A hashtag is a live feed of everyone talking about a topic, right now, in public. If you sell running shoes, the people posting under a running hashtag are your market, your creators and your competitors, all in one place. The problem is that scrolling a hashtag in the app shows you a slice, in no particular order, and you cannot save or sort any of it.
Pulling a hashtag as data fixes that. You give the tool a hashtag and get back the top posts and reels using it, each with its caption, engagement and a link to the creator. Sort by likes or plays and you have a ranked list of what is working, and who is making it. Here is how to use it.
What you can pull
- Top posts and reels for any hashtag
- Captions and the other hashtags used alongside it
- Likes, comments and play counts
- The account behind each post
- A link to every original post
Why hashtags are a shortcut to your niche
Every niche has its hashtags, and the posts ranking under them are, by definition, the content that landed. That makes a hashtag pull two things at once: a trend report and a creator list. You see which formats and hooks are getting traction this week, and you get the handles of the people making them, ready to approach for a collaboration or add to a competitor watch list. It is the fastest way to go from "I want to market in this space" to a concrete list of what works and who matters.
How to pull a hashtag with Tooltap
The Instagram Hashtag Scraper takes the tag and does the rest.
- Enter the hashtags. Type one or more, without the hash if you like, one per line to cover several topics in a run.
- Set the number of posts you want back per hashtag. Start modest, then widen once you can see the right kind of content coming through.
- Run it. Top posts and reels come back as a table with captions, engagement and the account behind each.
- Sort or scan. Order by plays or likes to rank the content, or read the accounts column to build a creator shortlist.
- Export. Send it to CSV or push it onward for outreach or analysis.
What people use this for
- Creator discovery. Find the people already making content in your niche, ranked by what is actually performing.
- Trend research. See the formats, sounds and angles gaining traction under the tags your audience follows.
- Campaign tracking. Pull your own branded hashtag to see who is posting with it and how the campaign is spreading.
- Competitive intel. Watch the hashtags your rivals target and see who is winning attention there.
Doing this properly
The tool returns public posts that appear under a hashtag, the same content anyone browsing that tag can see, structured into a table on your instruction. You are charged only for the results that come back. Use the data for research, discovery and planning, and follow Instagram's terms and any privacy rules that apply when you reach out to the creators you find.
Instagram Hashtag Scraper
Find top posts and reels for any hashtag, captions, likes, plays and more.
