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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): text, author, likes, replies, time.

live coverage

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

✓ 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
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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 (inspect lists every platform; X is not served). The hold covers the requested limit; the charge covers the comments returned. Reddit returns the comments only, not the 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.jell.run/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JELL_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",
        "threads"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "url": {
      "description": "The post, video or thread URL; the platform is inferred",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "url"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Normalized output fields

comments

Used in these guides

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