Facebook Comments Scraper: Replies & Reactions

Facebook Comments Scraper: Replies & Reactions

Facebook comments scraper for public posts, reels, videos and photos. Paste the links and get every public comment and reply as its own flat row: the author, the full text, the exact time, reactions by type (Like, Love, Care, Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry), the commenter's gender, how many replies it drew, the thread it belongs to, and any GIF, photo, sticker, video or link it carries. No login, no cookies, no browser.

Input	Post, reel, video, watch, photo, share and public group-post links
Output	One row per comment or reply, 57 fields, plus a run summary
Replies	All 3 levels Facebook shows: comment, reply, reply to a reply
Sort	All comments, most relevant, newest first
Dates	Comments newer than / older than (a window); date filters are free
Price	$0.24 per 1,000 comments on Starter, replies included; no start fee

What you get for each comment

What	Fields
The comment	text, textSnippet, date, timestamp, commentUrl, commentId, id, feedbackId
Reactions	likesCount (exact when Facebook lists the types), likesCountText ("1.2K"), reactionLikeCount … reactionAngryCount
Replies and threads	commentsCount, threadingDepth (0, 1, 2), isReply, replyToCommentId, replyToName, rootCommentId
Attachments	attachmentType (Photo, Sticker, GIF, Video, Link, Post), attachmentUrl, attachmentImageUrls, attachmentVideoUrl, attachmentTitle, attachmentSource, attachmentId, textLinks, sharedPostUrl, sharedPostText, mentions
The author	profileName, profilePicture, profileId, profileUrl, isAuthorVerified, profileGender (MALE, FEMALE, or NEUTER for a page)
The post	postTitle, postDescription, postUrl, postId, facebookId (the post id, as in apify's rows), pageName, pageId, pageAdLibraryId, isBusinessPageActive, facebookUrl
Where it came from	inputUrl (your link, as you gave it), scrapedAt
apify-compatible	author {id, name, url, profile_picture_depth_0, gender, is_verified}, attachments (the media objects), parentComment (the thread's first comment), parentReply (the comment a reply answers), pageAdLibrary {id, is_business_page_active}: the same data in apify/facebook-comments-scraper's shape, so code written for its rows runs unchanged

A real row from a run on 2026-10-18 (a comment Humans of New York wrote under its own post, with a link card):

