LinkedIn Profile Search Scraper

Find and extract publicly available LinkedIn profile data from Google search results. This Actor searches Google for LinkedIn profiles using targeted queries and returns profile URLs, names, job titles, companies, and location snippets.

What does LinkedIn Profile Search Scraper do?

This Actor helps you discover LinkedIn profiles without accessing LinkedIn directly. It uses Google search with site:linkedin.com/in queries to find publicly indexed profiles and extracts available information from the search result snippets.

Key Features

• Profile Discovery: Find LinkedIn profiles by job title, location, company, or skills
• Public Data Only: Extracts only publicly available information from Google search results
• Pay-Per-Event Pricing: Pay only for profiles successfully scraped and saved
• Multi-Page Support: Scrape up to 20 pages of Google results (~200 profiles)
• Global Search: Route searches through different country domains for localized results
• Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate profiles across pages

Use Cases

Use Case	Example Query
Recruiting	site:linkedin.com/in "software engineer" "San Francisco"
Lead Generation	site:linkedin.com/in marketing director "New York"
Market Research	site:linkedin.com/in founder startup
Networking	site:linkedin.com/in "data scientist" healthcare

Input

Configure the Actor through the Input tab in Apify Console. The following fields are available:

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	Yes	—	Google search query with site:linkedin.com/in
maxPages	integer	No	1	Max result pages (1–20, ~10 results per page)
countryCode	string	No	us	Google domain (us, uk, de, in, etc.)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	GOOGLE_SERP	Proxy settings — SERP proxies recommended

Query Examples

site:linkedin.com/in software engineer "San Francisco"
site:linkedin.com/in "product manager" fintech
site:linkedin.com/in director site:linkedin.com/in amazon OR google
site:linkedin.com/in nurse "Los Angeles"
site:linkedin.com/in founder "venture capital"

💡 Tip: Use quotes for exact phrase matching. Combine with AND/OR for complex queries.

Output

Results are saved to the default dataset in JSON format. You can export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

Dataset Fields

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Profile name and headline from search result
profileUrl	string	Direct LinkedIn profile URL (linkedin.com/in/...)
description	string	Profile snippet (job title, company, location)
displayUrl	string	URL shown in search results
position	integer	Result position on the page (1-based)
sourceUrl	string	Google search page URL
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

Example Output

{
  "title": "John Smith - Software Engineer at Google",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsmith",
  "description": "Software Engineer at Google | Ex-Amazon | San Francisco Bay Area",
  "displayUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsmith",
  "position": 1,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alinkedin.com%2Fin+software+engineer",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-23T12:52:01.394Z"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing:

Event	Price	Description
Actor Start	$0.00005	One-time fee per Actor run
Profile Scraped	$0.005	Per profile saved to dataset

Example: Scraping 50 profiles costs approximately $0.25 (plus the start fee).

Set a maximum spending limit in the Actor console to control your budget.

Tips & Tricks

Optimize Your Queries

• Use quotes for exact matches: "software engineer"
• Include location for targeted results: "San Francisco" or "London"
• Filter by company: site:linkedin.com/in engineer Google
• Combine terms with AND/OR: site:linkedin.com/in (engineer OR developer)

Control Costs

• Start with maxPages: 1 to preview results
• Each page yields ~10 profiles; set maxPages based on your needs
• Use countryCode to target specific regions and improve relevance

Data Quality

• Not all profiles have rich descriptions in Google search results
• Descriptions depend on what Google indexes from the profile
• Some results may show "No description available" if the snippet is empty

Limitations

• This Actor extracts publicly available data only from Google search results
• It does not log into LinkedIn or access private profile information
• Results depend on Google's indexing and may not include all LinkedIn profiles
• Google may occasionally block or rate-limit requests; the Actor retries automatically

Support

• Documentation: Apify Platform Docs
• Issues: Report via the Actor's Issues tab in Apify Store
• Email: support@apify.com

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