# Find top-performing Instagram Reels & save insights to Notion: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Apify and Notion. 29 steps, 4 branches, 3 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/find-top-performing-instagram-reels-and-save-insights-to-not (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Find top-performing Instagram Reels & save insights to Notion

Started by a clock, and works across Apify and Notion. 29 steps, 4 branches, 3 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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**29 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**4** Branches: places the flow splits

**3** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 15 Service 12

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **When clicking ‘Execute workflow’** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Variables** Code *Logic*
- 4 **Get Sources** Notion *Service*
- 5 **Apify Payload** Code *Logic*
- 6 **Run an Actor** Apify *Service*
- 7 **Get Status** Apify *Service*
- 8 **Switch** Switch *Logic*
- 9 **Get dataset items** Apify *Service*
- 10 **Wait** Wait *Logic*
- 11 **Map Reels** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Owner?** If *Logic*
- 13 **Update Accounts** Notion *Service*
- 14 **Many to One** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Get Reels** Notion *Service*
- 16 **Code** Code *Logic*
- 17 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 18 **Stats** Code *Logic*
- 19 **Is Created?** Switch *Logic*
- 20 **Download Video** Http Request *Service*
- 21 **Update** Notion *Service*
- 22 **Upload to Gemini** Http Request *Service*
- 23 **Processing Delay** Wait *Logic*
- 24 **Get File State** Http Request *Service*
- 25 **Is Uploaded And Active?** If *Logic*
- 26 **Set Prompt** Set *Logic*
- 27 **Gemini Analyze** Http Request *Service*
- 28 **Format Response** Code *Logic*
- 29 **Create** Notion *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 29, with 4 branches, 3 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Apify, Notion
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Apify and Notion accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 29 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 29 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Ffind-top-performing-instagram-reels-and-save-insights-to-not)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Apify](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Apify#library)[Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Notion#library)

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