💬 Facebook Comment Scraper Extract Comments from Any Facebook Post

Facebook Comment Scraper extracts comments and threaded replies from any public Facebook content reels, videos, photos, text posts, group posts, and page posts. Just provide your URLs and run. No setup, no login, no browser extensions needed for public content.

For private or restricted posts, you can optionally provide browser cookies to access content that requires authentication.

Perfect for social media researchers, community managers, and marketers who need Facebook comment data without manually scrolling through thousands of posts.

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Supported Facebook content types

Content type	Example URL	Status
Reels	https://www.facebook.com/reel/123456789	✅ Supported
Videos	https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=123456789	✅ Supported
Photos	https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=123456789	✅ Supported
Photo albums	https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=123&set=a.456	✅ Supported
Page posts	https://www.facebook.com/page/posts/pfbid0Bb...	✅ Supported
Group posts	https://www.facebook.com/groups/.../posts/123456789	✅ Supported
Permalink posts	https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=123	✅ Supported
Share links	https://www.facebook.com/share/...	✅ Supported

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Why scrape Facebook comments?

Facebook is one of the largest social networks in the world, with billions of posts generating millions of comments daily. Whether you're tracking brand sentiment, researching audience reactions, or building moderation tools, comment data is invaluable but Facebook provides no official API for bulk comment extraction.

Common use cases:

• Sentiment analysis feed comments into NLP models to measure reactions to a product, campaign, or event.
• Content moderation identify toxic, spammy, or policy-violating comments at scale across multiple posts.
• Competitive research monitor comments on competitor posts to understand audience pain points and opportunities.
• Community management export all comments from your brand's posts, reels, photos, or videos for reporting and response tracking.
• Academic research study public discourse, language patterns, or viral content dynamics on Facebook.
• Lead generation identify engaged users in niche communities who comment on relevant posts.

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What data does it extract?

💬 Comment Data

• Comment ID Facebook's unique identifier
• Comment text full body of the comment
• Created at ISO 8601 timestamp
• Comment URL direct link to the comment on Facebook
• Parent ID ID of the parent comment (for replies; null for top-level comments)
• Total reactions combined count across all reaction types
• Reactions breakdown per-type counts (Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry, Care)
• Reply count number of direct replies
• Attachments photos, stickers, or media attached to the comment
• Badges special badges on the commenter's profile (e.g. "Top fan", "Rising fan")

👤 Author Data

• Author ID, name, profile URL, and profile picture URL
• Gender, verification status, and work info (when available)

🔗 Source Metadata

• Source URL the full URL of the scraped content
• Source ID Facebook content identifier
• Source type reel, video, photo, post, or unknown

🌐 Language & Run Metadata

• Source language detected language of the comment (e.g. en_XX)
• Translation type whether the text is original or auto-translated
• Scraped at ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected

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⚙️ How to use Facebook Comment Scraper

Input Options

urls (Array required)

List of Facebook URLs to scrape comments from. You can mix different content types in the same run.

{
    "urls":[
        {
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1450353236655661"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork/posts/pfbid0BbKbkisExKGSKuhee9a7i86RwRuMKFC8NSkKStB7CsM3uXJuAAfZLrkcJMXxhH4Yl"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/1312736054237897"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1673231300789929"
        }
    ]
}

commentsIntentToken (String optional)

Controls how Facebook orders the comments returned. Mirrors the sort options in the Facebook UI.

Value	Label	Description
RANKED_FILTERED_INTENT_V1	⭐ Most Relevant (default)	Friends' comments and most-engaged comments first
REVERSE_CHRONOLOGICAL_UNFILTERED_INTENT_V1	🕒 Newest	All comments sorted chronologically, newest first
RANKED_UNFILTERED_CHRONOLOGICAL_REPLIES_INTENT_V1	💬 All Comments	All comments including lower-engagement ones

💡 Tip: Use Most Relevant for engagement analysis. Use Newest for real-time monitoring. Use All Comments for the most complete dataset with no filtering.

