What is the LinkedIn Comments Scraper?
InsightSocial's LinkedIn Comments Scraper is a free Chrome extension that exports the comments on a LinkedIn post to Excel, CSV, JSON or Google Sheets. Each comment is a row with its text, date, like and reply counts, and the commenter's name, headline and profile link; replies sit under the comment they answer. Choose 50, 100 or 500 top-level comments, and keep the tab in front while it runs.
LinkedIn gives you no way to export a comment thread. The extension reads the thread through your own logged-in session and turns it into rows. It only reads: it never comments, reacts or messages.
How much of a thread a run returns
The number you pick counts top-level comments. Replies to those comments are collected after them and come on top, so a 100-comment run often returns more than 100 rows. On a single post the run pauses while the tab is hidden; the side panel says so, and the run carries on when you switch back.
What the file holds depends on your LinkedIn layout
LinkedIn is moving accounts to a new page layout. On both layouts every comment has its text, date, like and reply counts, the commenter's name, headline and profile link, and its place in the thread. On accounts that still have the older layout, each comment also carries a reaction breakdown by type, a link to the comment, and edited and pinned flags. On the new layout those columns are empty. Which layout you see is LinkedIn's choice, not a setting in the extension.
Working with the thread
- Who is talking. The headline is where most people put their title and company. Filter it for a role or industry keyword to read what that group said.
- What landed. Sort by likes or reply count to read the comments that drew a response first.
- Themes. Paste the Content column into a spreadsheet or text tool and tag questions, objections and requests.
- Replies in context. Each reply carries the id of the comment it answers, so you can rebuild sub-threads.
Reactions and the post itself
For everyone who reacted to the same post, with the reaction type, use the LinkedIn Post Likers Scraper. For a profile's or company's posts with their reaction and comment counts, use the LinkedIn Posts Scraper.
Using the data responsibly
Comments are public contributions, and the extension captures only what your account already sees. LinkedIn's terms restrict automated collection, and that risk sits with the account you use. Keep volumes reasonable and handle personal data under GDPR and CCPA.