Track top-performing Instagram Reels and save insights to Notion

The system watches chosen Instagram accounts, finds their best-performing Reels, and logs the insights in Notion.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each monitored account.

Pattern: Sequence (1) · Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5) · Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemA record or sheetOne path onlyPaths rejoinResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Social Media ManagementTranslation & LocalizationReporting & AnalyticsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
ApifyNotionGoogle GeminiInstagram

The problem it solves

Keeping up with what's trending on competitor or industry Instagram accounts means checking multiple profiles constantly and eyeballing which posts are taking off. Manually tracking engagement across accounts is slow, and you often notice a trend after it's already passed. Organizing what you find into something useful for your content team takes even more time.

Who it fits

Marketers, content creators, and social media managers who want to spot trending Reels without manual tracking.

How it works

  1. On a schedule, the system checks the Instagram accounts you've chosen to monitor
  2. It pulls their recent Reels and calculates engagement performance
  3. AI flags Reels that are performing unusually well, including early signs of a trend
  4. Text is translated if needed
  5. The results are organized into a Notion database ready for your team to review
What you get

Trending Reels spotted before your competitors

You get top-performing Instagram Reels from accounts you track automatically surfaced and organized in Notion, so trends show themselves.

What you get

A running Notion database of high-performing Reels with engagement data, ready for content planning.

What you need

An Apify account, a Notion workspace, and a Google Gemini API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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