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Social post comments and engagement API: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit

social.comments

live

Comments on one public post URL (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, and replies to a post on X): text, author, likes, replies, time.

live coverage

Apify: YouTube ✓TikTok ✓Instagram ✓LinkedIn ✓Reddit ✓X

✓ marks a combination proven with a real provider call. Others are wired and unit-tested; their first live run verifies them.

Providers

ProviderStatus
Apify live
ScrapeCreators adapter next
TikHub adapter next

Billing

Unit: per_result · unmatched results billed: no
Priced per comment by platform: Reddit $0.07 a thread plus $0.00665 a comment, LinkedIn $0.0035 a comment, X $0.0245 a thread plus $0.0007 a reply (inspect lists every platform). The hold covers the requested limit; the charge covers the comments returned. Reddit returns the comments only, not the post: read the post itself with social.post. If the provider's actual cost overruns the estimate, the run bills the overrun at the same per-call rate, capped by the hold.

The exact quote is returned by /v1/inspect before every call and held with headroom on execution. The quote is the price floor: if the provider's actual cost overruns it, the run bills the overrun at the same rate, never above the hold. The unused part of every hold is released.

Run it

curl https://api.routergrowth.com/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTERGROWTH_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "capability": "social.comments",
    "input": { "url": "..." },
    "routing": {"provider": "auto"}
  }'

Input schema

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "default": 5,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "platform": {
      "enum": [
        "youtube",
        "tiktok",
        "instagram",
        "linkedin",
        "reddit",
        "x",
        "threads"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "url": {
      "description": "The post, video, thread or X status URL; the platform is inferred",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "url"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Normalized output fields

comments

Used in these guides

Apify alternatives: 7 tools compared for 2026, with pricing →LinkedIn lead generation: turn competitor commenters into a qualified lead list →Brand monitoring across web, social, news, reviews and AI answers →Social media API: profiles, posts and comments from X, Reddit, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube →

Part of these tool pages

LinkedIn →X (Twitter) →Reddit →Instagram →

Workflows that call it

Reach founders whose teams complain about their CRM →Reach teams complaining about cold email deliverability →Reach HR leaders complaining about their applicant tracking system →Reach operations leaders complaining about project management tools →

Skills that run it

Social lead discovery →Reddit surface map →Community help drafts →

More Social capabilities

social.profilesocial.postssocial.search All of them →