Instagram videos

See which Instagram Reels posted in the last two days have the most views so far. In the all-platform list, TikToks and Shorts take most spots.

At a glance

What it does: Ranks Reels Virlo has collected, not all of Instagram. Takes about a second.
You send: Optionally, how many Reels you want.
You get back: Link, caption, views, likes, comments, hashtags. No shares, saves, country, or transcript; open the link to see the creator.
Cost: $0.25 per request, even for 100 Reels. Errors are free.

GET/v1/instagram/videos/digest

Get top Instagram Reels

Cost per request:$0.25

Name
limit
Type
integer
Description
How many Reels: 1 to 100 (default 50; above 100 gives 100). Other settings, even platform, fail.

You send

GET

/v1/instagram/videos/digest

curl -G https://api.virlo.ai/v1/instagram/videos/digest \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d limit=50

You get back

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "94616037-3d94-4a4a-bf68-10366ad1c65f",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdnXu6WRcxR/",
      "type": "instagram",
      "description": "Panel solar cleaning #solarfarm\nPanel solar cleaning #solarfarm",
      "publish_date": "2026-09-23T03:43:40",
      "views": 455078,
      "number_of_likes": 1454,
      "number_of_comments": 6,
      "number_of_shares": null,
      "bookmarks": null,
      "hashtags": ["solarfarm"],
      "thumbnail_url": "https://auth.virlo.ai/storage/v1/object/public/thumbnails/cf36718c0c4afcad47b8d098a4bfb67b478589d3f7391e6e72de1293eb50634c.jpg",
      "duration": null,
      "external_id": "3992263973503618129",
      "author_id": "a63dfcf1-2bee-47a1-81ba-cff9e0deb171",
      "niche": "unknown",
      "region": null,
      "upload_region": null,
      "upload_region_source": null,
      "transcript_raw": null,
      "is_eligible_for_commission": null,
      "is_duet": null,
      "is_stitch": null,
      "sound": null
    }
  ]
}

Many captions repeat after a line break; ignore the repeat.

What each field means