Facebook Post Engagement Scraper ⚡ — Lightweight Engagement Metrics

Extract Facebook engagement metrics from any public Facebook post URL, Page/Profile URL, or username. This Facebook engagement scraper returns one lightweight row per post with reactions, comments, shares, views, content type, thumbnail URL, and calculated engagement rate — no full post body, no media downloads.

🤔 Why Use This Facebook Engagement Scraper?

When you need Facebook engagement numbers fast — without the overhead of full post data, comment trees, or media downloads — this Facebook engagement scraper delivers exactly what you need. One flat row per post with every Facebook engagement metric Facebook exposes publicly. Perfect for Facebook engagement dashboards, content performance tracking, and Facebook engagement benchmarking.

⚙️ How This Facebook Engagement Scraper Works

1️⃣ Provide input — enter Facebook usernames, profile/page URLs, or direct post, video, photo, or share URLs. 2️⃣ Post resolution — the Facebook engagement scraper resolves each target into direct posts or profile timeline posts. 3️⃣ Facebook engagement extraction — reaction count, comment count, share count, video views, content type, thumbnail preview, and top reaction types are parsed. 4️⃣ Rate calculation — a Facebook engagement rate is calculated as (reactions + comments + shares) / views × 100 for video posts. 5️⃣ Flat output — one row per post with clean, focused engagement metrics. 6️⃣ Billing — you are charged per Facebook engagement row, and the run stops at your budget cap.

📦 What Facebook Engagement Data Does This Actor Extract?

For each post, this Facebook engagement scraper returns:

• ✅ Facebook engagement reaction count — total reactions (exact integer)
• ✅ Facebook engagement comment count — total comments (exact integer)
• ✅ Facebook engagement share count — total shares (exact integer)
• ✅ Facebook engagement video views — view count for video posts
• ✅ Facebook engagement rate (%) — (reactions + comments + shares) / views × 100
• ✅ Total Facebook engagement — combined reactions + comments + shares
• ✅ Content metadata — content type (photo, video, reel, text), thumbnail URL, text snippet, post ID, permalink, creation time, and author profile details

⚙️ Input Configuration

Field	Type	Default	Description
username	String[]	["Cristiano"]	Optional list of Facebook usernames (e.g. Cristiano, IamSRK, nike)
facebook_urls	URL[]	—	Direct Facebook post, video, photo, or share URLs, or public profile/page URLs
posts_count	Integer	10	Number of timeline posts to request per profile/page input
proxyCountry	String	"US"	Country location for Apify Residential proxy exit nodes (US, GB, CA, DE, FR, AU, BR, IN, JP, MX)

You can mix usernames, profile URLs, and direct post URLs. Duplicates are skipped automatically.

📊 Output Dataset — Facebook Engagement Fields

Each row is one post's Facebook engagement summary:

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always engagement_row
number	integer	Sequential row number
source_post_url	string	Original input URL or post permalink
post_id	string	Post identifier
permalink_url	string	Canonical post URL
created_at	string	Post creation timestamp
content_type	string	Primary content format (photo, video, reel, text)
text	string	Post caption or message snippet
profile_name	string	Post author name
profile_id	string	Post author ID
profile_url	string	Post author profile URL
profile_is_verified	boolean	Author verification status
thumbnail_url	string	Direct image or video preview thumbnail URL
reaction_count_total	integer	Total Facebook engagement reactions
comment_count_total	integer	Total Facebook engagement comments
share_count_total	integer	Total Facebook engagement shares
video_view_count_total	integer	Facebook engagement video views
total_engagement	integer	Combined Facebook engagement (reactions + comments + shares)
engagement_rate_pct	number	Facebook engagement rate = total / views × 100
top_reaction_types	array	Top Facebook engagement reaction type names (e.g. ["LIKE", "LOVE"])
has_video	boolean	Whether the post contains video
attachment_types	array	Post attachment types

📋 Sample Output

{
  "type": "engagement_row",
  "number": 1,
  "source_post_url": "https://www.facebook.com/Cristiano/posts/pfbid0...",
  "post_id": "pfbid0...",
  "permalink_url": "https://www.facebook.com/Cristiano/posts/pfbid0...",
  "created_at": "2025-12-15T10:00:00+0000",
  "content_type": "photo",
  "text": "Great match today! Thank you for the support.",
  "profile_name": "Cristiano Ronaldo",
  "profile_id": "1034530909912481",
  "profile_url": "https://www.facebook.com/Cristiano",
  "profile_is_verified": true,
  "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent.fbea1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...",
  "reaction_count_total": 850000,
  "comment_count_total": 12000,
  "share_count_total": 5000,
  "video_view_count_total": 15000000,
  "total_engagement": 867000,
  "engagement_rate_pct": 5.78,
  "top_reaction_types": ["LIKE", "LOVE"],
  "has_video": false,
  "attachment_types": ["photo"]
}

💲 Facebook Engagement Pricing

Pay-Per-Event: $0.001 per Facebook engagement row (~$1 per 1,000 posts).

Set a Maximum Cost Per Run to cap spending. The actor stops gracefully at the budget limit.