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Instagram monitoring for posts and reels that name your brand

Rumoro finds new Instagram posts and reels that mention your brand, competitors or topic, in the caption or under its hashtag, and sends the ones that matter to Slack, a webhook or your AI agent with their likes and comments.

$5.80 of free credit · no card · no subscription

Illustrative posts and reels
  • Posts + reels

    Captions and hashtags, tagged or not. For a reel, often what is said too.

  • Up to 4× a day

    A one-word keyword's hashtag every 6 hours, and captions searched twice a day.

  • No login

    You don't connect an Instagram account, a business account or a Meta app.

  • Day one

    A new keyword reads back the newest 10 from the last 10 days straight away.

How it works

How to track Instagram mentions with Rumoro

Set up a keyword in the dashboard or through the API. Recent posts from the past ten days show up first, then new ones arrive as Instagram's search finds them.

Juniper

+ app+ habit− gin

Name your brand

Your brand or product, a competitor or a phrase people use. When the name is an everyday word, add the words your users write with it.

#juniper  type=recent
site:instagram.com "Juniper"  past day
  1. 06:00
  2. 12:00
  3. 18:00
  4. 00:00

Rumoro searches Instagram up to 4× a day

The hashtag’s newest posts every 6 hours and captions twice a day, tagged or not, each match scored against how you describe your company.

  • Is the Juniper habit app worth paying for…89
  • Juniper gin and tonic season 🍸…3
  • My Juniper planner setup for October…77

The posts that matter reach you

Give every alert its own relevance bar and pick the intents that get through, from praise and questions to comparisons, bug reports, churn and buying intent. Matches go to Slack, Telegram, email, a webhook or your agent.

Tagged or not

Instagram hashtag search and caption search, tagged or not

Most people name a product without tagging it, and a hashtag only shows the posts that carry it. Rumoro reads both, so you see the tagged posts quickly and the untagged ones the same day.

  • A one-word keyword’s hashtag, newest posts first, every 6 hours
  • Captions searched twice a day for the words themselves, tagged or not
  • For a reel, the snippet search shows, which is often what is said
  1. #juniper · 4 new posts, 1 about the app

    Hashtag read · kept 1
  2. A post that names Juniper without the hashtag

    Caption search · kept
  3. #juniper · 2 new posts, both about gin

    Hashtag read · dropped
  4. A reel whose snippet quotes “I switched to Juniper”

    Caption search · kept

Instagram alerts

Four recipes for Instagram keyword alerts

Pick a recipe to see what to follow, how Instagram is searched for it and the alert your team gets.

Choose a keyword recipe

1Keyword

Rumoro

2The searches Rumoro runs on Instagram

#rumoro  type=recent
site:instagram.com "Rumoro"  past day

3Alert when

PraiseBuying intent

A one-word name gets both searches, its hashtag every 6 hours and its captions twice a day, so posts that never use the hashtag still arrive.

# instagram-mentionsRumoro · APP

🌟 Praise for Rumoro

Instagram · Rumoro · 🟢 positive · praise

@clara.makes · reel

The app that sorts my shop's DMs and comments: Rumoro. Ten minutes to set up 👇 #smallbusiness

2,140 likes · 186 comments

A creator recommending you in a reel. A thank-you comment and a share go further than an ad.

Open on InstagramOpen in RumoroInteractedMute clara.makes

1Keyword

Mentio

2The searches Rumoro runs on Instagram

#mentio  type=recent
site:instagram.com "Mentio"  past day

3Alert when

ComparisonComplaintChurn

Carousels that compare tools get saved and shared for weeks. Know when one names a competitor, and send everything else to a digest.

# instagram-mentionsRumoro · APP

⚖️ Comparison involving Mentio

Instagram · Mentio · ⚪ neutral · comparison

@bento.studio · post

We tried Mentio, Rumoro and one more listening tool for a month. Swipe for what we kept ➡️

1,048 likes · 73 comments

An agency's side-by-side carousel. A short, factual comment is worth leaving.

Open on InstagramOpen in RumoroInteractedMute bento.studio

1Keyword

social listening

Require anyapptoolrecommend

2The searches Rumoro runs on Instagram

site:instagram.com "social listening"  past day

3Alert when

Buying intentQuestion

Phrases have no hashtag, so they're found through caption search twice a day. Require the words of someone asking for help.

# instagram-mentionsRumoro · APP

💰 Buying signal for social listening

Instagram · social listening · ⚪ neutral · buy intent

@studio.marlo · post

Small agency here. Which social listening app do you recommend that doesn't cost a fortune?

418 likes · 52 comments

An agency owner shortlisting tools in your category. An early, honest reply gets noticed.

