LinkedIn Top Content Scraper

Scrape LinkedIn's trending and top-performing posts — including viral content, LinkedIn Top Voice posts, and trending articles — with full engagement metrics, author details, and media information.

What It Does

This actor fetches posts from LinkedIn's top content feeds using a multi-strategy cascade:

1. Top Content Feed (/voyager/api/feed/topContent) — LinkedIn's dedicated trending posts endpoint
2. Content Search (/voyager/api/search/blended) — search for top posts by category keyword
3. Flagship Feed (/voyager/api/feed/flagshipFeed) — feed filtered to TOP_CONTENT context
4. Public Trending Page (/feed/trending/) — cookieless fallback using public embedded data

The strategies are tried in order; results are deduplicated and capped at your maxPosts limit.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
maxPosts	integer	No	Maximum posts to scrape (default: 50, range: 1–500)
category	string	No	Topic keyword like AI, leadership, marketing
cookie	string	No	LinkedIn li_at cookie or full cookies JSON array
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify proxy settings

Cookie

For best results, provide a LinkedIn session cookie. Without it, only the public trending page is scraped (fewer results).

Accepted formats:

• Plain li_at value: AQEDxxx...
• Full cookies JSON array from browser export: [{"name":"li_at","value":"AQEDxxx..."},...]

Category

Use category to focus on a specific topic. Examples:

• AI — artificial intelligence posts
• leadership — leadership content
• marketing — marketing insights
• data science — data science posts
• Leave empty for general trending content

Output

Each item in the dataset represents one LinkedIn post:

Field	Type	Description
postId	string	LinkedIn activity ID
postUrl	string	Direct URL to the post
authorName	string	Author's full name
authorProfileUrl	string	Author's LinkedIn profile URL
authorHeadline	string	Author's headline / job title
postedAt	string	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of publication
content	string	Full text of the post
mediaType	string	text, image, video, article, document, carousel, repost, poll, or event
mediaUrls	array	CDN image URLs (when mediaType=image)
articleTitle	string	Article title (when mediaType=article)
articleUrl	string	Article URL (when mediaType=article)
reactionsCount	integer	Total reaction count
commentsCount	integer	Total comment count
repostsCount	integer	Total repost/share count
reactionBreakdown	object	Per-type counts: like, celebrate, love, insightful, support, funny, curious
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when scraped

Example Output

{
  "postId": "7234567890123456789",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7234567890123456789/",
  "authorName": "Satya Nadella",
  "authorProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella",
  "authorHeadline": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft",
  "postedAt": "2025-05-15T14:30:00+00:00",
  "content": "Excited to share our latest breakthroughs in AI...",
  "mediaType": "text",
  "reactionsCount": 42500,
  "commentsCount": 1230,
  "repostsCount": 3400,
  "reactionBreakdown": {
    "like": 30000,
    "celebrate": 8000,
    "insightful": 3500,
    "love": 1000
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2025-05-20T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Use Cases

• Trend analysis: Identify what topics and formats are performing best on LinkedIn
• Competitor research: See what content your industry peers are posting
• Content strategy: Find inspiration from viral posts in your niche
• Influencer discovery: Identify LinkedIn Top Voices in specific categories
• Market research: Track sentiment and trending topics over time

FAQs

Do I need a LinkedIn account? No, the actor can run without a cookie and will scrape the public trending feed. However, providing a cookie gives access to more posts and enables category-based filtering.

How many posts can I scrape? Up to 500 posts per run. The actual number depends on what LinkedIn surfaces in its trending feeds.

Why are some posts missing fields like postedAt or authorHeadline? LinkedIn omits some data for certain posts. Fields are only included when data is available — no null or empty values are pushed.

Will this get my LinkedIn account banned? The actor uses the same Voyager API endpoints that LinkedIn's own mobile app uses, with realistic delays between requests. Proxy configuration is recommended for high-volume usage.

What is the reactionBreakdown field? It shows how many reactions of each type the post received: like (thumbs up), celebrate (clapping), love (heart), insightful (lightbulb), support (hug), funny (laughing), and curious (curious face).

Explore the rest of the LinkedIn suite

Need a different LinkedIn surface? Pair this actor with any of the others in the LinkedIn Suite — all published under the same publisher and built to share the same cookie format and output conventions.

Actor	What it scrapes
LinkedIn Comments Scraper	All comments + reply threads on a post
LinkedIn Company Employees Scraper	Employee list for any company (by URN)
LinkedIn Company Info Scraper	Company About page (size, HQ, industry, specialties)
LinkedIn Company Posts Scraper	Posts published from a company page
LinkedIn Events Scraper	Events by keyword/URL with full event detail
LinkedIn Hashtag Posts Scraper	Posts ranked under a #hashtag
LinkedIn Jobs Scraper	Job listings via the public jobs-guest API
LinkedIn Jobs Scraper Ultra	Same as jobs-scraper + full detail enrichment
LinkedIn Learning Courses Scraper	LinkedIn Learning course catalog by keyword
LinkedIn People Search Scraper	People search with every LinkedIn facet (role, company, school, location, etc.)
LinkedIn Post Reactions Scraper	Reactors on a post (name, headline, reaction type)
LinkedIn Post Scraper	Full post (text, media, engagement counts, author)
LinkedIn Post Search Scraper	Posts matching a keyword (with date/author/network filters)
LinkedIn Profile Posts Scraper	All posts/reposts/articles for one profile
LinkedIn Profile Scraper	Public profile fields (name, headline, positions, education, skills)
LinkedIn Profile Scraper Pro	Profile fields + extras (recommendations, organizations, languages)
LinkedIn Profile Scraper Pro Ultra	Pro + premium fields (contact info, followers list when allowed)
LinkedIn Profile Scraper Ultra	Profile + the full upstream dash-120 surface
LinkedIn Profile Search by Name	Search profiles by person name (great for matching CSVs of names)
LinkedIn Schools Alumni Scraper	Alumni list for any LinkedIn school page
LinkedIn User Activity Scraper	Reactions + comments + posts feed for one profile

All actors share the same cookie input format (plain li_at OR full cookies JSON array) and the same omit-empty output convention.