{
  "profilePicture": "https://scontent-lax7-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/334611134_1536915246801761_214912837020673325_n.jpg?stp=c341.0.1365.1365a_cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1365x1365&ctp=s64x64&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=2d3e12&_nc_ohc=XB94OzzZmyEQ7kNvwHfl7W6&_nc_oc=Adr2sSOGAOnnYakYlAHM49D4NGQW86EVFnxDZI8exNFdtNZPy2BEfTr3jPwgaHuUszg&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-lax7-1.xx&_nc_gid=lX6oqVUzvlLN-PpXG0xRKw&_nc_ss=7b289&oh=00_AQMnuGmHxRWI9iaGlfAKpp1E8mPx-MDm0wAYPNcTzdxhVg&oe=6ADB20E6",
  "profileName": "Humans of New York",
  "text": "Gabby's story can also be found in Dear New York; a collection of hundreds of portraits and written stories from the streets of NYC. The most beautiful and complete of the HONY books; it's currently only $15.99 on Amazon-- which is a full 65 percent off. You can get a copy here: https://bit.ly/dearnewyorkbook",
  "textSnippet": "Gabby's story can also be found in Dear New York;…",
  "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid02zn6NLm1v5AymLXXzsFVNTDszchv5sPZfN83zadEVpNam8vjCeQ85fBNpy9k8wZhVl?comment_id=2299934260765286",
  "likesCount": 1138,
  "likesCountText": "1.1K",
  "commentsCount": 12,
  "date": "2026-09-18T14:29:06Z",
  "threadingDepth": 0,
  "isReply": false,
  "replyToCommentId": null,
  "replyToName": null,
  "rootCommentId": null,
  "reactionLikeCount": 938,
  "reactionLoveCount": 172,
  "reactionCareCount": 27,
  "reactionHahaCount": 0,
  "reactionWowCount": 0,
  "reactionSadCount": 1,
  "reactionAngryCount": 0,
  "attachmentType": "Link",
  "attachmentUrl": "https://bit.ly/dearnewyorkbook",
  "attachmentImageUrls": null,
  "attachmentVideoUrl": null,
  "attachmentTitle": "Dear New York",
  "attachmentSource": "static.macmillan.com",
  "attachmentId": "1650981263259523",
  "textLinks": [
    "https://bit.ly/dearnewyorkbook"
  ],
  "sharedPostUrl": null,
  "sharedPostText": null,
  "mentions": null,
  "isAuthorVerified": true,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork",
  "profileId": "100050429952420",
  "profileGender": "NEUTER",
  "postTitle": "“My first end-of-life patient was a 97-year-old ma…",
  "postDescription": "“My first end-of-life patient was a 97-year-old man. He had a much younger girlfriend; she was seventy-four. But they loved each other so much. Back when their spouses were still alive, the four of them had been great friends. They would double date together. And when their spouses passed away—the two of them became a thing. Every day she would come over for lunch. I’d always cook a little meal for them. I’d prepare the table; I’d lay out my little candles and my little flowers. As soon as she arrived I’d put on music and dim the lights, then I’d leave the room and go wait in the bedroom. They would cuddle and snuggle. And the beauty of it was—even though he couldn’t control his fluids at that point, she never minded the smell. Her love for him was so great that they would still kiss and all that good stuff. When the doctors said that it was time for him to go to hospice, he said he didn’t want to go. He told them that he wanted to come back home and die with me. I was with him in the end. My patients never die alone. Never, ever. One week after his passing I was hired by his girlfriend’s family. She had terminal Alzheimer’s, and I ended up staying with her for seven years. I fell in love with her. We were family, just family. She used to be a tap dancer. We’d sing together. And if she didn’t feel like singing, I’d sing. Even near the end, she always knew when something was wrong with me. When I wasn’t being the Gabby that she knew-- she would always know. When the doctors said it was time for her to go to hospice, her children said: ‘We want her to die with Gabby.’ In the final days she wouldn’t eat, she’d lock her jaw. But she would always eat for me. One night I could see the fright in her eyes, and I knew it was time. My patients never die alone. Never, ever. So I climbed under the covers with her. And she passed away in my arms.”\n\n--------------------\n\nFrom the Archives: 1/10/24\n\nI met Gabby randomly on the UWS a few years back, and when I first posted her story I got hundreds of messages asking if she was available to hire, but she was not at the time. But she just told me that's she's hit a rough patch and is looking for more hours; I'll share her email in the comments if anyone is in need of the world's best caretaker for their NYC loved one.",
  "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid02zn6NLm1v5AymLXXzsFVNTDszchv5sPZfN83zadEVpNam8vjCeQ85fBNpy9k8wZhVl",
  "postId": "1650977309926585",
  "pageName": "Humans of New York",
  "pageId": "100050429952420",
  "pageAdLibraryId": "102099916530784",
  "isBusinessPageActive": false,
  "facebookId": "1650977309926585",
  "commentId": "2299934260765286",
  "id": "Y29tbWVudDoxNjUwOTc3MzA5OTI2NTg1XzIyOTk5MzQyNjA3NjUyODY=",
  "feedbackId": "ZmVlZGJhY2s6MTY1MDk3NzMwOTkyNjU4NV8yMjk5OTM0MjYwNzY1Mjg2",
  "timestamp": 1789741746,
  "facebookUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid02zn6NLm1v5AymLXXzsFVNTDszchv5sPZfN83zadEVpNam8vjCeQ85fBNpy9k8wZhVl",
  "inputUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid0318QNw3ZPiGiR8HrMaYaGontt6eGV9NrWVLZR4UiPpWnabgQa9BYYrz2KNGfx2fabl",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T21:49:33Z",
  "author": {
    "__typename": "User",
    "id": "100050429952420",
    "name": "Humans of New York",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork",
    "profile_picture_depth_0": {
      "uri": "https://scontent-lax7-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/334611134_1536915246801761_214912837020673325_n.jpg?stp=c341.0.1365.1365a_cp0_dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1365x1365&ctp=s64x64&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=2d3e12&_nc_ohc=XB94OzzZmyEQ7kNvwHfl7W6&_nc_oc=Adr2sSOGAOnnYakYlAHM49D4NGQW86EVFnxDZI8exNFdtNZPy2BEfTr3jPwgaHuUszg&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-lax7-1.xx&_nc_gid=lX6oqVUzvlLN-PpXG0xRKw&_nc_ss=7b289&oh=00_AQMnuGmHxRWI9iaGlfAKpp1E8mPx-MDm0wAYPNcTzdxhVg&oe=6ADB20E6"
    },
    "gender": "NEUTER",
    "is_verified": true
  },
  "attachments": [
    {
      "__typename": "GenericAttachmentMedia",
      "fallback_image": {
        "height": 196,
        "uri": "https://external-lax7-1.xx.fbcdn.net/emg1/v/t13/12758556562378803777?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.macmillan.com%2Fstatic%2Fsmp%2Fdear-new-york-9781250277589%2Fimg%2FDearNewYork-HC.jpg&fb_obo=1&utld=macmillan.com&_nc_sid=c97757&_nc_ht=external-lax7-1.xx.fbcdn.net&stp=c0.5000x0.5000f_dst-emg0_p196x196_q75_tt6&ccb=18-1&_nc_gid=lX6oqVUzvlLN-PpXG0xRKw&_nc_zt=3&oh=06_Q3_EAc1TPLrnWjpdGPGrv6dbahoE3i5yx_WJnxc0wniBjNdq&oe=6AD73099",
        "width": 196
      },
      "is_playable": false,
      "id": "1650981263259523"
    }
  ],
  "parentComment": null,
  "parentReply": null,
  "pageAdLibrary": {
    "id": "102099916530784",
    "is_business_page_active": false
  }
}

