LinkedIn Profile Posts Scraper for Lead Research

Research public LinkedIn profile posts for prospect context, executive activity, and content signals. Export recent post text, dates, URLs, and engagement counts without supplying LinkedIn cookies.

Quick start and cost

Start with profileUrls with one public profile URL, maxPostsPerUrl: 5, and dryRun: true for a preview. Dry runs return a sample record and do not collect live platform data. For a real run, turn off dryRun and use a small input limit first. This Actor calls a separately priced source Actor for live collection. Its published per-result price and source-Actor usage are distinct; check your Apify usage and the source-cost cap before scaling. Private, deleted, restricted, or changed pages can return fewer records than requested.

Best use cases

• prospect signal research
• thought leader monitoring
• content analysis
• sales personalization
• executive activity tracking

What you get

• postUrl
• text
• postedAt
• authorName
• authorUrl
• reactionCount
• commentCount
• repostCount
• ownerType
• sourceActorRunId for troubleshooting and traceability
• raw containing the complete source item when you need extra fields

Example input

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella/"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerUrl": 10,
  "postedLimit": "month"
}

Example output

{
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/example/",
  "text": "Example profile post",
  "postedAt": "2026-08-20T10:00:00Z",
  "authorName": "Example Person",
  "reactionCount": 850,
  "commentCount": 42,
  "repostCount": 12
}

How it works

1. Enter the specific URLs, names, or usernames supported by this Actor.
2. The Actor validates and deduplicates your input.
3. A maintained no-cookie source Actor collects the live public data.
4. Results are normalized into consistent fields and duplicate records are removed.
5. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS, or connect it to your workflow through the Apify API.

Pricing and cost control

This Actor uses pay-per-result pricing. You are charged for unique records saved to this Actor's dataset. Store discounts are applied automatically by Apify for higher subscription tiers.

The advanced source cost limit is automatically calculated from your requested item limits. Set sourceMaxTotalChargeUsd only when you need a stricter custom cap. A source run can still return zero records when a URL is invalid, private, removed, or has no matching public content.

Reliability notes

• No LinkedIn or Instagram cookie is requested from you.
• Duplicate inputs and duplicate result records are removed.
• Invalid URLs fail early with a clear message.
• The raw source item is retained so downstream integrations do not lose uncommon fields.
• Public platform pages and schemas can change. Failed source runs are surfaced with their run ID for debugging.

Responsible use

Only collect publicly available data that you are legally permitted to process. Follow applicable privacy, data protection, anti-spam, copyright, and platform rules. Do not use this Actor for harassment, unlawful profiling, credential collection, or abusive automation.

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LinkedIn, Instagram, Meta, or Microsoft. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.