Insight Social
Free Chrome Extension

Threads Scraper — Export Posts, Comments & Engagement

Extract posts, replies, and engagement metrics from Threads profiles, search results, and feeds. No API access or coding required.

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What You Can Do With Threads Data

Threads is where conversations move fast — extract them before they scroll away

Trend Tracking

Watch which topics, hashtags, and creators are rising on Meta's text platform.

Keyword Research

Scrape any Threads search and see how a topic is actually being talked about.

Creator Vetting

Pull a creator’s posts and engagement to judge fit before reaching out.

Brand Monitoring

Track mentions of your brand or competitors and read every reply in context.

Choose Your Threads Scraper

Each tool is optimized for specific Threads data extraction needs

Threads Post Scraper

Extract posts, engagement metrics, and media from Threads profiles, search results, and feeds.

Data you can extract:

  • Post ID
  • Post URL
  • Author
  • Username
  • + 10 more fields
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Threads Comment Scraper

Export every reply under a Threads post — commenter, text, likes, and the parent it answers — as one row per comment.

Data you can extract:

  • Comment Text
  • Commenter Username
  • Commenter Full Name
  • Comment Likes
  • + 9 more fields
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How to Scrape Threads in 4 Steps

1

Install Extension

Add InsightSocial from Chrome Web Store

2

Visit Threads

Open any profile, search, or your home feed

3

Start Scraping

Click and let InsightSocial extract data

4

Export Data

Download as CSV, Excel, or JSON

The same thing in full, step by step

Nothing here needs code, and the whole sequence takes about two minutes the first time. The only step worth reading carefully is the fourth.

  1. 1

    Install the extension

    Add InsightSocial from the Chrome Web Store. It works in Chrome and any Chromium browser — Edge, Brave, Arc. There is no API key to request and no Meta app review to pass.

  2. 2

    Open the Threads page you want

    Go to a public profile, run a keyword search, open a single post, or sit on your own home feed. The extension reads the URL and tells you which source it detected, so there is nothing to paste or configure.

  3. 3

    Pick Posts or Post + Comments

    Posts collects the posts themselves. Post + Comments runs in two phases: it gathers the posts first, then opens each one that has replies and pulls the thread underneath. Set how many posts you want — the presets are deliberately small for comment runs, because phase two costs a page visit per post.

  4. 4

    Decide how deep to go on replies

    Two switches matter on busy posts. Full reply threads opens each sub-thread instead of stopping at the first level, which is where most of a big conversation actually lives. Replies Threads hides picks up the ones Threads filtered out of the main view and flags them. Both are on by default and both cost one extra request per thread, so turn them off when you are scraping a post with thousands of replies and want speed.

  5. 5

    Start it and leave the tab open

    Scrolling and collection happen in your own browser, on the page in front of you, at a pace that looks like reading. You can watch the counter climb. Keep the tab open until it finishes.

  6. 6

    Export, or come back to it later

    Download as Excel, CSV, or JSON in one click. Every run also syncs to your dashboard, so you can reopen it from another device, filter it, and export it again without re-scraping.

Where the Threads Scraper Works

Open any of these Threads pages and the extension detects it automatically — no URLs to paste, no configuration

Profiles

Open any public Threads profile and export its posts — content, likes, comments, reposts, views, timestamps — or run Post + Comments to also capture every reply thread.

Search Results

Search any keyword on Threads and export the matching posts as structured rows — the fastest way to map how a topic, brand, or event is being discussed.

Home Feed

Scrape your own For You or Following feed to snapshot what the algorithm is surfacing — useful for trend tracking and content research.

Single Posts

Open one post and pull its full comment thread: every commenter, reply, nested reply, like count, and timestamp — ready for sentiment or audience analysis.

Only after the conversation under a post? The Threads Comment Scraper exports every reply with its parent comment

What a Threads Export Actually Contains

Two shapes of file, depending on what you scraped. These are the exact column headers you get — no post-processing needed before the data is usable in a spreadsheet.

Exporting Threads posts

One row per post, from a profile, a search, or your feed.

  • author — Display name of the account that posted.
  • username — The @handle, ready to join against other lists.
  • content — Full post text, including line breaks.
  • likes — Like count at the moment of the scrape.
  • comments — Number of replies on the post.
  • reposts — How many times it was reposted.
  • views — View count where Threads exposes it.
  • date — Post timestamp, sortable.

Exporting Threads comments

One row per reply, with the parent post repeated alongside it.

  • commenter_username — The @handle of the person replying.
  • comment_text — The reply itself.
  • parent_comment_id — Which comment this one answers — empty for top-level replies. This is the column that lets you rebuild the thread tree in a spreadsheet.
  • is_reply — True when the row is a reply rather than a first-level comment.
  • is_hidden — Flags replies Threads filtered out of the visible conversation, so you can include or exclude them deliberately.
  • direct_reply_count — How many replies hang off this comment.
  • likes_count — Likes on the individual reply.
  • posted_at — When the reply was written.
  • post_url — Link back to the parent post.
  • post_author_handle — Who wrote the post being replied to.
  • post_content — The post text, repeated on each comment row so the sheet reads standalone.
  • post_likes_count — Engagement on the parent post.
  • post_timestamp — When the parent post went up.

