Facebook Posts Scraper (No Login)

Scrape posts from public Facebook pages and profiles: text, links, photos, videos, reels, reactions, comment and share counts, top comments and co-authors. No Facebook account, login or cookies needed. Same output fields as the official Facebook Posts Scraper at $2 per 1,000 posts with no start fee; 100 posts in under a minute.

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What you can do with Facebook post data

• Social listening and brand monitoring: pull every new post from the pages you watch on a schedule and track reactions, comments and shares over time.
• Competitor content analysis: see what a competitor posts, how often, which formats they use and what actually gets engagement.
• Content archiving: keep a copy of a page's posts with media URLs, timestamps and engagement counts.
• Feeding dashboards and AI workflows: clean JSON with stable field names goes straight into a spreadsheet, a database, or an LLM pipeline.
• Influencer and creator research: post frequency, reaction mix and top comments for any public profile.
• Incremental scraping that stays cheap: onlyPostsNewerThan stops the run as soon as it reaches posts you already have, so a daily job costs a few cents.

What data do you get

Field	Example
text, textReferences, link	post text, hashtags and mentions with URLs, the shared link
previewTitle, previewDescription, previewSource, previewTarget, actionLink	link preview card of a shared link and its call-to-action button
time, timestamp, timeCreated, timestampCreated	2026-09-02T04:52:09.000Z, 1788382329
likes, comments, shares, topReactionsCount	2275, 86, 169
reactionLikeCount, reactionLoveCount, reactionHahaCount, ...	reaction breakdown by type
media	photos with full-size URLs and Facebook's image description, videos with playable URL, thumbnail, duration and play counts
isVideo, viewsCount, videoPostViewCount, liveViewerCount	video metrics (live viewers only while a broadcast is running)
paidPartnership	true when the post is labelled as a paid partnership
captionText	transcript of the video (with the captionText option on)
topComments	text, author, date and likes of the comments Facebook shows first
collaborators, sharedPost	co-authors and the original post of a share
user, pageName, facebookId, pageAdLibrary	author profile, page IDs, Ad Library ID
url, topLevelUrl, postId, feedbackId	post URLs and IDs

How to scrape Facebook posts

1. Paste page or profile URLs into Start URLs, one per line.
2. Set Results limit per URL, and optionally Only posts newer than (2026-01-31, 7 days, 3 months) to skip old posts for free.
3. Click Start. Posts stream into the dataset as they are found; export as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or read them through the API.

Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	array of { "url": ... }	Page or profile URLs (same format as the official Actor, plain strings work too): https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/, https://www.facebook.com/zuck, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044561550831.
resultsLimit	integer	Max posts per URL, newest first. Empty = no limit.
onlyPostsNewerThan	string	YYYY-MM-DD, ISO date-time, or relative (1 day, 2 weeks, 3 months). Stops scraping when older posts are reached.
onlyPostsOlderThan	string	Same formats. Newer posts are skipped for free.
captionText	boolean	Add the video transcript (auto-generated captions) to video posts, same field as the official Actor. Add-on: $0.002 per video post looked up. Off by default.
maxConcurrency	integer	Pages scraped in parallel (default 5).
proxyConfiguration	object	Residential proxies by default, included in the price. Optionally pick a country or use your own proxy servers.

Example:

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/" }, { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/cern" }],
  "resultsLimit": 50,
  "onlyPostsNewerThan": "30 days"
}

Output

One dataset record per post. Field names match the official Facebook Posts Scraper:

{
  "facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA",
  "postId": "1619357056226331",
  "pageName": "NASA",
  "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/posts/pfbid02UWQesyMaGaXHYs988uMZHerM5NuzhHxcnQp93c5BhLEXNRqphHTWqa81y7WYppKRl",
  "time": "2026-09-02T04:52:09.000Z",
  "timestamp": 1788382329,
  "user": {
    "id": "100044561550831",
    "name": "NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/100044561550831",
    "profilePic": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/....png"
  },
  "collaborators": [],
  "text": "Red Moon over Louisiana\n\nOn the night of Aug. 27-28, the full moon slipped through Earth's shadow...",
  "textReferences": [],
  "link": null,
  "likes": 2275,
  "comments": 86,
  "shares": 169,
  "topReactionsCount": 2275,
  "isVideo": false,
  "media": [
    {
      "thumbnail": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/....jpg",
      "__typename": "Photo",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1619357049559665",
      "id": "1619357049559665",
      "ocrText": "May be an image of the moon"
    }
  ],
  "topComments": [
    { "id": "Y29tbWVudDo...", "text": "Beautiful!", "date": "2026-09-02T06:11:03.000Z", "likes": 12,
      "author": { "id": "100000000000000", "name": "Jane Doe", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/jane.doe" } }
  ],
  "topLevelUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/100044561550831/posts/1619357056226331",
  "facebookId": "100044561550831",
  "pageAdLibrary": { "is_business_page_active": false, "id": "26325324934" },
  "inputUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/"
}

Video posts add playable_url, playable_duration_in_ms and play counts inside media; shared posts add sharedPost with the original post's ID, URL and author.

