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Search Instagram hashtags

POST/v1/tools/instagram.search.hashtags/callsNeeds an API key

Returns 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

querystringRequired

The 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.

idstring

Instagram's numeric identifier of the hashtag, as a string.

namestringRequired

The hashtag, without the

post_countinteger

Number of posts with the hashtag.