People export LinkedIn posts for two reasons: to keep and study their own, or to study someone else’s, usually a creator whose posts do well. LinkedIn helps with the first and not the second. This guide covers both, including what LinkedIn’s rules say about collecting other people’s posts, so you can decide what risk you’re happy with.
How do I export my own LinkedIn posts?
Use Download your data in LinkedIn’s settings. It gives you every post you’ve shared or re-shared, with the date, the link and your text, in a file called Shares.
- On linkedin.com, click Me at the top, then Settings & Privacy.
- Click Data privacy on the left.
- Under How LinkedIn uses your data, click Download your data.
- Choose the data you want (or the larger archive of everything) and click Request archive.
- LinkedIn emails you when it’s ready. Some kinds of data take minutes; posts, comments and reactions can take up to 48 hours. The link works for 72 hours.
LinkedIn’s own help page: Download your account data. It’s desktop only; checked October 2026.
The file has your words, not how they did. For that, use your analytics.
How do I export my LinkedIn post analytics?
LinkedIn’s post analytics export to an Excel (.xlsx) file, for any range from the past 7 days to the past 365. It includes impressions, members reached, reactions, comments, reposts, saves and sends.
- On your profile, open Analytics & tools, then your post analytics.
- Pick the date range, up to the past 365 days.
- Click Export to download the spreadsheet.
LinkedIn’s own help page: Combined post analytics. LinkedIn says it’s rolling this out gradually and on desktop only, so you may see an older layout.
To keep more than a year, export every few months and join the files.
Can I export someone else’s LinkedIn posts?
Not with anything LinkedIn gives you. There’s no export for other people’s posts, and no public API that reads them.
LinkedIn’s API does have a permission for reading a member’s posts, comments and likes, but it’s restricted to a few approved developers. Company pages’ posts can be read only by the page’s own admins, through an app LinkedIn has approved, and LinkedIn’s API terms don’t allow using member data for anything else. So every “LinkedIn post scraper” you’ll find works another way: by reading the pages, either in your own browser or on a provider’s servers.
What do LinkedIn’s rules say about scraping?
They ban it. LinkedIn’s User Agreement (section 8.2) says you mustn’t scrape or copy profiles and other data, and its help page on prohibited software names crawlers, bots, browser plug-ins and extensions that scrape or automate the site. It says members who use them risk having their accounts restricted or shut down.
LinkedIn enforces this more than most sites:
- It checks visitors’ browsers for installed extensions and runs bot detection on its pages.
- It has gone after tool makers: it sued the data provider Proxycurl, which closed and had to delete its data, and the creator-research extension Kleo shut down after a cease-and-desist.
So be honest with yourself about the trade. Copying a few posts by hand is what anyone does. Collecting many posts with a tool, in your own browser, puts your own LinkedIn account at risk, however gently the tool scrolls.
Which way should I use?
| Way | Free | Whose posts | Numbers | Risk to your account | Effort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download your data | Yes | Your own | None, just text and dates | None | A few clicks, then wait |
| Post analytics export | Yes | Your own | Impressions, reactions, comments, reposts | None | A few clicks |
| Copy by hand | Yes | Anyone’s | What you copy | None | High |
| A browser extension (Parsly, others) | Parsly is | Anyone’s public posts | Reactions by type, comments, reposts, dates | Yes: LinkedIn bans scraping extensions | One click |
| A data provider (Parsly in Claude, others) | Paid | Anyone’s public posts | Reactions, comments, reposts, dates | No, your account isn’t used | Ask in words, or write code |
What you can’t do
- See anyone else’s impressions or reach. LinkedIn only shows those to the person who posted, so no tool has them.
- Export someone’s posts through LinkedIn’s own API, unless you’re one of its approved partners.
- Read private or connections-only posts you can’t see yourself.
- Collect with a tool without any risk. In your browser, the risk is to your account; through a provider, the provider can be shut down.
How do I collect a creator’s LinkedIn posts with Parsly?
Parsly is a free Chrome extension that reads the posts LinkedIn shows you as you scroll, and turns them into a spreadsheet with their numbers.
- Sign in to LinkedIn and open the creator’s profile, then their Posts.
- Open Parsly from Chrome’s toolbar. The first time, allow it on LinkedIn.
- Click Collect. Parsly scrolls the posts at a person’s pace, one creator at a time, and reads only what LinkedIn sends the page: each post’s text, format, exact date, reactions by type, comments and reposts. It doesn’t click anything or send requests of its own.
- Parsly marks the breakouts: the posts that beat that creator’s usual reactions, such as “6x her usual”, rather than the ones with the most likes.
- Copy the result or download it as a CSV.
Parsly is a browser extension reading LinkedIn, which is what LinkedIn’s rules ban, so the risk to your account described above applies. If that matters to you, try it on an account you can afford to lose, or use the next option.
Without your LinkedIn account: with Parsly in Claude (paid), you ask in your own words, such as “which of this creator’s posts this year took off, and why?”, and Parsly fetches the posts through data providers. Your own LinkedIn account isn’t involved.
Questions people ask
Can I see someone else's LinkedIn post impressions?
No. LinkedIn shows impressions only to the person who posted. Anyone else can see reactions, comments and reposts, and so can any tool, Parsly included.
Is there a LinkedIn API for reading posts?
Not one most people can use. The permission that reads a member's posts is restricted to a few approved partners, and company pages' posts can only be read by the page's own admins through an approved app.
Is scraping LinkedIn legal?
That's a question for a lawyer, and courts have gone both ways. What's clear is that LinkedIn's User Agreement bans scraping and browser extensions that scrape, and that LinkedIn restricts accounts and has taken tool makers to court.
Where are my posts in the LinkedIn data download?
In the Shares file: each post you've shared or re-shared, with its date, link and your text. It has no reactions or impressions; those come from the analytics export.
Can I get a creator's LinkedIn posts without using my own account?
Yes, through paid data providers that collect public posts themselves. Parsly in Claude works this way, so your LinkedIn account isn't involved. Providers carry their own risk: LinkedIn has sued some and made them delete their data.
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Checked against the real sites on 22 October 2026. Platforms change their buttons often; if something has moved, tell us at [email protected].