Open on InstagramOpen in RumoroInteractedMute studio.marlo

1Keyword

Juniper

Require anyappplannerhabit

Excludegintreewedding

2The searches Rumoro runs on Instagram

#juniper  type=recent
site:instagram.com "Juniper"  past day

3Alert when

Relevance ≥ 70

A name like Juniper turns up under gin, garden and wedding posts. Require a word your users write with it. Excluded posts are never stored or billed.

# instagram-mentionsRumoro · APP

❓ Question about Juniper

Instagram · Juniper · ⚪ neutral · question

@plannerwithpia · reel

Is the Juniper habit app worth paying for, or is the free version enough? #planner

3,310 likes · 240 comments

A planner creator asking whether your paid tier is worth it. A short answer with one feature helps.

Open on InstagramOpen in RumoroInteractedMute plannerwithpia

Fictional people and posts. The lines show the searches Rumoro runs for that keyword, its hashtag when it’s one word and captions on instagram.com from the last day.

Search or monitor

Instagram API or monitoring, and what the Graph API can search

Instagram has no search by caption words you can build on. What differs is who keeps looking, what counts as a match and whose account is involved.

QuestionInstagram searchThe Instagram Graph APIRumoro
Who keeps checkingInstagram searchYou, each time you lookThe Instagram Graph APIYour code, with an app Meta has reviewedRumoroRumoro, up to four times a day for each keyword
AccessInstagram searchYour Instagram appThe Instagram Graph APIA Business or Creator account, App Review and at most 30 hashtags a weekRumoroNo Instagram login, account or Meta app of yours
Caption wordsInstagram searchSearch favours popular posts, not what was posted todayThe Instagram Graph APINo search by the words in a captionRumoroCaptions searched twice a day as soon as search has them
New postsInstagram searchTop posts firstThe Instagram Graph APIA hashtag's media from the last 24 hours onlyRumoroA hashtag's newest posts every 6 hours, up to 200 a read
Untagged postsInstagram searchOnly if you search the exact wordThe Instagram Graph APIA hashtag only sees posts tagged with itRumoroA caption that names you is found, tagged or not
NoiseInstagram searchEvery post with the wordThe Instagram Graph APIEvery post with the wordRumoroScored 0–100 against your company, bots flagged and muted creators kept out for good
AlertsInstagram searchOnly when someone tags your accountThe Instagram Graph APIPolling, storage, deduplication and alerts are yours to build and runRumoroSlack, Telegram, email digests and signed webhooks
AgentsInstagram searchCopy and pasteThe Instagram Graph APIMCP servers that act on your own Business accountRumoroMCP with scored, source-linked mentions from every platform

Graph API limits from Meta’s Instagram Platform documentation, September 2026.

What you get

What Rumoro keeps from each Instagram post, no scraper needed

Enough to know what was said, by whom and how people reacted, and plainly what isn't read.

  • The post or reel

    The caption with its hashtags, the search snippet when it adds something (for a reel, often what is said), the link and when it was posted.

  • The author

    Username, name and avatar, linked to their profile, with every other post they made about you. Follower counts aren't collected.

  • The reactions

    Likes and comments as Instagram showed them when the post was found. Likes stay empty where the author hides them.

  • Not read

    Stories, comments under a post and text inside images. Rumoro reads captions, hashtags and what search shows of a post.

Beyond alerts

Instagram social listening beyond the alert

See your share of the conversation, the creators having it and which posts deserve your time.

Your share of voice

Track competitors next to yourself and see who Instagram talks about more, week by week.

The creators behind the mentions

Each creator who mentions you becomes a person with your tags and notes and every post or reel they made about you.

Reach on every mention

Likes and comments arrive with each post and reel, so you can answer the one people are actually reacting to.

Bots and content farms kept apart

Giveaway accounts, repost pages and other automated accounts are flagged, so one filter keeps them out of your alerts.

Keyword health

Find out which keywords bring creators talking about you and which mostly bring gin, gardens and other namesakes, with exclusions suggested.

Needs attention

Every hour Rumoro looks for a jump in mentions, a run of unhappy posts, a keyword gone noisy or a delivery channel that failed.

Digests for quieter keywords

Quieter keywords can arrive as one daily or weekly round-up in Slack, Telegram or email.

Views, filters and export

Narrow the feed to a sentiment, intent or creator, keep it as a saved view and export it to CSV, likes and comments included.

MCP, API, SDKs and CLI

An Instagram MCP server for brand mentions, without an Instagram login

Rumoro's MCP server gives Claude, Cursor or Codex the public posts and reels that name you, with likes and comments. Your agent picks the ones worth a reply and drafts it for you to check.