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fetchReplies (Boolean optional)

Controls whether the actor fetches threaded replies for each comment.

• Default: false only top-level comments are collected
• true fetches direct replies and nested sub-replies for every comment, including full pagination through all reply pages

{
    "urls": [{ "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1450353236655661" }],
    "fetchReplies": true
}

💡 How limits interact with replies: maxCommentsPerUrl controls how many top-level comments are collected. Replies are always fetched for all collected top-level comments regardless of that limit. For example, maxCommentsPerUrl: 10 with fetchReplies: true gives you 10 top-level comments plus all their replies and sub-replies.

⚠️ Enabling reply fetching significantly increases request count and run time, especially on posts with deep reply threads.

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maxCommentsPerUrl (Integer optional)

• Default: 10
• Set to 0 or for unlimited fetches all available top-level comments
• This limit applies to top-level comments only. Replies are fetched separately when fetchReplies is enabled and are not counted toward this limit.
• The actor stops paginating for new top-level comments as soon as this limit is reached.

{
    "urls": [{ "url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1450353236655661" }],
    "maxCommentsPerUrl": 500,
    "fetchReplies": true
}

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customCookies (Array optional)

Not required for public content. The actor handles public posts, reels, photos, and videos without any cookies.

If you need to scrape comments from private groups or login-restricted content, provide a JSON array of browser cookie objects exported from your Facebook session.

{
    "customCookies": [
        { "name": "c_user", "value": "100073931291073" },
        { "name": "xs",     "value": "29%3AKUx..." },
        { "name": "datr",   "value": "abc123xyz" }
    ]
}

How to export cookies (only needed for private content)

1. Install the Copy Cookies Chrome extension
2. Log in to facebook.com in your browser
3. Click the extension icon → Copy as JSON
4. Paste the result into the customCookies field

Alternatively, use Cookie-Editor: open it on facebook.com, click Export → Export as JSON, and paste the result.

🔒 Cookie Security & Encryption

If you do provide cookies, they are protected by the Apify platform:

• Encrypted at rest using AES-256-GCM with a 2048-bit RSA key unique to your user and this Actor
• Decrypted only inside the Actor no other Actor or user can access them
• Never logged or exposed in the Apify Console UI
• Isolated per user and Actor for complete separation

⚠️ Security: Cookies from a logged-in session grant access to your Facebook account. Use a dedicated account for scraping if you are concerned about account security.

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📊 Sample Output

Each dataset item represents a single comment or reply. Replies are distinguished by a non-null parent_id field.

{
    "source": {
        "id": "4364570517119853",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4364570517119853",
        "type": "reel"
    },
    "comment": {
        "id": "892296663703975",
        "parent_id": null,
        "author": {
            "id": "100004647828036",
            "name": "Sadeer Ayad",
            "profile_picture": "https://scontent.ftlm1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/...",
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/sadeer.ayad.553481",
            "gender": "FEMALE",
            "is_verified": null,
            "work_info": null
        },
        "text": "Don't you dare to move when you hear the music 😂",
        "created_at": "2026-03-11T00:57:18.000Z",
        "created_time_unix": 1773190638,
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4364570517119853/?comment_id=892296663703975",
        "total_reactions": 1600,
        "reactions": {
            "Like": 1105,
            "Haha": 553,
            "Love": 4,
            "Sad": 1
        },
        "like_count": 1600,
        "reply_count": 4,
        "attachments": [],
        "badges": [],
        "source_language": "en_XX",
        "translation_type": "ORIGINAL"
    },
    "scraped_at": "2026-03-14T10:42:52.848Z"
}

Reply example

Replies have a non-null parent_id pointing to their parent comment:

