🧵 Threads Post Detail & Engagement Scraper

Extract rich structured data and engagement metrics from any public Meta Threads post without logging in or using an API key.

Fast, lightweight, HTTP-only scraper powered by modern TLS impersonation. Extracts caption text, author profile, like counts, direct replies, reposts, quotes, HD photos, video streams, and carousels in ~1.5 seconds per post.

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✨ Features

• ⚡ Fast & Lightweight: Pure HTTP-only extraction — zero headless browser overhead, minimal memory footprint.
• 🔓 Zero Authentication: No Meta/Threads account, password, session cookies, or API token required.
• 📊 Complete Engagement Metrics: Pulls real-time likes, direct replies, reposts, quotes, and reshares.
• 🖼️ High-Res Media: Extracts direct URLs for images, video stream files, and multi-slide carousels.
• 👤 Author Profile: Username, display name, user ID, profile avatar, and verified badge status.
• 🔗 Flexible Input Formats: Accepts full URLs (threads.net/@user/post/CODE or threads.com/@user/post/CODE), shortlinks (threads.net/t/CODE), or bare shortcodes (CODE).
• 🛡️ Built-in Proxy Support: Seamlessly integrates with Apify Proxy (Datacenter or Residential) with automatic session rotation.

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🎯 Use Cases

• Social Sentiment & PR Monitoring: Track public sentiment, viral announcements, and corporate updates from executives.
• Creator & Influencer Analytics: Monitor engagement rates, reposts, and reply counts across campaigns.
• AI & NLP Datasets: Build high-quality text and multimodal training corpuses from public social discussions.
• Competitor Intelligence: Keep tabs on competitors' announcements, product launches, and community reactions.

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📥 Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Default
posts	Array of Strings	Threads post URLs or shortcodes to scrape.	["https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/DYSAIo_FL77"]
proxyConfiguration	Object	Apify Proxy settings. Recommended for large batch jobs.	{"useApifyProxy": true}

Example Input

{
  "posts": [
    "https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/DYSAIo_FL77",
    "https://www.threads.com/@mosseri/post/C-r_o7-S0t9"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

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📤 Output Format

Each run pushes structured JSON records into the default dataset:

{
  "id": "threads:DYSAIo_FL77",
  "post_code": "DYSAIo_FL77",
  "url": "https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/DYSAIo_FL77",
  "caption": "Today we're starting to roll out Incognito Chat with Meta AI on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app -- a completely private way to interact with AI...",
  "published_at": "2026-05-13T13:55:40Z",
  "author_username": "zuck",
  "author_full_name": "Mark Zuckerberg",
  "author_id": "63055343223",
  "author_profile_pic_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "author_is_verified": true,
  "author_is_private": false,
  "like_count": 2436,
  "reply_count": 732,
  "repost_count": 203,
  "quote_count": 50,
  "reshare_count": 161,
  "media_type": "image",
  "image_urls": [
    "https://instagram.fcgk22-1.fna.fbcdn.net/..."
  ],
  "video_urls": [],
  "is_video": false,
  "has_audio": false,
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "link_preview": null,
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-14T19:30:59Z",
  "source_input": "https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/DYSAIo_FL77"
}

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💡 Tips & Integrations

• Webhooks: Trigger downstream webhooks to receive new posts immediately upon completion.
• Export Options: Download results in JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, or query via the Apify REST API.