LinkedIn Post Metrics Scraper

Pull complete engagement analytics from any LinkedIn post — likes, comments, shares, reactions broken down by type, author data, and post content — via a clean API-friendly output. No session tokens. No cookies. No LinkedIn account.

Endpoint Behavior

Each post URL call returns a single structured record with:

• Engagement counts: num_likes, num_comments, num_shares
• Reaction breakdown: Like, Celebrate, Support, Love, Insightful, Funny — count per type
• Post metadata: full post text, post URL, created_at timestamp, urn
• Author record: name, headline/description, profile URL, avatar image, entity type (person vs company)
• Media: attached image URLs, document previews, video thumbnails
• Repost signal: is_repost flag + original post reference if applicable
• URN references: reactions_urn, comments_urn, reposts_urn — usable for deeper extraction

Input

{
  "post_urls": [
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/satyanadella_ai-activity-7201234567890-ABCD/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7201234567890/"
  ]
}

Multiple URL formats accepted — both /posts/ and /feed/update/urn:li:activity: resolve correctly.

Sample Output

{
  "post_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/satyanadella_ai-activity-7201234567890-ABCD/",
  "post_text": "Excited to share...",
  "created_at": "2024-11-01T14:22:00Z",
  "author_name": "Satya Nadella",
  "author_headline": "Chairman and CEO at Microsoft",
  "author_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyanadella/",
  "author_type": "person",
  "num_likes": 4821,
  "num_comments": 312,
  "num_shares": 198,
  "reaction_counts": {
    "LIKE": 2900,
    "PRAISE": 1100,
    "EMPATHY": 400,
    "INTEREST": 321,
    "APPRECIATION": 100
  },
  "is_repost": false,
  "media_attachments": [],
  "reactions_urn": "urn:li:activity:7201234567890",
  "comments_urn": "urn:li:activity:7201234567890",
  "reposts_urn": "urn:li:activity:7201234567890"
}

Use Cases

• Content performance benchmarking — compare engagement rates across posts or authors programmatically
• Influencer vetting — verify claimed engagement figures before a partnership
• Monitoring pipelines — call via Apify API on a schedule to track post performance over time
• Data journalism — extract engagement data for research or reporting at scale

Pricing

$15 per 1,000 results. No subscription. Charged only on successful records.

FAQ

What URL formats are supported? Both /posts/username_slug-activity-ID/ and /feed/update/urn:li:activity:ID/ formats work. Share URLs from the LinkedIn app also resolve.

Is pagination included? This actor returns top-level post analytics only. It does not paginate through individual commenters or reactors — those are separate endpoints. URNs returned in the output can be used to trigger deeper extraction.

What does is_repost mean? If the post is a reshare of another post, is_repost: true and the header field contains the original content reference.