{
    "source": {
        "id": "4364570517119853",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4364570517119853",
        "type": "reel"
    },
    "comment": {
        "id": "942208778497508",
        "parent_id": "892296663703975",
        "author": {
            "id": "61580896441183",
            "name": "James W. Mohan",
            "profile_picture": "https://scontent.ftlm1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/...",
            "url": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61580896441183",
            "gender": "MALE",
            "is_verified": null,
            "work_info": null
        },
        "text": "Sadeer Ayad or breathe",
        "created_at": "2026-03-11T01:11:04.000Z",
        "created_time_unix": 1773191464,
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/reel/4364570517119853/?comment_id=892296663703975&reply_comment_id=942208778497508",
        "total_reactions": 51,
        "reactions": {
            "Haha": 41,
            "Like": 10
        },
        "like_count": 51,
        "reply_count": 3,
        "source_language": "en_XX",
        "translation_type": "ORIGINAL"
    },
    "scraped_at": "2026-03-14T10:42:57.056Z"
}

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a Facebook account to use this actor? No not for public content. Just provide your URLs and run. For private group posts or login-restricted content, you'll need to provide browser cookies from a logged-in session.

What types of Facebook content can I scrape comments from? Got it — just the updated paragraph text, no file editing needed:

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What types of Facebook content can I scrape comments from?

Reels, videos, photos, photo albums, page posts (including pfbid URLs), group posts, permalink posts, and share links (/share/p/, /share/v/, /share/r/) — basically any Facebook content that has a comment section.

If your URL format isn't working, open an issue on the actor page and we'll look into adding support for it.

How many comments can I extract for free? Apify gives new users $5 in free credit. Based on typical compute usage, you can expect to extract roughly 10,000–200,000 comments within that budget, depending on post size and number of URLs.

Can I scrape multiple URLs in one run? Yes add as many URLs as you need to the urls array, and you can mix different content types (reels, photos, posts, etc.) in the same run. The actor processes them sequentially, saving state after each URL.

Does the actor fetch replies to comments? Yes, when fetchReplies is set to true. It fetches direct replies and nested sub-replies with full pagination through all reply pages. Each reply is returned as a separate dataset item with a parent_id referencing its parent comment.

How does maxCommentsPerUrl interact with replies? maxCommentsPerUrl limits top-level comments only. When fetchReplies is enabled, all replies for the collected top-level comments are fetched regardless of the limit. For example, setting maxCommentsPerUrl: 10 with fetchReplies: true gives you 10 top-level comments plus all their replies.

What happens if the run crashes mid-way? The actor saves its progress after every successfully scraped URL. If it's interrupted (crash, migration, abort), it resumes from the next unprocessed URL when re-run no duplicate data.

Why am I getting empty results? Make sure the post is public. If the content is private, provide browser cookies from an account that can access it. If the problem persists, try running again or opening an Issue

What is the difference between the sort modes? Most Relevant (default) mirrors Facebook's default feed it prioritises friends' comments and highly-reacted comments. Newest returns all comments in reverse chronological order, ideal for monitoring fresh reactions. All Comments includes lower-engagement comments that Facebook normally filters out, giving the most complete dataset.

Can I use this for private groups? Yes, but you must provide cookies from an account that is a member of that group via the customCookies input field.

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🔄 Resumability

The actor saves state after every successfully processed URL. If it crashes, gets migrated, or is manually aborted, it resumes exactly where it left off on the next run no duplicate pushes, no lost progress.

Trigger	What gets saved
After each URL completes	processedIds list + currentIndex
Apify migrating event	Full state snapshot
End of run	State cleared (clean slate for next run)

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🚫 Error Handling

Situation	What you see in logs	What to do
No session established	No valid session	Try running again; if it persists, provide cookies manually
Facebook returns empty response	Could not parse comments from root query response	Check the post is public; try again in a few minutes
Post has 0 comments	Total comments reported by Facebook: 0	Expected no data to collect
Private content without cookies	Could not extract feedbackId	Provide cookies from an account that can access the content

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⚖️ Legal & Compliance

• Public Data Access: Only processes publicly available Facebook data
• Rate Limiting: Respects Facebook's service limits and terms of use
• Data Protection: No storage of personal information or unauthorized data collection
• Commercial Use: Suitable for business intelligence and research applications