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title: "Instagram"
description: "Public Instagram posts and reels with your keyword in the caption or hashtag. No Instagram login needed."
canonical: https://docs.rumoro.dev/platforms/instagram
markdown: https://docs.rumoro.dev/platforms/instagram.mdx
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# Instagram

Public Instagram posts and reels with your keyword in the caption or hashtag. No Instagram login needed.

Instagram's search shows popular posts, not new ones. So Rumoro uses two routes. It finds captions through public web search, up to twice a day. For a one-word keyword it also reads every new post under that hashtag. You don't need an Instagram login.

| `platform` | `instagram` |
| --- | --- |
| Finds | Captions and hashtags of public posts and reels |
| Checked | Hashtags every 6 hours, captions up to twice a day, about once a day if nothing is found |
| New keyword | The 10 newest posts from the last 10 days |

## What you get

| Field | Holds |
| --- | --- |
| `post.text` | The caption, plus the search snippet when that adds something |
| `post.engagement` | Likes, and comments as `replies` |
| `author` | Name, profile link and avatar when Instagram provides them. Posts found by hashtag can lack a display name. |

Score, sentiment, intent and triage work the same on every platform. See the [mention fields](/api/mentions/get-mention).

## Mute an author

Use `instagram.com/name` or the handle. Post and reel links don't name the author, so they are refused. See [Mute authors](/alerts#mute-authors).

## Limits

- Only one-word keywords use the hashtag route. A phrase is found through captions only.
- Caption matches can arrive late, because web search lists new posts with a delay.
- There are no view counts.
- Keywords created before Instagram was added in September 2026 don't search it. Add `instagram` to their platforms to turn it on.