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Million Instagram Comments Scraped: Apify's Hack Cracks Meta's Vault

Meta locks away Instagram comments like state secrets. Apify's scraper busts in, delivering a million at dirt-cheap rates— but don't get too cozy.

James Kowalski 📅 Apr 03, 2026 ⏱️ 3 min read 👁️ 0 views

⚡ Key Takeaways

Apify's Instagram comments scraper pulls structured data at $0.50/1k—beats API limits.
Ideal for sentiment, leads, influencers—but TOS risks loom.
Nested replies, multilingual text: NLP dream fuel, till Meta cracks down.

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Originally reported by dev.to