Instagram / Meta 'Views' metric
Hello! We are looking into using Apify for some of our data scraping at our organization. We collect a lot of data from social media platforms.
I have been looking at Instagram actors and their ability to scrape 'views' counts for static posts (still images, still carousels). The ones I have looked at are able to return comment count, like count, share count - but they only return 'plays' or 'video views' on video and Reels posts.
I know that Meta recently changed their API so that impressions, reels plays, and video views are all now collapsed under one 'views' metric.
Is that something that any current IG actors are able to return?
If not now, do we know if it is possible / will be available in the future?
Thanks in advance for the help!
I have been looking at Instagram actors and their ability to scrape 'views' counts for static posts (still images, still carousels). The ones I have looked at are able to return comment count, like count, share count - but they only return 'plays' or 'video views' on video and Reels posts.
I know that Meta recently changed their API so that impressions, reels plays, and video views are all now collapsed under one 'views' metric.
Is that something that any current IG actors are able to return?
If not now, do we know if it is possible / will be available in the future?
Thanks in advance for the help!