Instagram posts with buying intent and a relevance of at least 60.

curl --get 'https://api.rumoro.dev/v1/mentions' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $RUMORO_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'platform=instagram' \
  --data-urlencode 'minRelevance=60' \
  --data-urlencode 'intent=buy_intent'

200Response · REST, SDKs and CLI

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3c9a…",
      "keyword": { "term": "rumoro" },
      "post": {
        "platform": "instagram",
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/…/",
        "text": "Does anyone use Rumoro for a shop this small? I want Slack alerts before I pay",
        "engagement": { "likes": 312, "replies": 41 }
      },
      "author": { "handle": "nora.ceramics", "followers": null },
      "classification": {
        "relevance": 87,
        "sentiment": "neutral",
        "intents": ["buy_intent"],
        "note": "A small shop owner deciding whether to pay. A short, honest reply about Slack alerts helps."
      }
    }
  ],
  "nextCursor": null
}

Coverage, alerts and cost

Instagram monitoring questions

How do I track Instagram mentions of my brand?

Add your brand or product name as a keyword. Rumoro reads the newest posts under its hashtag up to four times a day and searches captions twice a day, tagged or not, then scores each post or reel for relevance, sentiment and intent and sends the ones that matter to Slack, Telegram, email, a webhook or your AI agent.

How do I see mentions on Instagram?

Instagram notifications show you @mentions and tags of your own account, and so does your activity feed. A post that names your product without tagging you never shows up there, and most people don't tag. Rumoro looks for the name itself, in captions and under its hashtag.

Does Instagram have an API for brand monitoring?

Only partly. The Instagram Graph API needs a Business or Creator account and an app that Meta has reviewed. Its hashtag search covers at most 30 hashtags a week and only media from the last 24 hours, and there is no search by the words in a caption. Rumoro uses public web search and a data provider instead.

Can I use the Instagram Graph API for hashtag search?

Yes, within its limits. You need a Business or Creator account, Meta's app review for public content access and a hashtag ID per tag, and each account can query 30 unique hashtags in a rolling week. It only sees posts that carry the hashtag.

Do I need an Instagram scraper to track mentions?

No. You don't run a scraper, rotate accounts or install an extension. Rumoro reads public posts through web search and a data provider, keeps the ones that name you and sends them on.

Does Rumoro find posts that don't use my hashtag?

Yes. Captions are searched twice a day for the words themselves, so a post that names your product without the hashtag still arrives. One-word keywords also get their hashtag read, which catches tagged posts sooner.

Does Rumoro cover Instagram Reels?

Yes. Reels are found like posts, through their caption, their hashtags and the snippet search shows for them, which for a reel is often what is said in it.

Does Rumoro read Stories or comments?

No. Stories disappear after a day and aren't searchable, and comments under a post aren't read. Rumoro reads captions, hashtags and what search shows of a post or reel.

How often does Rumoro check Instagram?

A one-word keyword's hashtag is read every 6 hours, and captions are searched twice a day, because a post reaches search a few hours after it goes up. A keyword that keeps finding nothing slows to about once a day and speeds up again with its first new post.

Can I see older Instagram posts that mention my brand?

Yes, ten days back. A new keyword starts with the newest 10 from the last 10 days, which land in the feed and the next digest rather than as instant alerts.

How do I search Instagram for a hashtag?

Use Instagram's tag search. Type the hashtag into search, switch to Tags and open its page, where top posts come first. You can follow one hashtag at a time that way. Rumoro follows the hashtags of all your one-word keywords and their captions at once, and sends only the posts that matter.

Is Rumoro an Instagram tracker?

For mentions, yes. Most Instagram trackers follow one account's followers or unfollowers. Rumoro tracks every new post and reel that names your brand or a competitor, from any account, with its likes and comments.

Can I get Instagram alerts in Slack?

Yes. After a one-time Slack connection, every alert rule drops its matching posts and reels into a channel. Each message carries the caption, the author, likes and comments, the AI relevance score, a one-line reason and buttons to open the post, mark it handled or mute the creator.

Do I need an Instagram account or a business account?

No. You don't connect Instagram, set up a Business account or create a Meta app, and nothing is posted or liked in your name.

Is there an Instagram MCP server for brand mentions?

Rumoro's MCP server works as one. Many Instagram MCP servers act on your own Business account through the Graph API. Rumoro's gives Claude, Cursor, Codex or any MCP client the public posts that name you, next to every other platform, without your Instagram login.

How much does Instagram monitoring cost?

Instagram costs the same as every other source, $5 a keyword a month plus $0.008 for each post or reel that matches. A new account gets $5.80 of credit without a card, which covers a first keyword for a month and 100 matches, and there's no subscription to cancel.

Learn more

More on Instagram monitoring, MCP and the API

One keyword, every platform

Instagram is one of 16 sources

Add a keyword once and it listens everywhere you choose, scored the same way and sent to the same alerts, API and agent.

Reply in the comments while the post is still fresh

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