# Instagram popular search

Use this to explore an Instagram topic and the posts Instagram curates for it. Needs query. Served by ScrapeCreators.

Use this to explore an Instagram topic and the posts Instagram curates for it. It scrapes the public /popular/{query} page without requiring an Instagram login. The first page returns the topic title, numeric total media count, Instagram's generated description and sources, suggested terms, posts, and an opaque cursor. Pass that cursor with the same query to fetch more posts. Later pages return query, posts, cursor, and has_more only. For an exact hashtag through Google-indexed results, use /v1/instagram/search/hashtag. For reels only, use /v2/instagram/reels/search. Each successful request co

- Tool ID: `scrapecreators/get-v1-instagram-search-popular`
- Name in the catalog: Popular Search
- Provider: [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators.md)
- Capability: [Instagram search](/tools/instagram/search.md)
- Price: usage based, the maximum is shown before a run
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

Billed at the cost the provider reports for the call, never above $0.00188. Your agent sees the maximum before running.


```json
{
  "model": "reported",
  "costPath": "",
  "costTerms": [
    {
      "path": "credits_charged",
      "usd": 0.00188
    }
  ],
  "requireCost": true,
  "maxUsdDefault": 0.00188,
  "maxUsdCap": 0.00188,
  "multipliers": []
}
```

Pricing source: [https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/instagram/search/popular](https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/instagram/search/popular). $47 / 25,000 credits = $0.00188/credit; badge 1; actual credits_charged; conditional maximum 1..

Price verification date: 2026-10-05.

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Popular topic to search for."
    },
    "cursor": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The opaque cursor returned by the previous response. Use it with the same query to fetch the next page of posts."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "scrapecreators/get-v1-instagram-search-popular",
  "input": {
    "query": "basketball",
    "cursor": "opaque-cursor-from-response"
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

[Provider documentation](https://docs.scrapecreators.com/v1/instagram/search/popular)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-instagram-search-popular) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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