# ViralHunt, free: Instagram post API

> Query trending and viral posts across platforms.

ViralHunt's Free plan for the Instagram post API costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. ViralHunt's docs list 3: Text, Media, Author.
You get up to 720 calls a month.
We haven't run ViralHunt through [our Instagram post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 350 plans for Instagram post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.178 or less per 1,000 posts. [124 Instagram post API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt) [FetchLayer](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/free/llms.txt) has a free plan with 30 pages of posts. FetchLayer is the best Instagram post API in our benchmark.
[ViralHunt's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/199-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 posts, with no charge per call. You get as many posts as ViralHunt's rate limit allows. [Influship's Usage-based credits plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/influship/pay-as-you-go-usage-based-credits-get-v1-raw-instagram-profile-username/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 posts a month: $0.36.
[ShortsIntel's $10 pack (/creators/{platform}/{handle}/videos)](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/shortsintel/10-pack-top-up-10-get-creators-platform-handle-videos/llms.txt) covers any number of posts, and costs less up front than ViralHunt's $199 monthly plan.
[FetchLayer](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt), [Influship](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/influship/pay-as-you-go-usage-based-credits-get-v1-raw-instagram-profile-username/llms.txt) and [Refetcher](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/refetcher/top-up/llms.txt) are the best Instagram post API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/free
- [Instagram post API in 2026: the best of 30+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://viralhunt.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://viralhunt.io/tool/api/v1/trending.php`
- API key: with the plan, on https://viralhunt.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://viralhunt.io/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing#trending
- Sold by: ViralHunt (https://viralhunt.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-11

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 100
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search Every Network · Best Time to Post · Top Hashtags · Trending Sounds · Best Communities · Create Card · Schedule / Publish to Social Networks · Team Members · Organization Info · Board Columns · Board Categories · News Categories · Brand watch · Agent tasks · GET /context · Pending Cards · GET /account · My Cards · Card Comments · Card Types · What Performed · Calendar · Quotes · Recipes (standing orders) · Content Templates

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Query trending and viral posts across platforms.

## Data

- Freshness: 72 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to: Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms or the terms of any third-party platform, Resell, sublicense, or provide the Service to third parties except as expressly permitted, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, or our systems, Interfere with or disrupt the Service, or circumvent rate limits or security measures, Use the Service to harass, defame, infringe, or violate the rights or privacy of others. [...] You are responsible for complying with the applicable platform's terms when you use data surfaced through the Service. [...] You must keep tokens confidential, use them only within your own organization, and stay within published rate limits. [...] We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Service during your subscription. No other rights are granted.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 720 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 24
- Per second: 0.017 (60 an hour)
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: source "instagram". Optional: sort, time_range, min_engagement, keyword, author, page, per_page
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/trending.php

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, text, post URL, thumbnail, author name, author username, created at, total results, has more, page size

## ViralHunt's plans (4)

- [ViralHunt, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, 72 hours
- [ViralHunt, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.004 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [ViralHunt, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00069 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [ViralHunt, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00055 per 1,000, 67% complete

## ViralHunt's calls (1)

- `GET /api/v1/trending.php`: [ViralHunt, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/free/llms.txt)

## ViralHunt's APIs (4)

- [ViralHunt Facebook post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/viralhunt/free/llms.txt)
- [ViralHunt Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/free/llms.txt)
- [ViralHunt TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/viralhunt/free/llms.txt)
- [ViralHunt X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/viralhunt/free/llms.txt)

## ViralHunt: Instagram post API alternatives

[ViralHunt alternatives: other Instagram post API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/viralhunt-alternatives.txt)

We list ViralHunt's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to ViralHunt in price per 1,000 posts.

- [ViralHunt, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viralhunt/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.00055 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [FetchLayer, $1,400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/1400-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0011 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Zapi, Rp399,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0018 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [EveryInfra, $2,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/everyinfra/2000-pack/llms.txt): $0.0019 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Parseium, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/parseium/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.002 per 1,000, 67% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-11.

- https://viralhunt.io/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://viralhunt.io/faq?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://viralhunt.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://viralhunt.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://viralhunt.io/updates/free-plan-api-key?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing