How to Use the LinkedIn Post Likers Export

Before you start

• LinkedIn’s visibility limit: You can only see up to 3,000 people who liked a post. This Phantom can extract all visible likers, but it cannot go beyond LinkedIn’s 3,000-profile cap.

Step 1: Connect your LinkedIn account

To let the Phantom act on your behalf:

1. Install the PhantomBuster browser extension and connect your LinkedIn session in one click.

2. If you’re not using Chrome or Firefox, you can retrieve your session cookie manually (see our cookie guide).

Check your browser user agent
Make sure your browser is up to date before connecting your account. 
→ If your Chrome or Firefox version is outdated, your session cookie may expire much more quickly, and you’ll need to reconnect often.

Step 2: Provide your LinkedIn posts

Tell the Phantom which posts to process. You can provide:

• Paste a single LinkedIn post URL.

• Provide a Google Sheet with LinkedIn post URLs (make sure it’s shared with “Anyone with the link”).

• Upload a CSV file with LinkedIn post URLs (make sure it’s publicly accessible, and note that CSV upload is only available on paid plans). 

  → If you’re using a spreadsheet, the Phantom defaults to the first column (A). To use a different column, enter the column’s header name in the field “Name of column containing post URLs.”

Step 3: Control how many posts are processed

Fine-tune extraction volume:

1. Remove duplicate profiles between different posts (optional): 

   • Enable this to avoid collecting the same person across multiple posts.

2. Watcher mode (optional): 

   • Enable this to reprocess the same post URLs on future runs to capture new likers.

3. Number of posts to process per launch (optional): 

   • Default = Empty which means all posts in your input. 

   • Example: If your sheet has 5 post URLs and you set this to 2, the Phantom will process 2 posts per run until complete.

Result file settings (dropdown in setup)

1. Name your results file (optional)

   • You can customize the file name.

     If you rename the file between launches, the Phantom will create a new results file and start processing inputs from scratch.

2. Fields to keep (optional)

   • Export only the fields you care about by listing them (comma-separated).
     Example: profileUrl, job, location.

   • This generates a second CSV file with just those fields.

   • Learn more in our guide: Customize how your Phantom results files are saved.

Step 4: Select launch frequency

Choose how often the Phantom should run:

1. Launch manually: Start the Phantom yourself whenever you need.

2. Launch once at a specific time: schedule a one-time run at a set date and time.

3. Launch repeatedly: schedule regular runs (e.g. once per day, several times during working hours).

4. Launch after another Phantom: chain automations together so this Phantom starts right after another finishes.

5. Advanced scheduling: customize the exact minutes, hours, days, or months when the Phantom should run.

→ For a complete walkthrough of scheduling options, see our guide to scheduling Phantoms automatically.

Step 5 (Optional): Advanced settings

Advanced settings are available if you want to fine-tune how your Phantom runs, but by default they’re already optimized for most use cases. 

We recommend leaving them as they are unless a guide specifically instructs you to change something.

→ For a detailed overview of all advanced options (like execution limits, retries, email notifications, proxies, webhooks, and file management), see our Advanced settings guide.

Launch and results

When you’re ready:

1. Click Launch to start your Phantom.

2. Once it finishes, open the Results tab in the Phantom console to see the data collected.

3. Download your results as a CSV or JSON file.

→ To learn how to export your data to Google Sheets, integrate with other tools, or reuse it in more automations, check our Access and Export your Phantom Results guide.

Export and input limits on the Free plan
If you’re on the Free plan or Free trial, some features are limited:
- CSV exports include only the first 10 rows of results.
- CSV download links (for dynamic viewing in Google Sheets or integrations) are not available.
- JSON exports are not available.
- CSV upload as an input method is not supported.
To unlock all features, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid plan.

What you give (Input) and What you get (Output)

This section gives you a detailed breakdown of everything you need to provide to run this Phantom, and everything you’ll receive once it completes.

What you give (Input)

What you get (Output)

Tips and troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

• Using a private Google Sheet → make sure it’s shared with “Anyone with the link.”

• Expecting more than 3,000 likers per post → LinkedIn limits visibility.

• Processing too many posts in one run, which may force frequent session cookie refreshes.

• Assuming compatibility with the LinkedIn Leads → this Phantom does not send data there.

  • Instead, you can use Sales Navigator Lead Sender to pass the profiles forward, or LinkedIn Profile Scraper to enrich them for further use.

If you run into issues

• Check how to troubleshoot your phantom using Logs.

• Browse the Fix Issues & Troubleshoot Errors section for solutions to common problems.

• Review our Automation Rate Limits by Platform guide.

• Check our Best Practices for Social Media Automation guide.

Suggested automations

Before you can: 

• LinkedIn Activity Extractor → first extract posts from a company page or profile, then combine them with this Phantom to capture likers from multiple posts.

After exporting post likers, you can:

• LinkedIn Outreach → launch outreach campaigns to engaged profiles with dashboards and follow-ups.

• LinkedIn Auto Poster → publish your own posts to stay visible and encourage further engagement.

• LinkedIn Commenter → reply on likers’ posts to start conversations and build relationships.

• LinkedIn Auto Liker → reciprocate engagement by liking their content.