Facebook Comments Scraper - Replies, Reactions & Dates

What does Facebook Comments Scraper do?

Facebook Comments Scraper extracts public Facebook comments from any post, reel, video, photo or group post you give it by URL. Every comment becomes one structured row: the text, the commenter, the date, reactions by type, the reply count, the replies threaded to their parent, and the post the comment belongs to. Built for social media managers, brand and reputation teams, researchers and AI pipelines that need Facebook comments data without a login, cookies or an API key.

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• Every public comment of a post: posts, reels, videos, photos, group posts, permalink.php, watch?v=, share links and m.facebook.com links all work. On a test post Facebook counted 940 comments and replies; the actor read all 582 top-level comments, which carry 325 of those replies.
• Replies, threaded: turn on replies and each reply is its own row with replyToCommentId, replyToAuthorName and rootCommentId, two levels deep, as Facebook shows them.
• Reactions by type: like, love, care, haha, wow, sad and angry for every comment, plus the total and the reply count.
• The post on every row: post text, post author, post date and post type ride along, so rows from many posts stay readable in one sheet.
• Brand replies flagged: isPostAuthor is true when the post's own author (a brand answering its customers) wrote the comment.
• Monitor mode: remembers what it delivered per post and returns only new comments. A quiet post costs one request.
• No login, cookies or Facebook API key: the actor reads only what Facebook shows a signed-out visitor.
• Export anywhere: JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS; schedules, webhooks, Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, the Apify API and MCP.

What data can you get from Facebook comments?

💬 Comment text (`text`)	📅 Date and Unix time (`date`, `timestamp`)	🔗 Comment URL (`commentUrl`)
🆔 Comment ids (`commentId`, `id`, `feedbackId`)	👤 Commenter name and id (`profileName`, `profileId`)	🌐 Commenter profile URL (`profileUrl`)
🖼️ Commenter avatar (`profilePicture`)	✔️ Verified badge and fan badges (`authorIsVerified`, `authorBadges`)	🏢 Brand reply flag (`isPostAuthor`)
❤️ Reactions total (`likesCount`)	😆 Reactions by type (`reactionCounts`)	↩️ Reply count (`commentsCount`)
🧵 Thread links (`threadingDepth`, `replyToCommentId`, `rootCommentId`)	📎 Stickers, GIFs, photos and links (`attachments`)	🗣️ Language (`language`)
📝 Post text (`postTitle`)	📣 Post author and date (`postAuthorName`, `postPublishedAt`)	📰 Post URL, id and type (`facebookUrl`, `facebookId`, `postType`)

On a 748-row test run (three posts, replies on) the commenter, date, comment URL, reactions and reply count were filled on 100% of rows, the text on 98% (the rest are sticker- or GIF-only comments) and the commenter's profile URL on 43%. Facebook shows that URL to signed-out visitors only for some people.

How to scrape Facebook comments with Facebook Comments Scraper

1. Create a free Apify account. It comes with $5 of monthly credit and needs no card.
2. Open Facebook Comments Scraper and click Try for free.
3. Paste one or more post, reel or video URLs into Facebook post URLs and set Max comments per post.
4. Pick the comment order, and turn on Include replies if you want the threads.
5. Click Start. Comments stream into the dataset as each page of 10 arrives.
6. Open the Storage tab and Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or let a schedule run it for you.