Pricing

$2 per 1,000 posts ($0.002 per post), no start fee, platform usage and residential proxies included. You pay only for posts written to the dataset, so date filters cut the bill directly. Set the maximum budget per run in the Actor settings; the scraper stops when it is reached.

What that buys you

Your Apify plan comes with a monthly usage allowance, and this Actor draws from it at a flat rate.

Allowance you have	Posts it covers
$5, which is what the free plan includes	about 2,500
$29	about 14,500
$199	about 99,500

Nothing extra is deducted for platform compute or for the residential proxies. Both are already inside the price per post.

What you are never charged for

• Posts that never reach your dataset, including anything skipped by a filter or hidden by Facebook.
• An input that returns nothing at all.
• Compute time and proxy traffic.
• Date filters stop paging as soon as older posts appear, so posts you filter out never reach the dataset and never appear on the bill.

The cap is a cap

Result limits and the run budget are checked before a record is fetched, not after it has been stored, so a run cannot overshoot the number you type. Set the maximum cost per run in the Actor settings and the scraper works out how many posts fit and stops there.

Optional add-on: video transcripts (captionText) cost $0.002 per video post looked up, so a run over an all-video page costs at most $4 per 1,000 posts. Posts without video are never charged for it.

For comparison, the official Facebook Posts Scraper charges $5 per 1,000 posts on the free plan, less on higher plans, plus a start fee and a fee per filter.

Switching from the official Facebook Posts Scraper

1. Replace the Actor ID in your integration and keep your input (startUrls, resultsLimit, onlyPostsNewerThan, onlyPostsOlderThan).
2. Output field names are the same: every field of the official dataset schema is present with the same type, including the reaction*Count breakdown, media, topComments, pageAdLibrary, paidPartnership and liveViewerCount. sharedPost is extra.
3. Posts come newest first, same as the official Actor.

Limitations

• Groups need a login and are not supported; single post, photo and video URLs are not accepted, use the page or profile URL.
• paidPartnership is detected from the post header and sponsor tags; liveViewerCount is only available while a live broadcast is running, otherwise null.
• Private profiles and pages Facebook hides from logged-out visitors return nothing.
• Video transcripts (captionText) are Facebook's auto-generated captions; videos without captions return null (the lookup is still charged).

FAQ

Can I scrape Facebook posts without logging in?

Yes. No account, cookies or API key are needed, and nothing you own can get blocked or rate-limited.

How do I scrape only new posts every day?

Set onlyPostsNewerThan to 1 day (or the date of your last run) and schedule the Actor. It stops as soon as it reaches older posts, so a daily run over a handful of pages costs a few cents.

Can I scrape comments?

The comments Facebook shows first are included in topComments with author, date and likes. Full comment threads are a separate job; tell us in the Issues tab if you need them.

Can I scrape a personal profile?

Yes, if the profile is public. Use the profile URL or profile.php?id=....

How fast is it and how many posts can I get?

10 posts take about 5 seconds, 100 posts under a minute, and pages are scraped in parallel. There is no fixed limit.

Is scraping Facebook posts legal?

The scraper collects only what Facebook shows to anyone without logging in. Results can still contain personal data, so use them lawfully (GDPR and local rules) and do not use them for unsolicited bulk messaging.

More Facebook scrapers by Alfalfa

All four read only what Facebook shows a signed-out visitor, use the same field names as the official Apify Actors, and charge only for records that reach your dataset.

Actor	What it returns	Price
Facebook Events Scraper	Events by keyword, city, page or URL: dates, venue with GPS, tickets, organizer, going counts, every date of a recurring event, optional organizer email	$5 / 1,000 events
Facebook Posts Scraper	Posts from pages and profiles: text, media, reaction breakdown, comments, shares, top comments, co-authors	$2 / 1,000 posts
Facebook Pages Scraper	Page profile: email, phone, website, address, likes, followers, rating, price range, About text, recent posts	from $3.50 / 1,000 pages
Facebook Comments Scraper	Comments and reply threads of any public post: text, author, date, likes, replies with parent links, three sort modes, date filter without surcharge	$1 / 1,000 comments

Not working?

Facebook changes things regularly. If a page that opens in your browser returns no posts, open an issue in the Issues tab with the URL; fixes are usually deployed within a day. If the scraper saved you time, a short review on the Actor page helps other users find it.