, and engagement data

3

Export to CSV for analysis in R or Python

4

Run statistical analysis and NLP models

5

Publish reproducible research with clear methodology

Why Teams Choose Us

We solve real problems faced by teams every day

Common Challenges

  • Accessing large-scale social media datasets
  • Ensuring research reproducibility
  • IRB approval for ethical data collection
  • Processing unstructured social media content

How We Help

Access structured social media data at scale for academic research. Collect transcripts, engagement metrics, and comments with timestamped data perfect for longitudinal studies and reproducible research.

Popular Use Cases

See how teams are using this API in production

Audience Sentiment Tracking

Monitor how audiences react to your Instagram content. Identify positive feedback, concerns, and common questions across posts and reels at scale.

Brands track comment sentiment on product launches, measuring reception and identifying talking points for future content campaigns.

Influencer Verification

Verify the authenticity of influencer engagement by analyzing comment quality, language patterns, and audience composition before partnerships.

Marketing teams analyze comment authenticity on potential influencer reels, comparing engagement quality to follower counts before campaign sign-off.

Community Insights

Understand your audience by analyzing their comments, questions, and conversations across your Instagram content.

Creators analyze comment patterns to understand audience demographics, interests, and pain points, tailoring future reel and post content accordingly.

Competitor Analysis

Read competitor Instagram comments to understand audience reactions, identify gaps in their messaging, and find opportunities.

E-commerce brands analyze competitor product reel comments, finding common complaints to highlight in their own marketing.

Our Social Media APIs

Comprehensive social media analysis APIs for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook content.

TikTok

Instagram Reels

Facebook

Video Files

Integrate with Your Favorite No-Code Platform

Use Zapier, Make, n8n or any other no-code platform using our native connection or by using the access token.

Frequently Asked Questions

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https://api.socialkit.dev/instagram/comments?url=instagram.com/reel/DRU4smMj0cu/
AI Summary
+transcript

Video discusses upcoming social media trends including AI-generated content...

• Full transcript available
Engagement
+15 metrics
94%
Rate
8.2
Score
• Views, likes, comments...
Topics
+keywords
AI ContentTrendsMarketing...
• Sentiment, entities...