⬇️ Input

Parameter	Type	Description
🔍 What to scrape
startUrls	List	Required. Public post, reel, video, photo or group-post URLs. Share links (/share/p/...), permalink.php, watch?v= and m.facebook.com links work; a bare post id or pfbid works as https://www.facebook.com/<id>. You can also link a remote text file of URLs.
🎯 Filters (applied by Facebook)
sortBy	Select	newest (every comment, date-ordered), most_relevant (Facebook's default view, may hide some) or all. Default: newest
✂️ Refine results
onlyCommentsNewerThan	Date	Keep comments posted on or after a date: 2026-09-01 or relative, 7 days, 12 hours. With newest, paging stops once comments get older.
onlyCommentsOlderThan	Date	Keep comments posted before a date. Combine both for a window.
keywordFilter	Text	Keep comments containing at least one of these words, comma-separated, e.g. refund, broken, price.
minReactions	Integer	Keep comments with at least this many reactions. Default: 0
withTextOnly	Boolean	Skip sticker-only and GIF-only comments. Default: false
➕ Extra data
includeReplies	Boolean	Save the replies under each saved comment as their own rows. Default: false
maxRepliesPerComment	Integer	Cap the replies saved under one comment. 0 = all. Default: 0
🔁 Monitoring
monitorMode	Boolean	Return only comments that earlier runs did not deliver. Pair it with a schedule. Default: false
monitorStoreName	Text	Name of the memory store, one per schedule. Default: facebook-comments-monitor
📦 Output
maxCommentsPerPost	Integer	Rows per post, replies included. 0 = every comment (up to 20,000 per post). Default: 100
maxItems	Integer	Stop the whole run after this many rows. 0 = no cap. Default: 0
compact	Boolean	Core fields only, for AI agents, MCP and spreadsheets. Default: false
⚙️ Advanced
proxyConfiguration	Proxy	Apify Proxy by default. Every post gets its own IP; a post Facebook refuses is retried on a fresh one.
maxConcurrency	Integer	Posts read at the same time, 1-5. Default: 2

Input JSON

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/7brewcoffee/posts/pfbid024Het6Hb531EDqJsLdv9GbredhhftgHkLPtBEQJxVkfwWZvQL65Aoj9LTKMJZCfNkl" },
    { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1567627928372584/" }
  ],
  "sortBy": "newest",
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 500
}

Field names from other Facebook comments scrapers are accepted too through the API (postUrls and post_id as plain strings, resultsLimit, includeNestedComments, viewOption), so a saved API call can switch over without edits. startUrls itself takes { "url": ... } objects, as on the Apify form.

Paste the post URL, not the Page URL

The actor reads the Facebook comments of one post per URL. Do: https://www.facebook.com/7brewcoffee/posts/pfbid0... or https://www.facebook.com/reel/1567627928372584. Don't: https://www.facebook.com/7brewcoffee (a Page, not a post: the run skips it as not a post URL, says so in the log and charges nothing). To get comments from a Page's latest posts, collect the post URLs first, for example with Facebook Search Posts Scraper.

Use "Newest first" for date windows and monitoring

Facebook serves newest in strict date order, so onlyCommentsNewerThan: "3 days" reads only the pages it needs. On a test run it stopped after 3 pages on a 940-comment post. most_relevant is the view a visitor sees first; Facebook leaves some comments out of it (559 of 582 top-level comments on the same post).

Count replies in your per-post cap

Replies are rows like Facebook comments and count toward maxCommentsPerPost. To keep every thread of a busy post, raise the cap or set maxRepliesPerComment to keep a few replies per comment.

⬆️ Output

Every Facebook comment or reply becomes one dataset item. Here is the table view of a run on a brand's post with replies on (commenters' names blurred here):

And a reply as JSON (shortened):

{
  "facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/7brewcoffee/posts/pfbid03896bGxWttPnd3tP73tNRD98Wb2xiNviJTHPqtaZB5VcXxmTZ64NQzzb9XBT3YG9il",
  "facebookId": "1614057347434600",
  "postTitle": "TOMORROW 🚗☕️ Celebrate National Coffee Day with us! ...",
  "postAuthorName": "7 Brew Coffee",
  "postPublishedAt": "2026-09-28T18:02:00.000Z",
  "commentId": "1609329874264506",
  "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/7brewcoffee/posts/pfbid0...?comment_id=1430197989043777&reply_comment_id=1609329874264506",
  "text": "... We are so sorry to hear about this! Please send us a DM with the location you visited 💙",
  "date": "2026-10-05T00:09:04.000Z",
  "profileName": "7 Brew Coffee",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/7brewcoffee",
  "authorIsVerified": true,
  "authorBadges": ["author"],
  "isPostAuthor": true,
  "likesCount": 0,
  "reactionCounts": { "like": 0, "love": 0, "care": 0, "haha": 0, "wow": 0, "sad": 0, "angry": 0 },
  "commentsCount": 0,
  "threadingDepth": 1,
  "isReply": true,
  "replyToCommentId": "1430197989043777",
  "rootCommentId": "1430197989043777",
  "language": "en_XX"
}

