Recode: Instagram is limiting how much data some developers can collect from its API — and cutting off others altogether. April 2, 2018 Garret Vreeland The rate limit for Instagram’s Platform API was 5,000 calls per hour, but was suddenly reduced to 200 calls per hour on Friday, sources say. In other cases, Instagram cut off access to the API for some developers entirely, sources say. None of the developers we spoke with were alerted to the changes before they happened. Third party apps, affected?