# Facebook Group Insights Scraper (`parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper`) Actor Get Facebook group insights from group links: member count and weekly growth, posts per day and month, privacy, membership questions, cover photo, location, creation date, admins, moderators and rules. Public and private groups, no login. Export JSON, CSV, Excel. - **URL**: https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [ParseBird](https://apify.com/parsebird) (community) - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.99 / 1,000 group insights This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. 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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. 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`). # README ### Facebook Group Insights Scraper Facebook Group Insights Scraper turns a list of [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com) group links into one row of group insights each: total members and weekly growth, posts in the last day and month, privacy and visibility, whether the group asks membership questions, cover photo, location, creation date, admins, moderators, and rules.

Paste up to 500 public or private Facebook group links, usernames, or IDs and get flat, spreadsheet-ready rows with 30+ insight fields per group, plus a clear error row for every link that can't be read, with no Facebook login or API key.

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##### Copy to your AI assistant Copy this block into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any LLM to start using this actor. ```text Use Apify Actor parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper to get insights about Facebook groups. Example with ApifyClient (Python): client.actor("parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper").call(run_input={"groupUrls":["https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/"]}). Input: groupUrls array of strings (required; facebook.com/groups/ links, including About, members and post page links, m.facebook.com links and /share/g/ links; bare group usernames and numeric group IDs also work; up to 500 per run; duplicates are saved once); proxyConfiguration object (optional). Output: one flat row per group with status "success": input, group_id, group_name, group_url, group_username, description, group_location (first location or null), group_locations [string], privacy ("Public group" / "Private group"), privacy_description, visibility ("Visible" / "Hidden"), visibility_description, has_questions (boolean, membership questions), cover_photo_url, cover_photo_width, cover_photo_height, cover_photo_page_url, members_count, members_count_text, new_members_count, new_members_period, new_members_text, posts_last_day, posts_last_month, created_at (YYYY-MM-DD), history, admins_and_moderators_count, admins_count, admins [string], moderators_count, moderators [string], rules_count, rules [{title, text}], tags [string], scraped_at (ISO). Failed inputs give a row with status "error", error, errorCode (400 invalid link, 403 login wall, 404 not found, 429/503 rate limited), groupUrl, timestamp; error rows are not charged. API docs: https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/ and https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/. Token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations. ``` ### What is Facebook Group Insights Scraper? **Facebook Group Insights Scraper** is a **Facebook group data extraction tool** that reads the **About** section of a group, the same page anyone sees before joining. For every group link you give it, you get the **exact member count**, **new members in the last week**, **posts in the last day and month**, **privacy and visibility**, whether the group uses **membership questions**, the **cover photo** with its size, the **location**, **creation date and name-change history**, the **admins and moderators** Facebook lists, the **rules**, and the **topic tags**. It works on **public and private groups**, because Facebook shows the About page to visitors who aren't members. No Facebook account, cookies, or Graph API access is needed, so it works as a **Facebook Groups API alternative** for group metadata. To try it, open the Actor, keep the prefilled group link, and click **Start**. ### What can Facebook Group Insights Scraper do? - 👥 **Measure group size and growth**: the exact member count and Facebook's "new members in the last week" figure, as numbers and as Facebook's original text. - 📈 **Check how active a group is**: posts in the last day and posts in the last month. - 🔒 **See who can join**: public or private, visible or hidden, and whether join requests must answer membership questions. - 🖼️ **Get the cover photo**: image URL, width and height, and the cover photo's Facebook page. - 📍 **Find the group's location**: every location the admins set, plus the first one as a single field. - 🛡️ **List the team**: admin and moderator counts, the names Facebook shows, and the combined "Admins and moderators" total. - 📜 **Save the rules**: every rule with its title and text. - 🧾 **Batch hundreds of groups**: up to 500 links, usernames, or IDs per run. Each group that fails gets its own error row with a reason and code. - ⏱️ **Automate it**: run on a schedule with [Apify schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules), call it through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2), or send results to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, Slack, and more with [integrations](https://apify.com/integrations). - 📁 **Export anywhere**: JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML. ### What data can you extract from Facebook groups? | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `group_id`, `group_name`, `group_url`, `group_username` | The group's numeric ID, name, link, and vanity username | | `description` | The group's About text | | `members_count`, `members_count_text` | Exact total members, e.g. `5992882` and "5,992,882 total members" | | `new_members_count`, `new_members_period`, `new_members_text` | Facebook's recent growth figure, e.g. `0`, "last week" | | `posts_last_day`, `posts_last_month` | Number of posts in the last day and the last month | | `privacy`, `privacy_description` | "Public group" or "Private group", with Facebook's explanation | | `visibility`, `visibility_description` | "Visible" or "Hidden", with Facebook's explanation | | `has_questions` | `true` when the group asks membership questions before