Instagram Scraper - Username Limit Bypass ?

Hey everyone,

I'm working on a project to develop a username scraper that efficiently scrapes usernames through a specific endpoint. I've put in a bunch of measures to fly under the radar, like keeping requests under 180 per hour, adding random wait times, and scheduling activity to mimic human patterns with breaks and cooldowns on specific hours that are random.

Right now, with a fresh account, I'm scraping around 15,000 to 18,000 usernames. I’m wondering if using older, more active accounts could bump up these numbers without the risk of getting banned.

I’d love to hear from anyone with experience in this area. Any tips or strategies to make this process more efficient would be awesome.

Thanks a ton!

Ocr is your friend

chepsreboot said:

Ocr is your friend

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Thanks for the advice! I have a question about endless scrolling versus fetching directly from an endpoint. Does endless scrolling trigger the same detection mechanisms, or is it generally safer?

Also, what kind of numbers should I expect when using this approach? Any insights would be appreciated!

Older accounts can be better, but warming an account whether old or new , works way better & can survive weeks

Just use cheap autoreg accounts an acc like those cost 0.05$ and the only purpose of those is to scrape as many info as possible.

You are not going to do anything by investing into older accounts as there's still a 429 error that you'll hit soon or late

Older accounts means nothing, what means more is active and warmed up accounts, And for scraping purposes use cheaper accounts or burner accounts only.

Limit requests per proxy and accounts. Rotate accounts n proxies, pass the pagination token so new accounts start off where old ones stopped.
If done correctly with multithreading and proper account/proxy management (Set accounts to sleep after interacting for X along with daily sleep after X), Make sure to check proxy ip change(best to build ur own server for this) you can essentially scrape none stop.

Warming up accounts such as limiting first few days is also ideal, along with saving sessions rather than just logging in. Along with randomly selecting accounts from stack to spread out interactions across your pool. (No sense in popping accounts constantly from top stack as it puts more pressure on ehm n increase bans ) this is an art in itself.

Setting slight random time waits between each request is good practice, along with tracking all interactions for each account via counters. You can reuse this data to flesh out your ideal interactions.

It should be noted that accounts proxies and code(api) to interact with Instagram varies.