Search Instagram hashtags
POST
/v1/tools/instagram.search.hashtags/calls Needs an API keyReturns the Instagram hashtags that match a search, with their post counts. Use it to find which hashtags to follow.
Tool instagram.search.hashtags on Instagram. Contract version 1, released 2026-11-01.
Over REST, send the input in the body. Over MCP, pass the same input to call_tool.
Both return the full response: the call's ID, status and cost, with this tool's result in output.
Input
querystringRequiredThe search query, matched against hashtag names.
Output
A successful call returns these blocks in its output. A field not marked required can be null.
hashtags
A list of rows. Always present, possibly empty.
idstringInstagram's numeric identifier of the hashtag, as a string.
namestringRequiredThe hashtag, without the
post_countintegerNumber of posts with the hashtag.