LinkedIn Profile Comments Scraper

What is LinkedIn Profile Comments Scraper?

LinkedIn Profile Comments Scraper returns one dataset row per public comment on a person's recent LinkedIn posts. Give it a profile URL and it reads that person's latest posts, then extracts each commenter's name, profile URL and comment text, alongside the post text, date and reaction counts. Direct post, feed-update and Pulse article URLs work too. Sales teams, recruiters and marketers use it to find the people who engage with a prospect, a competitor or a thought leader, with no LinkedIn cookies or login.

Why teams use it for engagement leads

• Start from a person. One profile URL expands into their most recent public posts and the commenters on each one.
• Warm leads. Commenters have already shown interest in a topic, a company or a person, so commenterProfileUrl makes a strong outreach list.
• Post context in every row. Each comment carries the post URL, text, publish date, likes and comment count.
• Optional post summaries. outputMode: "both" adds one post row with the engagement totals for each post read.
• Clear cost ceilings. maxPostsPerProfile, maxCommentsPerPost and maxResults cap the work and the bill.

How to use it

Commenters on a founder's last five posts:

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/" }],
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 5,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 50
}

Commenters on one article, plus a post summary row:

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/being-father-has-made-me-better-leader-vice-versa-austen-allred/" }],
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 100,
  "outputMode": "both"
}

Input	What it controls
startUrls	LinkedIn profile, post, feed-update or Pulse article URLs, detected per URL
maxPostsPerProfile	Recent posts read per profile URL, 1 to 50 (default 5)
maxCommentsPerPost	Comment rows saved per post, 1 to 1,000 (default 50)
maxResults	Total comment rows across the whole job (default 1,000)
outputMode	comments (default) or both to add one post summary row per post
dedupeComments	Removes repeated comments on the same post (default on)
includeRawData	Adds the source payload to each row for custom parsing (default off)
maxConcurrency	Posts fetched in parallel, 1 to 5 (default 2)

Output: LinkedIn comment data you receive

A comment row from a profile input (commenter shown with example values):

{
  "recordType": "comment",
  "sourceType": "profile",
  "sourceProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/",
  "sourceProfileName": "Bill Gates",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamhgates_carnegie-mellon-university-announces-historic-activity-7511520890451296256-tv-D",
  "postId": "7511520890451296256",
  "postText": "Ken's incredible generosity will make a huge, lasting impact.",
  "datePublished": "2026-10-01T20:22:17.591Z",
  "postAuthorName": "Bill Gates",
  "likeCount": 434,
  "commentCount": 59,
  "engagementCount": 493,
  "commentPosition": 1,
  "commentText": "Wow! I love it!",
  "commenterName": "Jordan Example",
  "commenterProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-example",
  "commenterHeadline": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-02T10:41:18.320Z"
}

Field	What it contains
commenterName, commenterProfileUrl	Who commented, with a link to their profile
commentText, commentPosition	The comment and its order on the post
commenterHeadline, commenterFollowers, commentReactionCount, replyCount, commentDate	Extra comment details when LinkedIn shows them publicly; otherwise null
postUrl, postId, postText, postTitle, datePublished	The post or article the comment belongs to
likeCount, reactionCount, commentCount, engagementCount	Post engagement totals
sourceType, sourceProfileUrl, sourceProfileName	Which input led to the row
recordType	comment, or post for summary rows when outputMode is both

OUTPUT and RUN_SUMMARY in the default key-value store report the outcome, posts read, comments saved and the reason the job stopped.

Example workflow: a warm outreach list

A B2B sales rep wants to reach people interested in a competitor's product. They paste the competitor CEO's profile URL with maxPostsPerProfile at 10 and filter the rows by keywords in commentText. The matching commenterProfileUrl values become a shortlist. They continue with LinkedIn Profile Details Scraper on that shortlist to add location, experience and education before outreach.

Pricing

This Actor uses Pay per event. Apify platform usage is included in the event price. You pay a small start event, one event per post read and one event per comment saved. The live Pricing tab on this page shows the current prices.

• 1 profile × 5 posts × 20 comments = 5 post events + 100 comment events.
• maxResults stops the job once that many comments are saved, so it works as a budget ceiling.
• Duplicate comments are removed before they are saved and charged.

LinkedIn comments with AI agents (MCP)

Connect this Actor to an AI agent through Apify MCP and ask in plain language:

Find the people who commented on Satya Nadella's last three LinkedIn posts and list their names, profile links and what they said.

Agent checklist:

1. Put the profile or post URL in startUrls as { "url": "..." } objects.
2. Set maxPostsPerProfile and maxCommentsPerPost to match the request size.
3. Read rows with get-dataset-items and keep recordType: "comment".
4. Read OUTPUT for the outcome and the number of comments saved.

API example

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/khadinakbar~linkedin-profile-comments-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/"}], "maxPostsPerProfile": 3, "maxCommentsPerPost": 25}'

Related LinkedIn tools from the same developer

Your next step	Use	Why
When you start from one post URL and want its commenters	LinkedIn Post Engagers Scraper	Commenters with optional profile enrichment
When you want the comments a person left on other people's posts	LinkedIn User Comments & Reactions Scraper	That person's own activity
When you then want full profiles for your commenter list	LinkedIn Profile Details Scraper	About, experience and education per profile
When you then want work emails	LinkedIn Profile Scraper & Email Finder	Profiles with email lookup

Best results

Starting situation	Helpful action	Expected outcome
A busy creator with many posts	Raise maxPostsPerProfile and lower maxCommentsPerPost	A wide sample of commenters across topics
One viral post	Paste the post URL and raise maxCommentsPerPost	Deep coverage of that conversation
A fixed budget	Set maxResults	The job stops at that many comments
Reporting on engagement	Set outputMode to both	Post totals next to the comment rows

Builder's note

I found that most people who want "commenters" start from a person rather than a post, so profile URLs expand into recent posts automatically. I learned that commenter details vary from post to post on public LinkedIn pages, so name, profile URL and comment text are always present while headline, follower and reaction fields fill in when LinkedIn shows them.

FAQ

Do I need a LinkedIn account or cookies?

No. The Actor reads public LinkedIn post data through a managed data provider, so no session cookie or login is involved.

Which URL types work?

Profile URLs (/in/...), post URLs (/posts/...), feed-update URLs (/feed/update/...) and Pulse article URLs (/pulse/...).

How many posts does a profile give?

The most recent public posts LinkedIn shows for that profile, up to maxPostsPerProfile.

Why are some commenter fields null?

LinkedIn shows headline, follower and reaction details for some comments only. Name, profile URL and comment text are filled in on every row.

Can I get the people who liked a post?

This Actor returns commenters. Public LinkedIn post data gives reaction totals in reactionCount, while comments come with names and profile links.

Responsible use

This Actor collects publicly visible LinkedIn comments. Use the data for legitimate research and outreach, respect people's privacy and follow LinkedIn's terms and the data-protection laws that apply to you, such as GDPR. Read Apify's guide on whether web scraping is legal for more context. LinkedIn is a trademark of LinkedIn Corporation. This independent Actor is not affiliated with, associated with, or endorsed by LinkedIn. For questions or bugs, open a ticket in the Issues tab.