Get trending reels — Instagram API

Returns a paginated batch of reels from Instagram's public trending reels feed.

GET/v1/instagram/trending/reels1 credit per request

Example response200OK

{
  "data": {
    "@context": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#",
      "https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social#"
    ],
    "type": "OrderedCollectionPage",
    "partOf": "https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/trending/reels",
    "totalItems": null,
    "cursor": null,
    "nextCursor": "abc123",
    "next": "https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/trending/reels?cursor=abc123",
    "itemCount": 30,
    "orderedItems": [
      {
        "type": "Video",
        "id": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DekIIwwgb2h/",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DekIIwwgb2h/",
        "entityId": "DekIIwwgb2h",
        "content": "@WHOOP, now available in Arabic\n\nووب الآن بالعربية",
        "published": "2026-10-16T18:01:45.000Z",
        "likeCount": 2277215,
        "commentCount": 24768,
        "attributedTo": {
          "type": "Person",
          "id": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/",
          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/",
          "entityId": "173560420",
          "preferredUsername": "cristiano",
          "name": "Cristiano Ronaldo",
          "icon": {
            "type": "Image",
            "url": "https://instagram.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/851686016_18784443061056421_7099469425037123326_n.jpg",
            "width": 1080,
            "height": 1080
          },
          "isVerified": true,
          "isBusiness": false,
          "isProfessional": true,
          "followerCount": 98765,
          "role": "collaborator"
        },
        "location": {
          "type": "Place",
          "id": "213018187",
          "name": "Riyadh, Saudi Arabia",
          "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/213018187/",
          "latitude": 24.7136,
          "longitude": 46.6753,
          "entityId": "267875289901288",
          "address": "King Fahd Road"
        },
        "tag": [
          {
            "type": "Tag",
            "name": "cr7",
            "href": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/cr7/"
          }
        ],
        "language": "en",
        "isEdited": false,
        "isSponsored": true,
        "pinnedBy": [
          {
            "type": "string",
            "entityId": "528817151"
          }
        ],
        "viewCount": 9103126,
        "viewCountBy": {
          "instagram": 21809,
          "facebook": 76075
        },
        "duration": 31.5,
        "contentFormat": "reel",
        "attachment": [
          {
            "type": "Video",
            "url": [
              "https://instagram.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQMSAKf5SFey0hmm4BmkEsi9QRmUEHWZpfxqZIHF0fB65GULrqd6ojbYagqtI8oMGuZzikefyNtXWAKh9toLjMNiMg592gXTR65xTsM.mp4"
            ],
            "mediaType": "video/mp4",
            "width": 720,
            "height": 720
          }
        ],
        "icon": {
          "type": "Image",
          "url": "https://instagram.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/851686016_18784443061056421_7099469425037123326_n.jpg",
          "width": 1080,
          "height": 1920
        },
        "image": [
          {
            "type": "Image",
            "url": "https://instagram.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/851686016_18784443061056421_7099469425037123326_n.jpg",
            "width": 1080,
            "height": 1920
          }
        ],
        "audio": {
          "type": "Audio",
          "id": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/28877045585225582/",
          "entityId": "28877045585225582",
          "name": "Original audio",
          "artist": "cristiano",
          "url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/28877045585225582_audio.m4a",
          "attributedTo": {
            "type": "Person",
            "id": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/",
            "url": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/",
            "preferredUsername": "cristiano",
            "entityId": "173560420"
          },
          "isOriginal": true,
          "isAdult": false,
          "duration": 85.216,
          "icon": {
            "type": "Image",
            "url": "https://instagram.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/851686016_18784443061056421_7099469425037123326_n.jpg",
            "width": 1080,
            "height": 1080
          },
          "preview": {
            "type": "Audio",
            "url": [
              "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/28877045585225582_preview.m4a"
            ],
            "mediaType": "audio/mp4",
            "duration": 30
          },
          "attachment": [
            {
              "type": "Audio",
              "url": [
                "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/28877045585225582_audio.m4a"
              ],
              "mediaType": "audio/mp4"
            }
          ]
        },
        "name": "Photo of Cristiano Ronaldo",
        "totalItems": 5,
        "items": [
          {
            "type": "Image",
            "entityId": "3214260996432123574",
            "icon": {
              "type": "Image",
              "url": "https://instagram.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/851686016_18784443061056421_7099469425037123326_n.jpg",
              "width": 1080,
              "height": 1920
            },
            "image": [
              {
                "type": "Image",
                "url": "https://instagram.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/851686016_18784443061056421_7099469425037123326_n.jpg",
                "width": 1080,
                "height": 1920
              }
            ],
            "attachment": [
              {
                "type": "Video",
                "url": [
                  "https://instagram.fric1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQMSAKf5SFey0hmm4BmkEsi9QRmUEHWZpfxqZIHF0fB65GULrqd6ojbYagqtI8oMGuZzikefyNtXWAKh9toLjMNiMg592gXTR65xTsM.mp4"
                ],
                "mediaType": "video/mp4",
                "width": 720,
                "height": 720
              }
            ],
            "name": "Photo of Cristiano Ronaldo"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Make the request.

One authenticated GET to /v1/instagram/trending/reels. Authentication and error conventions stay consistent across endpoints. This page shows the path, parameters, response shape, limits, and credit rule for this operation.

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Full reference for this endpoint

const response = await fetch("https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/instagram/trending/reels", {
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});

const data = await response.json();

Parameters1

cursorIn · QueryType · stringPagination cursor

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