Facebook comment fields

Field	Type	What it is	Filled (748-row run)
commentId, id, feedbackId, commentUrl	string	Comment ids and direct link	100%
text	string	Comment text; null for sticker- or GIF-only comments	98%
date, timestamp	string, integer	Comment time, ISO 8601 and Unix seconds	100%
profileName, profileId, profilePicture	string	Commenter name, id and avatar	100%
profileUrl	string	Commenter profile or Page URL, when Facebook shows it	43%
authorIsVerified, authorBadges, isPostAuthor	boolean, list	Verified badge, fan / author badges, brand reply flag	100%
likesCount, reactionCounts	integer, object	Reactions total and by type	100%
commentsCount	integer	Replies under the comment	100%
threadingDepth, isReply, replyToCommentId, replyToAuthorName, rootCommentId	mixed	Thread position	100% (reply fields on replies)
attachments, attachmentUrls	list	Stickers, GIFs, photos, links in the comment	5% (rows that have one)
language	string	Facebook's detected language, e.g. en_XX	89%
facebookUrl, facebookId, postTitle, postAuthorName, postAuthorId, postPublishedAt, postType	mixed	The post the comment belongs to	100%
pageAdLibrary	object	Post author's Page in the Ad Library	Page posts
authorGender, authorType, inputUrl, sortOrder, scrapedAt	string	Facebook's grammatical gender and type of the commenter, run context	100%

How can I use Facebook comments data?

• 📣 Social media and community managers: export every comment on your posts and reels, sort by reactions, and find the questions you have not answered yet (isPostAuthor shows which threads you already replied to).
• 🛡️ Brand and reputation teams: monitor competitors' and your own posts on a schedule and catch complaints the day they appear, with keywordFilter on words like "refund" or "broken".
• 🔬 Researchers and analysts: collect Facebook comment threads with dates and reaction breakdowns for sentiment, topic and audience studies.
• 🎬 Creators and agencies: compare the conversation under reels and videos across accounts and campaigns.
• 🤖 AI and data teams: feed clean comment text into LLMs, classifiers and dashboards; compact keeps rows small.
• 🎁 Giveaway and contest organisers: export the full list of entries under a contest post, with the comment time for a fair cut-off.

How much does it cost to scrape Facebook comments?

Facebook Comments Scraper is pay-per-result: $0.95 per 1,000 Facebook comments, replies included, no start fee. You only pay for the comments written to your dataset.

Comments	Cost
100	$0.095
1,000	$0.95
10,000	$9.50
100,000	$95.00

Apify platform usage (compute, proxy) is included in this price. Measured on the platform: 20 comments in 6 seconds, 748 comments with replies from three posts in 87 seconds, all on 256 MB with a memory peak under 60 MB.

Facebook comments in your tools: integrations, API, scheduling & MCP

• Schedules: run it hourly or daily from the Schedules tab with monitorMode: true and sortBy: newest to receive only new comments on the posts you watch.
• Webhooks: fire a URL when a run finishes, and push new comments to your CRM, help desk, Slack or a sheet.
• No-code: Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack via Apify integrations.
• API: call it from Node.js or Python with apify-client. Code is on the API tab and in the Apify API reference.
• MCP / AI agents: connect Claude, Cursor or any MCP client through the MCP tab and ask for the comments on a post in plain language. Set compact: true to keep rows small.