joining | | `cover_photo_url`, `cover_photo_width`, `cover_photo_height`, `cover_photo_page_url` | Cover image link, size in pixels, and its Facebook photo page | | `group_location`, `group_locations` | First location, and all locations set by the admins | | `created_at`, `history` | Creation date (YYYY-MM-DD) and history text such as name changes | | `admins_and_moderators_count`, `admins_count`, `moderators_count` | Team sizes Facebook shows | | `admins`, `moderators` | Names Facebook lists on the About page | | `rules_count`, `rules` | Number of rules, and each rule's `title` and `text` | | `tags` | Topic tags set by the admins | | `status`, `input`, `scraped_at` | `success`, the value you entered, and the scrape time | Rows for inputs that fail have `status: "error"`, `error` (the reason), `errorCode`, `groupUrl`, and `timestamp`. ### How to scrape Facebook group insights 1. Open [Facebook Group Insights Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper) and click **Start** or **Try for free**. 2. In **Group URLs**, paste one group link per line, such as `https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/`. Usernames and numeric IDs also work. 3. Click **Start** and wait a few seconds per group. 4. Open the **Output** tab. The **Group insights** view shows the key numbers, and **Full details** shows the rest. 5. Export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML, or get them through the API. ### Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | `groupUrls` | array of strings | **Yes** | — | Group links, usernames, or numeric IDs. Up to 500 per run | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | No | — | Optional. The Actor picks its own network route | **Which group links work?** `facebook.com/groups/` links, including links that end in `/about`, `/members`, or a post, `m.facebook.com` links, `/share/g/` links, bare usernames such as `developerkaki`, and numeric IDs such as `2204685680`. The same group entered twice is saved and charged once. ### Input / Output **Example input** ```json { "groupUrls": [ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/", "https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalnomadgirls/", "developerkaki" ] } ``` **Example output** (a real row; the cover URL and rules are shortened) ```json { "status": "success", "input": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/", "group_id": "126966114029232", "group_name": "Cheap Meal Ideas", "group_url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/", "group_username": "cheapmealideas", "description": "This group is open for anyone to join or share with others. Please post any meal idea that is something you do or can do for a reasonable cost. Lets see what we can come up with to help each other out.", "group_location": null, "group_locations": [], "privacy": "Public group", "privacy_description": "Anyone can see who's in the group and what they post.", "visibility": "Visible", "visibility_description": "Anyone can find this group.", "has_questions": false, "cover_photo_url": "https://scontent.fkul15-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/266540070_10227518368847223_277210863267810469_n.jpg?...", "cover_photo_width": 720, "cover_photo_height": 405, "cover_photo_page_url": "https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10227518368887224&set=p.10227518368887224", "members_count": 5992882, "members_count_text": "5,992,882 total members", "new_members_count": 0, "new_members_period": "last week", "new_members_text": "No new members in the last week", "posts_last_day": 0, "posts_last_month": 143, "created_at": "2010-11-28", "history": "Group created on 28 November 2010", "admins_and_moderators_count": 5, "admins_count": 0, "admins": [], "moderators_count": 5, "moderators": ["Noemi Cruz", "Alexandra Hersh", "Brianna Kallie", "Yesenia Perez Casas", "Donna Davis Weaver"], "rules_count": 8, "rules": [ { "title": "Food topics and help only, please.", "text": "This group is for food topics, homemade meals on a budget and cheap meal suggestions. ..." } ], "tags": ["Meal types", "Food and drink"], "scraped_at": "2026-10-25T12:47:18.975Z" } ``` **Example error row** ```json { "status": "error", "error": "Facebook group not found: Facebook says it isn't available (it may not exist, be hidden, or be removed)", "errorCode": 404, "groupUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/thisgroupdoesnotexist123456zz/", "timestamp": "2026-10-25T12:48:33.129Z" } ``` Download results from the **Output** tab in JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, or XML. ### Python API example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient client = ApifyClient("") run = client.actor("parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper").call( run_input={ "groupUrls": [ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/", "https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalnomadgirls/", ], } ) for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): if row["status"] == "success": print(row["group_name"], row["members_count"], row["posts_last_month"], row["has_questions"]) else: print("Failed:", row["groupUrl"], row["error"]) ``` ### JavaScript API example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '' }); const run = await client.actor('parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper').call({ groupUrls: ['developerkaki', '2204685680'], }); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items .filter((g) => g.status === 'success') .forEach((g) => console.log(g.group_name, g.members_count, g.privacy, g.group_location)); ``` See the [Python client docs](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/) and [JavaScript client docs](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/) for more options. ### Use cases - **Group marketing**: rank groups in your niche by members and monthly posts before you spend time posting or buying promotion. - **Community audits**: check privacy, membership questions, rules, and team size across the groups you manage. - **Growth tracking**: schedule weekly runs and chart member counts and activity over time. - **Lead research**: enrich a spreadsheet of group links with size, location, tags, and admin names. - **Link checking**: find dead, removed, or hidden groups in a list. Each one gets an error row. ### How it works 1. You paste group links, usernames, or IDs. 2. The Actor opens each group's About page as a logged-out visitor and reads the insights Facebook shows there. 