Bulk Instagram Profile Scraper

No. That is the main difference from a browser extension. The read happens on our servers against the public profile page that Instagram serves to logged-out visitors, so no Instagram account is involved on either side — not yours, and not a burner. You only need a free InsightSocial account so the results have somewhere to land.

Your account is never used, so there is nothing of yours for Instagram to act against — no login, no session, no requests from your browser. This is why the bulk reader exists alongside the Chrome extension: the extension works through your own logged-in session, which is the right tool when you need data only a logged-in view shows, and the wrong one when you just have a list of handles.

Not directly. The public profile page does not carry the email or phone that a business account lists in its contact button — that field simply is not in what Instagram serves logged out. What it does carry is every link in the bio, which is where most creators and businesses actually publish their contact page. Run enrichment on those links from the results page and it visits each one — Linktree, Beacons, a personal site — and pulls the emails, phone numbers, and social handles published there.

Up to 2,000 handles in a single upload. The free plan reads 1,000 accounts per month and Pro reads 30,000 — a ceiling most people never notice, since it sits well above what either plan can export. Accounts served from the 24-hour cache do not count against it.

Reading is free. You are charged only when you export, at one export credit per row, and each row is charged once ever — re-exporting a profile you already paid for is free, even months later in a different list. Free includes 500 export credits a month. Pro is 10,000 a month, from $7.99 billed yearly or $9.99 month to month.

Yes, for the profile itself. A private account still returns its bio, follower and following counts, bio links, and verified badge — everything except the posts. The results table flags which accounts are private so you can filter them out.

Nothing breaks and the run continues. Each handle gets a verdict, and the summary shows how many came back, how many no longer exist, and how many Instagram declines to serve anonymously — a small share of large accounts, usually verified ones. You see the shortfall rather than a silently short table.

The extension works on the page in front of you, through your own logged-in session — it is what you want for followers lists, hashtag results, comments, and anything that needs a login. The bulk reader starts from a list of handles you already have and needs no login and no install. Most people use both: find the accounts with the extension, then re-read that list here later to refresh the numbers.