Facebook Comments Scraper

Extract comments, author details, nested reply counts, and comment engagement from any public Facebook post or video without login. This tool gathers structured data efficiently, perfect for social media listening, sentiment analysis, and competitor research. Export your scraped comments seamlessly to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.

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🚀 Why Use Facebook Comments Scraper?

Facebook Comments Scraper is a robust data extraction tool designed for marketers, researchers, and developers who need detailed information from public Facebook posts. Unlike standard scrapers or the official Graph API, it operates without requiring a Facebook account login, API keys, or App approvals, ensuring higher reliability and completely bypassing API restrictions and account ban risks.

The scraper intelligently utilizes Facebook's internal REST/GraphQL API to paginate through a post's comment feed. It supports Newest, Oldest, All, Most Relevant, and Top Comments sorting modes, perfectly mirroring exactly what a user would see natively on Facebook. It runs seamlessly on the Apify platform using residential proxies to maintain uninterrupted access.

✨ Key Features

• No Login Required: Scrape completely anonymously. Never risk your personal Facebook account.
• Deep Data Mining: Extract full comment data, nested threads, and user profiles that the official Graph API restricts.
• Unlimited Comments: Paginate deeply to scrape thousands of comments without manual scrolling.
• Multiple Sort Modes: Choose between Newest, Oldest, Most Relevant, Top Comments, or All sorting.
• Detailed Extraction: Pulls comment text, timestamps, likes counts, reply counts, and author details (name, profile URL, ID, bio, followers).
• Export Anywhere: Download your structured data directly into JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or integrate it into your own database via Apify API.
• Automated Workflows: Cloud-ready and built to run on a schedule with automatic residential proxy integration to prevent IP blocks.

🎯 Top Use Cases

• 🗣️ Sentiment Analysis & Brand Monitoring: Monitor public response to product launches, news articles, and viral videos to track brand reputation.
• 📊 Competitor Analysis & Market Research: Analyze what customers are saying on your competitors' posts and uncover market gaps.
• 📈 Lead Generation & Influencer Marketing: Identify top fans, brand advocates, and highly-engaged users based on comment frequency and follower counts.
• 🗄️ Archiving & PR Tracking: Export and backup important comments for Public Relations tracking or legal archiving.

⚙️ Configuration Options

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
postUrls	Array	["https://www.facebook.com/..."]	List of public Facebook Post or Reel URLs you wish to scrape.
maxComments	Integer	100	Maximum number of comments to collect per post.
scrapeReplies	Boolean	true	Whether to automatically scrape nested replies for each comment.
scrapeAuthorProfiles	Boolean	true	Extract the author's followers, following, bio, and privacy status. (Note: Slows down scraper).
sortMode	String	Newest	How to sort the comments (Newest, Oldest, Most Relevant, Top Comments, or All).

Example Configuration

{
  "postUrls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10114064560000001"
  ],
  "maxComments": 100,
  "scrapeReplies": true,
  "scrapeAuthorProfiles": true,
  "sortMode": "Newest"
}

📊 Output Format

The actor outputs data in JSON format, creating one object per scraped comment.

Example Output

{
  "commentUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10114064560000001?comment_id=123456789",
  "commentId": "123456789",
  "author": {
    "id": "987654321",
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/987654321",
    "bio": "Bringing the world closer together.",
    "followers": "121M",
    "following": "",
    "isPrivate": false
  },
  "text": "This is a fantastic update! Great job.",
  "likesCount": 42,
  "timestamp": 1697270400,
  "repliesCount": 3,
  "parentCommentId": null,
  "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10114064560000001"
}

Field Reference

Field Name	Type	Description
commentUrl	String	The direct URL to the specific comment.
commentId	String	The unique ID of the comment.
author	Object	Details of the comment author (id, name, url, bio, followers, following, isPrivate).
text	String	The main body text of the comment.
likesCount	Integer	Total likes/reactions on the comment.
timestamp	Integer	Unix timestamp of the comment creation.
repliesCount	Integer	Total number of nested replies this comment has.
parentCommentId	String	If this is a nested reply, this will contain the ID of the parent comment.
postUrl	String	The source URL of the post provided in the input.