The reason parent_comment_id matters more than it looks: a Threads conversation is a tree, and a flat CSV normally destroys that. Because every reply carries the id of the comment it answers, you can pivot the file back into threads, count how many replies each commenter drew, or filter to first-level responses only — without touching the site again.

Comment rows are flattened for you on export. Underneath, a run stores one record per post with the whole reply tree attached, so re-exporting the same session later gives you the same rows in the same order.

The Threads Comment Scraper covers comment exports in full — including how nested replies and hidden replies are captured, and what a single busy post yields with each switch on or off.

Can You Scrape Threads Without Logging In?

The honest answer, because this is the question that decides whether a tool is any use to you

Threads requires an account for almost everything. Logged out, you can see a little of a public profile and not much else — search, feeds, and full reply threads are all gated. That is Threads’ decision, not a limitation of any particular scraper. Any tool advertising complete logged-out Threads extraction is either scraping the thin public shell or will break as soon as Meta tightens the gate.

What InsightSocial needs is your Threads session, not your password. You log in to Threads yourself, in your own browser, exactly as you normally would. The extension then reads the data the page has already loaded for you. We never ask for your Threads credentials, never log in on your behalf, and never route your session through our servers. Nothing gets collected that you could not have seen by scrolling the page yourself.

This is the part cloud scrapers cannot copy. A server-side scraper has no session of its own, so it needs a pool of accounts or your credentials to work at all — which is both a security problem for you and the reason those tools break in waves when Meta bans the pool. Running inside the browser you are already signed in to sidesteps the whole category of problem.

You do need a free InsightSocial account to sync results to your dashboard and to export. Scraping and browsing your results are unmetered on every plan; only exports draw credits.

Chrome Extension vs Cloud Scrapers vs Threads API

Three ways to get Threads data — here is how they compare

InsightSocial ExtensionCloud ScrapersOfficial Threads API
PriceFree — 500 export credits/month, Pro from $7.99/moPay per result, adds up fastFree but heavily restricted
API key or approvalNone neededAccount + billing setupMeta app review required
Public posts & searchYes — anything you can seeVaries by vendorLimited keyword search quotas
Where it runsYour own browser, on the page you seeThird-party serversYour code + Meta servers
Coding requiredNone — point and clickUsually some scriptingYes
Comments with repliesYes, full nested threadsVaries by vendorOwn posts only
Export formatsExcel (.xlsx), CSV, JSONVariesJSON only

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Threads Scraper FAQ

Is the Threads scraper free?

Yes. Scraping is unlimited on every plan — you can collect unlimited posts or comments in a session and browse all of it for free. Only exporting is metered: the free plan includes 500 export credits per month, one credit per exported row. If you need more, Pro starts at $7.99/month billed yearly (or $9.99 month-to-month) with 10,000 export credits per month.

How do I scrape Threads?

Install the InsightSocial Chrome extension, then open any Threads profile, search result, or your home feed. The extension detects the page automatically — pick Posts or Post + Comments, click Start, and it scrolls and collects the data for you. When it finishes, export to Excel, CSV, or JSON in one click.

Can I scrape Threads without logging in?

Threads itself shows very little without an account — most profiles, search, and feeds require you to be signed in, so any tool claiming fully logged-out scraping will hit walls fast. InsightSocial works inside your own browser session: you log in to Threads normally, and the extension reads what the page already shows you. You never share your password or credentials with us or any third-party server.

What Threads data can I extract?

For posts: author name, username and verified flag, post text, post type (text, image, video, carousel), likes, comments, reposts, shares, views, timestamp, and post URL. For comment threads: every commenter with username, comment text, likes, reply counts, nested reply structure, and timestamps. Works on profiles, keyword search, your home feed, and single posts.

Can I scrape Threads comments and replies?

Yes. On a single post, the Post + Comments mode captures the entire thread including nested replies. On a profile, search, or feed, it runs in two phases: first it collects N posts, then it visits each post that has comments and extracts its full comment thread — so you get both the posts and the conversations underneath them in one run.

How do I export Threads comments to Excel?

Run Post + Comments on a post, profile, search, or feed, then click Export and choose .xlsx. You get one row per reply, with the parent post repeated on each row so the sheet reads on its own. The comment columns include commenter_username, comment_text, likes_count, direct_reply_count, posted_at, is_reply, is_hidden, and parent_comment_id — that last one holds the id of the comment being answered, which is what lets you rebuild the thread structure with a pivot instead of losing it in a flat file. CSV and JSON are the same data in different containers.

What export formats are supported?

Excel (.xlsx), CSV, and JSON — one click each. Results also sync to your web dashboard, so you can browse, filter, and re-export them later from any device.

Is scraping Threads legal?

Collecting publicly visible data for research and analysis is generally permitted in most jurisdictions, but you are responsible for complying with Meta’s Terms of Service and the laws that apply to you, especially around personal data. InsightSocial only captures what is publicly shown on the pages you visit — it never accesses private accounts, DMs, or hidden data.

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