Facebook Page Scraper — Scrape Public Posts, Reactions & Insights Without Login (2026)

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What does Facebook Page Scraper do?

Scrape any public Facebook page — no login, no API key, no approval needed.

Facebook Page Scraper extracts every scrapable detail from public pages and delivers it in a single run:

📝 Post text  |  ❤️ 7 reactions (Like, Love, Wow, Haha, Sad, Angry, Care)  |  💬 Comments  |  🔗 Shares  |  🖼️ Media  |  📊 analysis scores

Then it goes further — every post gets built-in strategic analysis: sentiment scoring, virality index, controversy flag, authority signal, and business value assessment. No external API calls needed.

✅ Ideal for brand monitoring, competitive intelligence, sentiment tracking, market research, influencer discovery, and content strategy.

The output is four structured datasets + an interactive HTML report + a live dashboard — ready for Tableau, Power BI, Excel, or your data pipeline.

→ Try it free on Apify Console

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How does it compare to other Facebook scrapers?

Feature	Facebook Page Scraper	Most Alternatives
Reaction breakdown	✅ 7 types (Like ❤️ 😮 😂 😢 😡 💛)	❌ Total only, or just Likes
Sentiment analysis	✅ Built-in, no extra cost	❌ Separate tool needed
Strategic scoring	✅ Virality, controversy, authority, business value	❌ Raw data only
Insights report	✅ Aggregated report per run	❌ Manual assembly
Interactive chart report	✅ In key-value store	❌ Not included

Bottom line: This is the only Facebook scraper that gives you structured data + AI analysis + visual reports in one run, with no login wall.

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Who needs Facebook Page Scraper?

Persona	Pain Point	How This Helps
📊 Social media analysts	Manual data collection is slow	Auto-collect thousands of posts with full engagement breakdowns
🏢 Competitive intelligence teams	Can't compare competitor pages systematically	Scrape any public page — benchmarks built in
📈 Content strategists	Don't know what content performs best	Top-post rankings, keyword analysis, best posting times
🔬 Market researchers	Need bulk data without API quotas	No rate limits, no approval process, no API key
🧑‍💼 Brand managers	Can't quantify brand sentiment at scale	AI-powered sentiment labels on every post
📣 Influencer discovery	Hard to evaluate potential partners	Virality index, authority signals, engagement rates

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Quick Start

1. Open the Actor on Apify Console
2. Paste a Facebook page URL (e.g. https://www.facebook.com/NASA)
3. Click Run
4. Download your data in JSON, CSV, or Excel — done in ~1-5 minutes

→ Try it now

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Input

Configure in the Apify Console Input tab, or pass as JSON via API.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	["https://www.facebook.com/NASA"]	One or more public Facebook page URLs
maxPostsPerPage	Integer	100	Max posts per page (1–1,000)
proxyConfiguration	Object	Apify Residential	Proxy settings. Use RESIDENTIAL for best results
maxRequestRetries	Integer	3	Retries per failed page (0–10)
startDate	String	(empty)	Only collect posts on or after this date (ISO, e.g. 2026-01-01)
endDate	String	(empty)	Only collect posts on or before this date (ISO, e.g. 2026-06-30)
ignoreMaxPostsWhenDateFiltered	Boolean	false	When date filters are set, ignore maxPostsPerPage and collect all posts in the range ⚠️
includeStrategicAnalysis	Boolean	true	Enable/disable AI-powered analysis per post
includeRawData	Boolean	false	Include raw HTML source in post records

Example input

{
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA" }],
    "maxPostsPerPage": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

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Output

The Actor creates four datasets + an HTML summary report:

Dataset	Contents
page-data	Every scraped post — text, all 7 reactions, comments, shares, media, AI scores
strategic-analysis	Per-post analysis scores only — for filtering, ranking, and scoring
insights-summary	One aggregated report per run — trends, benchmarks, top posts
chart-data	Time-series arrays — reactions, comments, shares per day
chart.html	Interactive HTML report in key-value store (see below)

How it works

Enter URLs → Scrape posts → AI analysis → 4 datasets + interactive HTML report

1. page-data — Every scraped post with full details

{
    "pageName": "NASA",
    "postUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA/posts/pfbid0ABC123Example",
    "timestamp": "2024-01-15T14:30:00.000Z",
    "text": "Exciting new discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope...",
    "reactions": {
        "total": 45231,
        "detail": { "likes": 42100, "loves": 2100, "cares": 500, "wows": 301, "hahas": 120, "sads": 80, "angrys": 30 }
    },
    "commentCount": 1234,
    "shareCount": 567,
    "strategicAnalysis": {
        "businessValueScore": 2.73,
        "sentiment": { "score": 0.95, "label": "Brand Love / Community Building", "isControversial": false },
        "influence": { "impactScore": 51316, "viralityIndex": "0.18%", "authoritySignal": "High" }
    }
}

2. strategic-analysis — Analysis scores only (for filtering & ranking)

{
    "pageName": "NASA",
    "postId": "pfbid0ABC123Example",
    "sentiment": { "score": 0.95, "label": "Brand Love", "isControversial": false },
    "businessValueScore": 2.73,
    "influence": { "impactScore": 51316, "viralityIndex": "0.18%", "authoritySignal": "High" }
}

3. insights-summary — One aggregated report per run

Covers: page-level stats, content analysis (keywords, hashtags, CTAs, emoji usage, media mix), temporal trends (best days/times, posting cadence, engagement direction), and competitive benchmarks (rankings, reaction fingerprints, insight highlights).

