LinkedIn Post Search Scraper (No Login)

What is LinkedIn Post Search Scraper?

LinkedIn Post Search Scraper is a tool that lets you search public LinkedIn posts by keyword and download each post's full text, author, publish date, likes, comment count, images, video and the first comments. Type a keyword such as b2b sales or hiring software engineer, click Start, and download the posts as Excel, CSV or JSON. No LinkedIn account, cookies or API key needed.

• ⚡ Speed: about 75 posts per minute (300 posts for 3 keywords in 4 minutes in our test)
• 🎯 On topic: every post mentions all the words of your keyword (hashtags and plurals count too)
• 📅 Date filters: past 24 hours, week, month, year, or since any date you pick
• 👤 Author filter: only posts by the people or companies you choose
• 🔓 No login: no LinkedIn account, cookies or browser extension

What can LinkedIn Post Search Scraper do?

• Search LinkedIn posts by keyword, hashtag or phrase without logging in
• Find LinkedIn posts from the past week or month about any topic
• Get the full text of each post, not a cut-off preview
• See who posted: name, profile or company page link, person or company, follower count and photo
• Get likes and comment counts for every post, plus the first comments if you want them
• Get the post's images and video (video link, thumbnail and length)
• See when a post shares another post, with the original post's link and author
• Find what a specific person or company posted about a topic, for example what Microsoft posts about AI
• Search many keywords in one run, with up to 1,000 posts per keyword
• Get results in seconds over the real-time API, without starting a run
• Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML, or send the posts to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier and more

What data can you extract from LinkedIn posts?

📝 Full post text	📅 Publish date and time	🔗 Post link and ID
👤 Author name	🏢 Person or company	👥 Author's followers
🖼️ Author photo or logo	👍 Likes	💬 Number of comments
🗨️ First comments (optional)	🖼️ Images	🎬 Video, thumbnail and length
♻️ Shared post (text, link, author)	🔎 Keyword it was found for	🏅 Position in the search results

How to scrape LinkedIn posts by keyword

1. Create a free Apify account (no credit card needed).
2. Open LinkedIn Post Search Scraper.
3. Type one or more keywords, for example b2b sales or generative ai.
4. Choose how many posts you want per keyword and, if you like, a date range or a list of authors. Click Start.
5. When the run finishes, download your posts as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML.

⬇️ Input

Setting	What it does
Search keywords	The words the posts must mention, one search per line. Every word must appear in the post (hashtags count, so #b2bsales matches b2b sales). Put OR between alternatives: saas sales OR b2b sales
Maximum posts per keyword	How many posts to save for each keyword (default 50). Set 0 for as many as can be found, up to 1,000
Posted within	Only posts from the past hour, 24 hours, week, month, 3 months, 6 months or year
Posted on or after	Only posts published on or after a date, for example 2026-09-01
Authors	Only posts by these people or companies: profile or company links, or the name in their link (satyanadella, microsoft). Each keyword is searched once per author
Include comments	Add the first comments shown on each post (up to 10), with their text, date, author name and likes

Example: 100 posts about B2B sales and 100 about hiring software engineers.

{
  "searchQueries": ["b2b sales", "hiring software engineer"],
  "maxPosts": 100
}

Example: last week's posts about generative AI, with their first comments.

{
  "searchQueries": ["generative ai"],
  "maxPosts": 50,
  "postedLimit": "week",
  "includeComments": true
}

Example: what Satya Nadella and Microsoft post about AI.

{
  "searchQueries": ["ai"],
  "authorFilter": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/"],
  "maxPosts": 30
}

⬆️ Output

You get one row per post. The Posts tab in Apify Console shows the posts as a table and the Authors tab lists who wrote them. You can download everything as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML.

