LinkedIn Post Scraper

Scrape viral/trending LinkedIn posts by hashtag or keyword search. Perfect for finding content inspiration and building a library of top-performing posts in your niche.

Features

• Hashtag Scraping: Get top posts from any LinkedIn hashtag
• Keyword Search: Find posts matching specific keywords
• Engagement Filtering: Only get posts above your engagement thresholds
• Author Info: Optionally includes author's followers and headline
• Voice Training Ready: Output formatted for AI voice analysis

Use Cases

1. Content Inspiration: Find what's working in your niche
2. Trend Research: Track trending topics and formats
3. Voice Training: Collect diverse writing styles for AI training
4. Competitor Analysis: See what content performs best

Input

{
  "searchType": "hashtag",
  "hashtags": ["leadership", "marketing", "AI"],
  "cookies": "[{\"name\":\"li_at\", ...}]",
  "maxPostsPerSource": 50,
  "minLikes": 100,
  "minComments": 10,
  "sortBy": "top",
  "timeFilter": "past_week",
  "includeAuthorInfo": true
}

Getting LinkedIn Cookies (Required)

If you have Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA/2FA) enabled on your LinkedIn account, you must use cookies - there's no alternative login method.

Step 1: Install a cookie export extension:

• Cookie-Editor by Moustachauve - Clean interface, supports Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Safari
• EditThisCookie by Francesco Capano - Chrome extension, classic choice

Step 2: Log into LinkedIn in your browser

Step 3: Click the cookie extension icon, then:

• Cookie-Editor: Click "Export" → "Export as JSON"
• EditThisCookie: Click the export button (looks like ↓)

Step 4: Paste the JSON array into the "cookies" field

The most important cookie is li_at - this is your LinkedIn session token.

Output

{
  "posts": [
    {
      "id": "123",
      "url": "https://linkedin.com/feed/update/...",
      "text": "Post content...",
      "likes": 1523,
      "comments": 234,
      "reposts": 89,
      "postedAt": "2025-12-15T10:00:00Z",
      "hashtags": ["leadership", "growth"],
      "author": {
        "name": "John Doe",
        "headline": "CEO at Company",
        "profileUrl": "https://linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
        "followers": 50000
      },
      "hasImage": true,
      "hasVideo": false,
      "hasCarousel": false,
      "hasDocument": true
    }
  ],
  "stats": {
    "totalPosts": 150,
    "avgLikes": 523,
    "avgComments": 45,
    "topAuthors": ["John Doe", "Jane Smith"],
    "topHashtags": ["leadership", "growth", "mindset"]
  }
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

Event	Description	Price
apify-actor-start	Base cost per run	$0.10
post_scraped	Per post scraped	$0.02
author_scraped	Per author profile (if includeAuthorInfo)	$0.01

Example costs:

• 50 posts basic: $0.10 + (50 × $0.02) = $1.10
• 50 posts with author info: $0.10 + (50 × $0.02) + (50 × $0.01) = $1.60
• 100 posts with author info: $0.10 + (100 × $0.02) + (100 × $0.01) = $3.10

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Built by John Rippy | johnrippy.link

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Keywords

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