4. chart-data — Time-series arrays for visualization

Chronological data points per page — reactions (total + per type), comments, shares — ready for Tableau, Power BI, or any charting library.

5. chart.html — Interactive HTML summary report in key-value store

Open in any browser for instant visual analysis: summary cards, engagement time-series, reaction pie charts, top 10 posts (clickable), sentiment & business value bar charts (clickable bars open posts on Facebook).

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Pricing

Pay Per Event (PPE) — charged per post scraped, not per compute unit.

Event	Price per 1,000	Price	Notes
apify-actor-start	—	~$0.00005	One-time per run
scraped-result	$3.00	$0.003	Per post collected
date-filter	$2.00	$0.002	Once per page if date range used

Posts	Cost	With Date Filter
100	$0.30	$0.31
1,000	$3.00	$3.01
10,000	$30.00	$30.01

🆕 New to Apify? Free monthly credits cover thousands of posts. See Apify pricing.

Costs are capped — set a max spend limit in Apify Console. The Actor stops gracefully when the budget is reached.

Cost-saving tips:

• Start with maxPostsPerPage: 10 to test
• Date-filter events are charged once per page, regardless of posts collected
• Use ignoreMaxPostsWhenDateFiltered: false (default) to stay within budget

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Features deep-dive

🧠 AI-powered strategic analysis (built-in)

Every post is analyzed on seven dimensions — no external API calls:

Metric	Range	What It Measures
Sentiment Score	−1.0 to +1.0	Emotional polarity
Sentiment Label	Text	Auto-generated (e.g. "Brand Love", "Crisis Alert")
Controversy Flag	Boolean	Divisive or polarizing language
Virality Index	0–100%	Engagement as % of followers
Impact Score	0+	Weighted composite of all engagement
Authority Signal	Low/Med/High	Numerical data density & tone
Business Value Score	1–5	Commercial relevance

🔄 Resume interrupted runs

Auto-saves progress on every page. If a run stops (session expiry, network failure, manual stop), retrying resumes exactly where it left off — zero duplicates, zero data loss.

🔴 Live view dashboard

Real-time web dashboard during runs (via container URL): progress bar, page status, error log, dataset counts, live SVG engagement charts. Auto-refreshes every 2 seconds.

📊 Interactive HTML report

The chart.html file in the key-value store gives you a visual overview without writing queries:

• Summary stats cards
• Engagement line charts over time
• Reaction distribution pie charts (all 7 types)
• Top 10 posts with clickable text (opens on Facebook)
• Sentiment and business value bar charts — click any bar to open the post
• Human-friendly x-axis labels (post text previews, not IDs)

🛡️ Proxy & reliability

• Apify Residential Proxy (recommended) for best success rate
• Apify Datacenter Proxy for faster, cheaper runs
• Exponential backoff retries with session management
• Graceful abort handling

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Data tables

Raw post data (page-data)

Field	Type	Description
pageName, pageTitle, pageUrl	String	Page identity
pageFollowers	Number	Estimated follower count
postId, postUrl	String	Post identifiers
timestamp	String	ISO 8601 post date
text	String	Post content
reactions.total, reactions.detail.*	Number	Total + 7 reaction types
commentCount, shareCount	Number	Engagement counts
strategicAnalysis.*	Object	AI analysis scores

Full field reference: ./docs/developer-guide.md

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FAQ

Is this legal? Yes — only publicly available information from public Facebook pages. No authentication bypass, no private content.

Does it work without a Facebook account? Yes. No login or API token required.

What if Facebook changes its structure? Multiple fallback strategies for data extraction. Updates published within 48 hours. Check the Issues tab.

Can I scrape private pages? No — only publicly visible content.

Known limitations:

• Reaction breakdown may not appear on low-engagement posts
• Comment/share counts may be hidden on very new posts
• Posts without text (image-only) may be skipped
• Very large pages may trigger rate-limiting (handled with backoff)

Data accuracy:

• Follower counts are approximate (Facebook rounds, e.g. "28M")
• Reaction counts are snapshots — they change after scrape

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Support

For questions, feature requests, or bug reports, visit the Issues tab on the Apify Console page.

→ Try Facebook Page Scraper on Apify

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