More social media scrapers by TopApi

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Limits & empty runs

• 10 Facebook comments per request: Facebook pages its comment list 10 at a time. A post with 1,000 comments takes about 100 requests; the actor reads 2 posts in parallel by default.
• What Facebook shows a visitor: on the test post Facebook counted 940 comments and replies; newest and all returned 582 top-level comments carrying 325 replies (907, or 96%). The rest are deleted, hidden or held back by Facebook. most_relevant returned 559 top-level comments.
• Replies are collected under the comments the run saves, two levels deep as Facebook shows them (80 of 83 replies on the busiest thread we tested).
• Monitor mode returns comments newer than the last run's. Replies added later under older comments are picked up only when those comments are on the pages the run reads.
• Reactions by type are the types Facebook lists on the comment; when they do not add up to the total, the unlisted types are null, not zero.
• Empty dataset: the URL is not a public post (a Page, a private group, a removed post), the post has no comments, your filters removed every comment, or monitor mode found nothing new. The status message and the RUN_SUMMARY record say which; nothing is charged.
• Not available signed-out: private groups, friends-only posts and comment reactor lists. Avatar and media URLs are signed CDN links that expire after a few hours.

FAQ

How many comments can Facebook Comments Scraper collect from one post?

Up to 20,000 per post (set maxCommentsPerPost to 0), at 10 comments per request. A 500-comment run on a busy post took 78 seconds on the platform, including a forced restart that did not duplicate a single row.

Can I run Facebook Comments Scraper on a schedule to get new comments automatically?

Yes. Save your input as a task with monitorMode: true and sortBy: newest, open Schedules and pick the cadence. Each run returns only comments that earlier runs did not deliver; a post with nothing new costs one page load and one request, and the run ends with an empty dataset (6 seconds for two quiet posts on a test poll).

Does Facebook Comments Scraper get replies to comments?

Yes. Turn on includeReplies. Each reply is its own row, linked to its parent with replyToCommentId and to the thread's first comment with rootCommentId. Use maxRepliesPerComment to keep a few per comment.

Can I scrape comments from Facebook reels and videos with Facebook Comments Scraper?

Yes. Reel URLs (/reel/<id>), video URLs (/<page>/videos/<id>), watch?v= links and share links all resolve to the same post and return its comments.

Can I filter Facebook comments by date or keyword?

Yes. onlyCommentsNewerThan and onlyCommentsOlderThan take a date or a relative time like 7 days; keywordFilter, minReactions and withTextOnly narrow the rest. Filtered comments are not written to the dataset.

Can I integrate Facebook Comments Scraper with other apps?

Yes. Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack and more via Apify integrations, or use webhooks to trigger an action when a run finishes.

Can I use Facebook Comments Scraper with the Apify API?

Yes. The API starts runs, fetches datasets and manages schedules. Use apify-client for Node.js or Python; the API tab has ready-to-paste code.

Can I use Facebook Comments Scraper through an MCP server?

Yes. Open the MCP tab, connect your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, LibreChat) and ask for the comments on a post. compact: true keeps the rows small.

Do I need a Facebook account, cookies or an API key for Facebook Comments Scraper?

No. Facebook Comments Scraper reads only what Facebook shows a signed-out visitor. You pass post URLs and nothing else.

Why did my Facebook Comments Scraper run return no comments?

The most common causes, in order: the URL is a Page, profile or group home rather than a post (skipped as invalid input); the post is in a private group or was removed; your date window or keyword filter removed every comment; monitor mode found nothing new. The status message names the cause for each URL.

Is it legal to scrape Facebook comments?

Facebook Comments Scraper extracts only publicly available comments; it does not log in or collect private data. Comments may still contain personal data, which is regulated (for example by GDPR). Make sure you have a legitimate purpose before you store or reuse it.

Your feedback

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