Instagram API limit reduced to 200 from 5000

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NarayaN picture NarayaN · Mar 31, 2018 · Viewed 30.8k times · Source

Does anyone have any clue why Instagram has reduced their hourly API request limit from 5000 to just 200? Is this a bug or the new normal? Do instagram partners undergo the same lowering of rate limit?

The page on rate limits in the documentation is a broken link.

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Answer

Scott S picture Scott S · Mar 31, 2018

Yes, from what I think are updated Facebook docs.

Rate Limiting

The Instagram API uses the same rate limiting as the Graph API (200 calls per user per hour) with one exception: the /media/comments edge limits writes to 60 writes per user per hour. Please refer to the Graph API's rate limiting documentation for more information.

Facebook documentation

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