# Track competitors' Facebook reels

**Use case:** 

See what reels your competitors posted this week and how they performed. Add several public Facebook Pages and get every reel from the last 7 days with views, likes, comments, shares, caption, hashtags and music. No login needed. Schedule it weekly to benchmark brands, spot formats that work and export the results to Sheets or your own dashboard.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/redbull",
    "https://www.facebook.com/ESPN",
    "https://www.facebook.com/MonsterEnergy"
  ],
  "maxReelsPerProfile": 50,
  "newerThan": "7 days",
  "exactCounts": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "residentialFallback": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "healthCheck": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "Reel URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "owner.name": {
    "label": "Owner name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "createdAt": {
    "label": "Posted at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "playCountRounded": {
    "label": "Plays (rounded)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCountRounded": {
    "label": "Views (rounded)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "likes": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "comments": {
    "label": "Comments",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "sharesRounded": {
    "label": "Shares (rounded)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "durationSeconds": {
    "label": "Duration (seconds)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "caption": {
    "label": "Caption",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "thumbnailUrl": {
    "label": "Thumbnail URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "videoUrl": {
    "label": "Video URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error code",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "reason": {
    "label": "Error reason",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "inputUrl": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Facebook Reels Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Track competitors' Facebook reels". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/jKKP71vqluWTzfb0t) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Track competitors' Facebook reels" task

The Facebook Reels Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like facebook urls or handles, max reels per page or profile, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Track competitors' Facebook reels" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as reel url, owner name, posted at, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Track competitors' Facebook reels" task via API](https://apify.com/lanternfetch/facebook-reels.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Facebook Reels Scraper](https://apify.com/lanternfetch/facebook-reels.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/lanternfetch/facebook-reels.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/lanternfetch/facebook-reels.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).