3. It saves one flat row per group, turning text such as "5,992,882 total members" into a number, and an error row for any input it can't read. ### How much does it cost to scrape Facebook group insights? **What is the price per Facebook group?** The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay for each group saved, and platform usage is included in the price. | Event | Free plan | Bronze | Silver | Gold | |-------|-----------|--------|--------|------| | `group-scraped` | $0.00599 (**$5.99 / 1,000**) | $0.00499 (**$4.99 / 1,000**) | $0.00449 (**$4.49 / 1,000**) | $0.00399 (**$3.99 / 1,000**) | One `group-scraped` event is one successful group row. Error rows are free, and a group entered twice is charged once. The prefilled one-group run costs about $0.006 on the Free plan, and 100 groups cost about $0.60. Apify's free plan includes monthly platform credits you can use to try the Actor. ### Is it legal to scrape Facebook groups? **Is scraping Facebook group data legal?** The Actor only reads the group About page that Facebook shows to anyone without logging in. Scraping publicly available data is generally legal in many jurisdictions, but admin and moderator names are personal data protected by laws such as GDPR and CCPA. Have a legitimate reason to collect the data, respect [Facebook's Terms](https://www.facebook.com/terms.php), and check with a lawyer if you're unsure. Read more in Apify's guide: [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/) ### Other Facebook scrapers and related Actors | Actor | Best for | |-------|----------| | [Facebook Group Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-group-profile-scraper) | Group profiles as nested JSON with admin profile links | | [Facebook Public Group Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-group-posts-scraper) | Posts from public Facebook groups | | [Facebook Group Posts & Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-group-posts-comments-scraper) | Group posts with full comment threads and replies | | [Facebook User Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-user-posts-scraper) | Posts from public Facebook profiles and Pages | | [Facebook Page Video Downloader](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-page-video-downloader) | Videos from a Page's Videos tab with MP4 links | | [Facebook Media Downloader](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-media-downloader) | HD and SD links for single videos, reels, and photos | | [Facebook Page Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-reviews-scraper) | Reviews and recommendations on Facebook Pages | | [Meta | Facebook Ads Library Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-ads-library-scraper) | Ads from the Meta Ad Library with EU reach and payer data | | [Facebook Reels Play Count Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-reels-play-count-scraper) | Exact play counts for reels and videos | | [Reddit Subreddit Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/reddit-subreddit-posts-scraper) | Posts and comments from Reddit communities | ### FAQ **Does it work for private groups?** Yes. Facebook shows the About page of private groups to non-members, so you get the name, description, member count, activity, privacy, membership questions, cover photo, location, and history. Groups that Facebook hides from logged-out visitors, and groups that don't exist or were removed, return an error row with code 404 and aren't charged. **What does `has_questions` mean?** It is `true` when Facebook says the group asks people to answer membership questions before they can join. In our tests it was `true` only for private groups. **Why are admins or moderators missing for some groups?** The Actor returns the admins and moderators Facebook lists on the About page. Some groups, often private ones, list none to logged-out visitors, so the names are empty and the counts are 0. `admins_and_moderators_count` is Facebook's combined total for both roles. **How many groups can I check in one run?** Up to 500 links, usernames, or IDs per run. The same group entered in different forms is saved once. **What do the error codes mean?** `400` means the input isn't a Facebook group link, username, or ID. `404` means Facebook says the group isn't available. `403` means Facebook showed a login page instead of the group. `429` or `503` means Facebook kept limiting requests after several retries; run those groups again later. **How exact are the numbers?** `members_count` comes from Facebook's exact "total members" text, and the post counts are the numbers Facebook shows for the last day and month. The `..._text` fields keep Facebook's original wording. **Can it find groups by keyword or scrape group posts and members?** No. It reads group insights from the links you give it. For posts, use [Facebook Public Group Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-group-posts-scraper). **Can I run it on a schedule or from my app?** Yes. Use [Apify schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules), call it from the [API tab](https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper/api), or connect it to Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, or Slack through [integrations](https://apify.com/integrations). **Where can I report issues or request a field?** Open the **Issues** tab on the Actor page with your input and run ID. # Changelog This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper/changelog.md # Actor input Schema ## `groupUrls` (type: `array`): Add Facebook group links, one per line, such as https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/. Links to a group's About, members or post pages, m.facebook.com links and /share/g/ links also work, and so do bare group usernames or numeric group IDs. Up to 500 groups per run. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): No proxy setup is needed. The Actor picks its own network route and switches to Apify Proxy when Facebook limits requests. ## Actor input object example ```json { "groupUrls": [ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/" ] } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "groupUrls": [ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "groupUrls": ["https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "groupUrls": [ "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cheapmealideas/" ] }' | apify call parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,parsebird/facebook-group-insights-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/z6E4P20Gp2MPhXiXZ/builds/eWVXiu75CVcmrtWrl/openapi.json