Extract Instagram Profile Data with Apify and Store in Google Sheets
n8n template #4587Summary
Use templateWorkflow Overview This cutting-edge n8n automation is a powerful social media intelligence gathering tool designed to transform Instagram profile research into a seamless, automated process. By intelligently combining web scraping, data formatting, and cloud storage technologies, this workflow: Discovers Profile Insights: Automatically scrapes Instagram profile data Captures comprehensive profile metrics Extracts critical social media intelligence Intelligent Data Capture: Retrieves follower counts Collects biographical information Captures profile picture and external links Seamless Data Logging: Automatically stores data in Google Sheets Creates a living, updateable database Enables easy a
How to set it up
- Open template #4587 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
- Create a credential under Credentials → Add credential: Google Sheets. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
- Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
- Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.
Hand off to your agent
Prompt
Help me set up the n8n workflow "Extract Instagram Profile Data with Apify and Store in Google Sheets" (https://n8n.io/workflows/4587). It uses: Google Sheets, HTTP Request. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.
Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.
Apps and nodes
Questions
Yes. Yaron Been published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 12K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.
Google Sheets. The other 1 node are built into n8n.
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