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"It was very easy to set up and get going, and support was superb."
Ziv Erlichson, Founder at Plynn
"Quick, caring and efficient support!"
Thomas Puech, Designer
"Easy to connect - work's smooth and properly!"
Robert Podsiadlo, Founder at PrimeStuff
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// Search Instagram reels by keyword
const url = "https://api.socialkit.dev/instagram/reels-search"
+ "?query=cats"
+ "&page=1"
+ "&access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY";
const response = await fetch(url);
const { data } = await response.json();
// data.items[] => [{ shortcode, views, caption, author, thumbnailUrl, ... }]
data.items.forEach(reel => {
console.log(`${reel.views.toLocaleString()} views — ${reel.url}`);
console.log(` by @${reel.author.username}: ${reel.caption.slice(0, 80)}`);
});
// Hashtags work too — pass "#dogs" or "%23dogs"
// Pagination: pass page=2 to get the second 12 reels (max 2 pages)Specialized capabilities designed specifically for content marketers workflows and use cases.
Step-by-step workflow to get started
Find high-performing videos in your niche
Extract summaries and key topics
Analyze engagement patterns
Identify content gaps and opportunities
Create data-backed content briefs
We solve real problems faced by teams every day
Get Reel analytics that Instagram doesn't provide. Track competitor performance and viral patterns. Measure influencer campaigns with real engagement data.
See how teams are using this API in production
Find high-performing videos in your niche, analyze what makes them successful, and generate content ideas backed by data instead of guesswork.
A YouTube content strategist analyzes 200+ competitor videos monthly to identify trending topics and formats, then creates data-backed content briefs for their team.
Track what your competitors are publishing, what performs best, and identify content gaps you can fill to capture audience attention.
A B2B content team monitors 15 competitor channels, extracting engagement metrics to understand which topics and formats resonate most with their target audience.
Identify trending topics and viral content patterns before they saturate. Get first-mover advantage on emerging trends.
A news blog uses the API to spot trending video topics 24 hours before mainstream coverage, consistently publishing content ahead of competitors.
Understand what your audience loves, hates, and wants more of by analyzing engagement patterns and comment sentiment.
A brand team tracks audience reactions to different content types, identifying that tutorial videos get 3x more engagement than product showcases.
An Instagram Reels Search API is a REST endpoint that searches Instagram for reels matching a keyword or hashtag and returns them as structured JSON. You pass a query, the API returns up to 24 reels with shortcodes, captions, view counts, thumbnails, and author details.
SocialKit's Reels Search API works without any Instagram account, cookies, or proxy setup. It hits Instagram's public popular-search render through an automated browser session, parses the inline JSON Instagram ships in the SSR, and returns it as clean JSON to your code.
Manual reel discovery doesn't scale. Content teams, agencies, and analytics platforms need to monitor dozens of keywords across niches to spot trends, surface creators, and inform content strategy. Browsing Instagram by hand and screenshotting top reels is a non-starter for any team operating at scale.
The Reels Search API replaces that with a single REST call per keyword. Pass cats, get the top 12 cat reels right now. Pass #cooking, get the top 12 cooking reels. Pipe the results into Make, Zapier, Airtable, or your own backend and build trend dashboards, creator databases, or alert systems on top.
Want to test it manually first? Use the free Instagram reels search tool to run a search in your browser and inspect the response shape.
Each call returns up to 12 reels. Pass page=2 to get the next 12. Instagram caps anonymous popular-search results at ~24 reels per query, so page is bounded to 2.
If you need more depth per query, the workaround is to search related keywords. The popular-search page itself surfaces 30 related-keyword suggestions per query — those are good leads for adjacent searches that will return another 24 reels each.
Results are cached for 30 minutes per query — a cold call takes ~10–15s while we render the page; subsequent calls return in under 2s.
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