Facebook Search Scraper - Posts, Pages & People

Facebook Search Scraper searches Facebook the way its own search box does and returns every result as a row: public posts, Pages, people, places and videos for any keyword, hashtag or Facebook search link. Posts come with full text, author, date, reactions by type, comments, shares, photos and the group they were posted in. No login, no cookies, no API key, no browser, from $2.00 per 1,000 results.

search  date        author                 reactions  comments  shares  group                               text
coffee  2026-10-31  Rose Thompson                228        22      41  Nescafe coffee lovers and recipes   Chocolate caramel macchiato on the menu for this...
coffee  2026-10-30  Rachel Bryant                520       107      75  Nescafe coffee lovers and recipes   Yalllll this is the recipe that keeps me from the...
coffee  2026-08-06  For Coffee's Sake            165        40      77  -                                   Some people say mornings begin with the sun...
coffee  2026-10-31  Cozy Coffee Cravings         188         4      27  -                                   Mornings aren't complete without...

Benchmark on Apify: 90 posts for three searches from 9 search pages in 11 seconds, at 512 MB, with no residential proxy.

What does Facebook Search Scraper do?

It runs Facebook searches without an account and saves what Facebook shows a logged-out visitor: the Posts, Pages, People, Places or Videos tab of a search. Give it search terms, hashtags or links to Facebook searches; it pages through the results and returns one clean row per post, Page, person or video.

• Five kinds of search. Posts (text, author, date, reactions, comments, shares, media, group), Pages and Places (name, link, picture, verified badge, intro), People (name, link, picture, "Lives in ..." line) and Videos (title, views, length, date, creator).
• Top or recent posts, and date ranges. Pick Facebook's top posts or the most recent ones, and limit posts to a date range. A date range is searched month by month through Facebook's own "Date posted" filter, so one keyword returns far more posts than a single search.
• Paste what you have. Words (coffee shop), hashtags (#icedcoffee), Facebook search links with their filters (facebook.com/search/posts/?q=coffee&filters=...) and hashtag links (facebook.com/hashtag/coffee).
• Only pay for results. Duplicates, posts outside your date range and searches that fail are never charged.
• Built for automation. Run it on a schedule, call it from the API, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets or an AI agent through Apify's MCP server.

Why it is fast and cheap

It calls the same search endpoint Facebook's website uses, as a logged-out visitor, over plain HTTP: no browser, no login, no cookies. Each request returns 10-18 results, and only the part of each answer that holds the results is read. Requests go through Apify's datacenter proxy, which is included in every Apify plan, so there is no residential proxy cost to pass on.

What data can you extract from Facebook search?

Posts (recordType: "post")

Field	Example	What it is
text	Chocolate caramel macchiato on the menu...	The full text of the post
date	2026-10-31T13:21:37.000Z	When it was posted (ISO 8601 UTC)
authorName, authorId, authorUrl	Rose Thompson, 100088662798903	The Page or person who posted it
groupName, groupId, groupUrl	Nescafe coffee lovers and recipes	The public group it was posted in
reactionCount, reactions	152, { "like": 128, "love": 24, ... }	All reactions, and each type separately
commentCount, shareCount	22, 41	Comments and shares
viewCount	2428	Views of video posts and reels
mediaType	album	text, photo, album, video, reel, link, shared_post...
imageUrls, imageDescriptions	["https://scontent..."]	Photos and Facebook's description of each
videoUrl, videoThumbnailUrl, videoDurationSecs		Video posts
linkUrl, linkTitle, linkDomain		The web page a post shares
sharedPostUrl, sharedPostText		The post a share reshares
hashtags, mentions, links	["icedcoffee"]	Hashtags, tagged names and links in the text
url, postId, feedbackId	https://www.facebook.com/groups/.../posts/...	The post's link and ids

Pages, places and people (recordType: "page" or "person")

Field	Example	What it is
name	7 Brew Coffee	The name Facebook shows
url, username, profileId	https://www.facebook.com/7brewcoffee	Link, username and id
isVerified	true	Facebook's verified badge
description	We Cultivate Kindness one cup at a time	A Page's intro, or "Lives in ..." for people
pictureUrl	https://scontent...	Profile picture

Videos (recordType: "video"): title, url, date, viewCount, durationSecs, thumbnailUrl, authorName, authorUrl. Some video results are full posts and come as post rows.

Every row also has query (what was searched), searchType, position (rank in Facebook's results), input (your line, unchanged) and scrapedAt.

How to scrape Facebook search results

1. Click Try for free and enter your words, hashtags or Facebook search links in Search terms, one per line.
2. Choose Search for: Posts, Pages, People, Places or Videos. For posts, optionally choose Recent posts or a date range.
3. Set Max results per search and Max results in total. You pay per result, so this is also your cost cap.
4. Click Start. A search of 50 posts takes about 15-20 seconds. Download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML from the Output tab.

How much does it cost to scrape Facebook search?

You pay per result returned, and the price drops on higher Apify plans:

Apify plan	Per 1,000 results
Free	$3.00
Starter	$2.50
Scale	$2.20
Business	$2.00

• 50 posts for each of 10 keywords (500 results) costs $1.25 on the Starter plan.
• 1,000 Pages for a list of local searches costs $2.00 on the Business plan.
• A run also costs $0.00005 to start. A search that fails, or finds nothing, costs nothing more.
• The Free plan's $5 monthly credit covers about 1,600 results.

Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["coffee", "#icedcoffee", "https://www.facebook.com/search/pages/?q=coffee%20roasters"],
    "searchType": "posts",
    "sortBy": "top",
    "postsNewerThan": "3 months",
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 100,
    "maxItems": 1000
}

Field	Default	Notes
Search terms	coffee (example)	Words, hashtags, Facebook search or hashtag links, one per line
Search for	Posts	Posts, Pages, People, Places or Videos. A search link uses its own tab
Posts: order	Top	Top posts, or Recent posts (newest first, last few days)
Posts: posted after / before	empty	A date (2025-01-31) or a period (7 days, 3 months). Searched month by month
Location	empty	Added to every term ("coffee" + "London"). Best for Pages, Places and People
Max results per search	50	Each search stops here
Max results in total	1,000	The whole run stops here: your cost cap
Proxy	Apify datacenter	Included in every plan. See "Tips and limits"

Inputs written for apify/facebook-search-scraper (categories, locations, searchType, resultsLimit) and scraper_one/facebook-posts-search (query, resultsCount, searchType: latest, startDate, endDate) work here unchanged.

Output

Each result is one row. The Posts, Pages, places & people and Videos views show the key columns of each; every export includes all fields.

{
    "recordType": "post",
    "query": "coffee",
    "searchType": "posts",
    "position": 4,
    "postId": "1996225351020098",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/1390706024905370/posts/1996225351020098/",
    "date": "2026-10-27T23:08:02.000Z",
    "text": "Was craving something sweet, so I whipped up a little iced decaf latte...",
    "authorName": "Taylor Quon",
    "authorId": "100051328328189",
    "authorUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/taylor.quon.7",
    "groupName": "Nescafe coffee lovers and recipes",
    "groupUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/1390706024905370",
    "reactionCount": 152,
    "reactions": { "like": 128, "love": 24, "care": 0, "haha": 0, "wow": 0, "sad": 0, "angry": 0 },
    "commentCount": 7,
    "shareCount": 14,
    "mediaType": "album",
    "imageUrls": ["https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/..."],
    "hashtags": ["nescafe", "coffeeathome", "homecafe", "icedlatte", "coffeerecipes"],
    "input": "coffee",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-11-03T19:40:52.432Z"
}

{
    "recordType": "page",
    "query": "coffee",
    "searchType": "pages",
    "position": 3,
    "profileId": "100064910490989",
    "name": "7 Brew Coffee",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/7brewcoffee",
    "username": "7brewcoffee",
    "isVerified": true,
    "description": "We Cultivate Kindness™ one cup at a time 🥤 Download the 7 Brew App now!",
    "pictureUrl": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/..."
}

A search that cannot be done becomes a row with "recordType": "error" and an errorCode, and is never charged:

errorCode	Meaning
RATE_LIMITED	Facebook refused the search from every address the run had; run it again later
PARSE_FAILED / FACEBOOK_ERROR	Facebook changed its search; please report it on the Issues tab
TIMEOUT	The run timed out before this search; raise the run timeout

Tips and limits

• Facebook limits searches per IP address. A logged-out visitor gets about 15-20 searches from one IP address before Facebook pauses it for an hour or more; one search page holds 10-18 results. The Actor spreads searches over your plan's Apify datacenter IPs (Free 5, Starter 30, Scale 200, Business 500), so a Free-plan account gets roughly 1,000-1,500 results before it has to wait, and paid plans go much further. Results already collected are kept; searches Facebook refused are listed as uncharged error rows to run again later. When every address is paused the run stops, keeps what it found and charges nothing for the rest.
• Want more posts per keyword? Facebook shows a logged-out visitor about 60-90 top posts per search. Set a date range: each month is searched separately and returns its own posts.
• Recent posts cover only the last few days; use a date range for older posts.
• Not available without logging in: group search, comments under posts (use Facebook Comments Scraper with the post links), a Page's category, followers and contact details (use Facebook Pages Scraper with the Page links).
• Location is added to the search text, as you would type it into Facebook; Facebook's own location filter needs a login.
• Hit your spending limit? The run stops cleanly at your maximum cost per run and keeps everything it collected. Raise the limit in the run options to get more.

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Facebook search results?

This Actor collects only data that Facebook shows publicly to visitors who are not logged in. Results can still contain personal data, which laws such as the GDPR protect. Scrape personal data only for a legitimate purpose, and ask a lawyer if you are unsure. Facebook is a trademark of Meta Platforms; this Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Meta.

Do I need a Facebook account or cookies?

No. Nothing is logged in, and no cookies or tokens of yours are needed or used.

Can I use it through the API or with Make, Zapier and n8n?

Yes. Every run can be started through the Apify API and returns the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel. Schedules, webhooks and integrations for Make, Zapier, n8n and Google Sheets are on the Integrations tab.

Can AI agents use it?

Yes. Agents connected to Apify's MCP server can find and run this Actor as a tool, with the same per-result pricing.

Why did I get fewer results than I asked for?

Facebook shows a limited number of results per search to logged-out visitors, the run may have reached your maximum cost per run or its timeout, or Facebook paused the run's IP addresses. The log says which, and nothing collected before that is lost.

Related scrapers

• Facebook Comments Scraper: every comment and reply under the posts you found.
• Facebook Pages Scraper: emails, phones, followers and ratings of the Pages you found.
• Facebook Posts Scraper: all posts of a Page or profile, with date ranges and monitoring.
• Facebook Groups Scraper: the posts of public groups.

Support

Missing a field, or found a search that does not work? Open an issue on the Issues tab with the input you used, and it will be looked at quickly.