# Instagram API

The API silo. One guide covers Meta's official Instagram API, and each page here answers one question about it: hashtag limits, API or scraper, the best scrapers and the Ad Library.

**5** Guides

**5** Scrapers covered

**16 October 2026** Last updated

[![Cover card reading 'Instagram API in 2026: Graph API and Alternatives'](/blog/covers/instagram-api-guide.png)Instagram API ### Instagram API in 2026: Graph API and Alternatives What Instagram's official API can and can't do after the Basic Display shutdown, its login types and limits, and scraper alternatives. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-api/instagram-api-guide/)

[![Cover card reading 'Best Instagram Scrapers in 2026, Compared'](/blog/covers/best-instagram-scrapers.png)Instagram API ### Best Instagram Scrapers in 2026, Compared Compare Instagram scrapers and APIs by pricing model, cost per 100,000 posts, coverage and limits, and pick the right one. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-api/best-instagram-scrapers/)

[![Cover card reading 'Instagram Graph API Limits: Hashtags and Discovery'](/blog/covers/graph-api-limits.png)Instagram API ### Instagram Graph API Limits: Hashtags and Discovery Instagram Graph API Hashtag Search limits, rate limits for Business Discovery, login requirements, and options when you hit them. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 2 min](/blog/instagram-api/graph-api-limits/)

[![Cover card reading 'Instagram API vs Instagram Scraper: Which to Use'](/blog/covers/instagram-api-vs-scraper.png)Instagram API ### Instagram API vs Instagram Scraper: Which to Use Compare Instagram's official API with a scraper on access, data, hashtag limits, cost and risk, with a decision table for 7 jobs. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-api/api-vs-scraper/)

[![Cover card reading 'How to Find Instagram Ads in the Meta Ad Library'](/blog/covers/meta-ad-library.png)Instagram API ### How to Find Instagram Ads in the Meta Ad Library Search the Meta Ad Library for Instagram ads, see what it shows and how long ads stay, and what the Ad Library API covers. ![apidojo](/blog/authors/apidojo.png)Apidojo16 October 2026 3 min](/blog/instagram-api/meta-ad-library/)

## The scrapers behind this

-   [Instagram Scraper Posts and reels from profiles, hashtags, locations and audio URLs; 100–200 posts/sec $0.50 / 1K posts](/scrapers/instagram-scraper/)
-   [Instagram Profile Scraper Profiles, followers, following and public emails; 40 profiles free per search $0.01 / profile + $0.50 / 1K](/scrapers/instagram-user-scraper/)
-   [Instagram Hashtag Scraper Top posts and reels for any hashtag; 60 items free per hashtag $0.016 / hashtag + $0.40 / 1K](/scrapers/instagram-hashtag-scraper/)
-   [Instagram Location Scraper Posts from any Instagram location page; 100–200 posts/sec $0.50 / 1K posts](/scrapers/instagram-location-scraper/)
-   [Instagram Comments Scraper API Comments and replies with user data; 15 comments free per post $0.0075 / post + $0.50 / 1K](/scrapers/instagram-comments-scraper-api/)