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Facebook post comments: every comment with author, reactions and reply count

The Facebook Post Comments Scraper returns the comments of public posts — in Facebook's own orders (most relevant, newest, all) — with the author (name, id, URL, verification, picture — or a code), the text with tagged accounts, exact time, depth, reply count, reactions in total and by kind and attachments, plus the post itself as a row with its counts. Works on posts, videos and reels. No login, no cookies, no account; only-new mode for recurring runs.

Who it's for

• Community and brand teams reading everything a post's audience said, not just the top comments.
• Sentiment analysts gauging reaction to an announcement across all comments.
• Researchers who need privacy-safe exports with author codes instead of names.
• Monitoring pipelines collecting only-new comments as they arrive.

What you get

A real comment row (trimmed):

{
  "type": "comment",
  "commentId": "848869361623320",
  "text": "That eight-pronged diffraction pattern is Webb's signature…",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-10T07:11:42.000Z",
  "author": "Beyond Earth",
  "authorIsVerified": false,
  "reactions": 3,
  "reactionsByType": { "like": 3 },
  "replyCount": 0,
  "order": "relevant",
  "position": 1
}

Input

{ "posts": ["https://www.facebook.com/NASA/posts/PFBID_EXAMPLE"], "maxCommentsPerPost": 50 }

Honest limits

• Fewer comments than the post's count — the count includes replies and comments Facebook hides from a visitor; order: all gets every one a visitor can see.
• Replies are counted, not delivered yet — this version returns the comments under the post (depth 0); reply texts are planned.
• A video post sometimes needs retries — a video's page occasionally comes without data (one in four, measured); the Actor retries up to three times before a status row.
• A personal-profile/group post, a signed-in-only post, or one with commenting off gets a free status row.

Pricing

Pay per result: a comment event per delivered comment row and a post event per delivered post row. No start fee, nothing for a status row, nothing for a comment the filter left out, nothing for a post that could not be read. Current prices are on the actor's Pricing tab on Apify.

Related

This Actor reads comments; for a Page's posts (each with its top comments) use the Facebook Page Posts Scraper, for the Page's reviews the Facebook Page Reviews Scraper, and for the Page's contact record the Facebook Page Profile Scraper.

Frequently asked questions

Can I get every comment?

Yes — unlike the Page Posts Scraper's top comments, this pages through all of them in Facebook's own order: relevant, newest or all, ten a call.

Does it work on videos and reels?

Yes — give a video or reel URL; the post row is read from the video's page and the comments page the same way. A reel is opened through /watch/?v=.

Are replies included?

Replies are counted on each comment (replyCount); this version delivers the comments under the post (depth 0). Reply texts are planned.

Can I hide commenter names?

Yes — hideAuthors returns a stable code instead of the name, id, URL and picture; a shared authorCodeKey gives the same person the same code across runs.

Why are there fewer comments than the post's count?

The post's count includes replies and comments Facebook hides from a visitor; order: all gets every one a signed-out visitor can see.

Using the data lawfully

It reads only what Facebook shows a signed-out visitor. Comments carry the names of people who wrote them publicly; personal data is protected by the GDPR and similar laws, so only collect and process it with a legitimate basis — or turn on hideAuthors. The Actor does not log in, use anyone's account or cookies, or solve CAPTCHAs. Not affiliated with Meta.