The Output tab has four views: 📊 Overview, 🧵 Replies & threads, ❤️ Reactions and 📎 Attachments & links. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read the dataset from the API.

How to scrape Facebook comments

1. Paste one or more links into Facebook post, reel, video or photo links.
2. Set Comments per post (empty = every comment Facebook shows), and switch Include replies on or off.
3. Pick the order, and optionally a date window.
4. Click Start. Comments arrive in the dataset as they are read.

Input

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid0318QNw3ZPiGiR8HrMaYaGontt6eGV9NrWVLZR4UiPpWnabgQa9BYYrz2KNGfx2fabl" }],
  "resultsLimit": 100,
  "includeNestedComments": true,
  "viewOption": "RANKED_UNFILTERED",
  "onlyCommentsNewerThan": "2026-01-01",
  "onlyCommentsOlderThan": "2026-06-30"
}

Field	What it does
startUrls	Post links (/posts/pfbid…, permalink.php?story_fbid=…, story.php), reels (/reel/…), videos (/videos/…, watch/?v=…, fb.watch/…), photos (photo/?fbid=…), share links (/share/p/…, /share/r/…, /share/v/…) and public group posts. A reel, video or photo link is resolved to the post it belongs to; inputUrl keeps your link.
resultsLimit	Comments per link, replies included. Empty: all of them.
includeNestedComments	Replies and replies to replies, each its own row.
viewOption	RANKED_UNFILTERED (all comments), RANKED_THREADED (most relevant), RECENT_ACTIVITY (newest first).
onlyCommentsNewerThan, onlyCommentsOlderThan	2026-01-31, an ISO time, or relative (7 days, 3 months). With "newer than" the comments are read newest first and reading stops at the first older one.
proxyConfiguration, residentialFallback	Datacenter proxy by default; a call Facebook refuses there is asked again on a residential IP.

Coming from another comments scraper? Its input works as it is. apify/facebook-comments-scraper's keys are the ones above. postUrls, targetComments (-1 = all), orderingMode (MOST_RELEVANT, NEWEST, ALL), includeReplies and includeReactions (reactions are always included) are read too, and so is proxyUrls (your own proxies).

How much does it cost to scrape Facebook comments?

You pay per comment or reply in your dataset, nothing per run:

Plan	Per 1,000 comments
Free	$0.29
Starter	$0.24
Scale	$0.21
Business, Platinum, Diamond	$0.19

A comment is charged once per run, however many of your links list it. Date filters and replies cost nothing extra, and comments outside your date window aren't charged. The run stops at your spending limit.

Good to know

• Public comments only, logged out. Facebook shows logged-out visitors most commenters' names and pictures but hides most profile links: profileUrl is then empty and profileId is an anonymous pfbid… id, as on every logged-out scraper.
• Fewer comments than the post's counter? The counter includes comments Facebook doesn't show publicly (deleted accounts, private or hidden comments). "Newest first" with replies on usually reaches the most.
• Empty vs failed. A post with no comments ends as empty; a link that is dead, private or shows a login page on every IP tried ends as failed with the reason. Both are listed per link in the run summary (OUTPUT); a run whose every link failed ends as FAILED. Nothing is charged for either.
• Page links (facebook.com/nike) are rejected: a page has no comment thread. Get the post links first with a Facebook posts scraper.
• Restarts are safe. If the platform restarts or migrates the run, comments already in the dataset are never pushed or charged again.

FAQ

Do I need a Facebook account or cookies? No. Everything is read the way a logged-out visitor sees it.

Is the limit per link or per run? Per link. Ten links at 100 each is up to 1,000 rows.

Can I get replies to replies? Yes: threadingDepth 2 rows, with replyToCommentId (the reply they answer) and rootCommentId (the thread's first comment), and the same as apify's objects: parentReply and parentComment, each with its author's id, name and gender.

Where does the gender come from? From Facebook itself: the comment's author as Facebook describes it to a logged-out visitor (MALE, FEMALE, NEUTER for pages). It is empty when Facebook gives none; it is never guessed from a name.

Can I call it from code or an AI agent? Yes, through the Apify API (the API tab has Python, JavaScript and CLI examples) or Apify's MCP server.