{
  "query": "ai",
  "searchRank": 35,
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/microsoft_join-us-on-october-21-live-for-the-microsoft-activity-7252800593738510337-P4hW",
  "id": "7252800593738510337",
  "type": "post",
  "text": "Join us on October 21 live for the Microsoft AI Tour in London with Satya Nadella and Jared Spataro to learn how Microsoft is ushering in an era of AI-first business process. RSVP now: https://msft.it/6003mLS9h",
  "postedAt": "2024-10-17T22:00:12.030Z",
  "author": {
    "name": "Microsoft",
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft/",
    "type": "company",
    "followers": 29170653,
    "image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQH32RJQCl3dDQ/company-logo_100_100/..."
  },
  "likes": 90,
  "commentsCount": 2,
  "comments": [],
  "video": null,
  "images": [
    "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5610AQFry8lJYlN6Kw/image-shrink_1280/..."
  ],
  "sharedPost": null
}

With Include comments on, comments holds the first comments LinkedIn shows (up to 10):

"comments": [
  {"text": "Sounds amazing! Can't wait to learn from Satya!", "postedAt": "2024-10-18T06:15:08.939Z", "authorName": "Jane Doe", "likes": 1}
]

type is post, video or article. Video posts also have video with the video link, thumbnail and length (for example PT3M21S, 3 minutes 21 seconds). searchRank is the post's position in the keyword's search results.

Each run also saves a short report with how many keywords and posts it covered, and any search it could not finish with the reason.

How can I use LinkedIn post data?

• Lead generation and social selling: find people posting about the problem your product solves, for example looking for a crm or hiring sdr
• Recruiting: find hiring posts for a role, for example hiring data engineer, and the people and companies behind them
• Market and trend research: see what your industry is talking about this week and which posts get the most engagement
• Competitor monitoring: track what competitors and their leaders post about a topic
• Content research: find the post formats, hooks and hashtags that work in your niche
• Brand monitoring: see who mentions your brand, product or event on LinkedIn

How does the search work?

The scraper finds public LinkedIn posts that are indexed on the web, the same posts anyone can open without logging in, and reads each one from LinkedIn. Results come in search-relevance order, not newest first. To get recent posts, use Posted within or Posted on or after: posts outside the dates are skipped before they are read, so filtering costs you nothing.

How many posts a keyword gives depends on how much is written about it: in our tests, a popular topic such as b2b sales or generative ai gave several hundred posts, and a narrow one such as kubernetes security gave about 100. To get more posts on a broad subject, split it into several keywords (b2b sales, saas sales, enterprise sales).

❓FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape LinkedIn posts?

You pay per post saved. See the Pricing tab for the current price. A search that finds no posts costs almost nothing.

How many posts can I get per keyword?

Up to 1,000 per keyword. Most keywords give between 100 and 500 posts that really mention them; see How does the search work? above for getting more.

Can I get the newest posts first?

Posts come in search-relevance order. Use Posted within (for example Past week) to get only recent posts, then sort by postedAt in your spreadsheet.

Do I need a LinkedIn account or cookies?

No. The scraper reads only what LinkedIn shows to visitors who are not logged in. Your LinkedIn account is never used, so it cannot be restricted.

Can I scrape all the reactions and comments of a post?

LinkedIn shows visitors the number of likes and comments and the first comments (up to 10) of each post. The full list of comments and the list of people who reacted are only visible to logged-in members, so they are not included.

Can I scrape private posts?

No. Posts that are visible to connections only, or to logged-in members only, are skipped.

Is it legal to scrape LinkedIn posts?

The scraper collects only public posts that anyone can see without logging in. Posts and comments can contain personal data, which laws such as the GDPR in Europe and the CCPA in California protect. You are responsible for having a lawful reason to collect and use the data, and for following anti-spam laws such as CAN-SPAM if you contact people. If you are unsure, ask a lawyer. LinkedIn Post Search Scraper is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by LinkedIn.

Can I use it through an API?

Yes. Start runs and download results with the Apify API, or call the real-time endpoint /search?q=b2b%20sales&limit=20 in Standby mode to get posts back in one request. The API tab has ready-to-use code for Python, JavaScript and cURL.

Something doesn't work. What should I do?

Open the Issues tab and tell us the keyword and what you expected.