# SocialListeningAPI, free: LinkedIn post search API

> Search public LinkedIn posts by keyword, newest first, and return normalized post data with source URLs.

SocialListeningAPI's LinkedIn post search API on its 100 free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 5 of the 7 key fields we check: Text, Media, Links and tags, Engagement, Author.
The cheapest of the 60 plans we rank by price is [Fetchin, $475 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/fetchin/475-monthly/llms.txt), at $0.019 per 1,000 posts.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/sociallisteningapi/free
- [Best LinkedIn post search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-post-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://sociallisteningapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/get-api-linkedin-search
- Sold by: SocialListeningAPI (https://sociallisteningapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-27

## In the answer

- Completeness: 71%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Links and tags: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search Instagram · Get an Instagram profile · Get a LinkedIn profile · Get LinkedIn profile posts · Get LinkedIn user posts · Search X posts · Get an X user · Get X user posts · Get an X tweet thread · Get X tweet replies · Search Reddit posts · Search Reddit comments · Get Reddit post comments · Search Facebook posts · Search Hacker News posts · Search TikTok posts · Search YouTube posts · Search Pinterest pins · Search Google · Search a Discourse forum

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search public LinkedIn posts by keyword, newest first, and return normalized post data with source URLs.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not use SocialListeningAPI to: Break the law or infringe another person’s rights, including privacy and intellectual property rights. Collect, store, or disclose information unlawfully. Send spam, harassment, threats, or deceptive messages. Introduce malware or try to gain unauthorized access to an account, system, or network. Interfere with the service, bypass limits, or avoid credit charges. Reverse engineer, copy, resell, or provide unauthorized access to the service, except where the law allows it. Use the service or its data to train or build a competing product without our written permission. Misrepresent the source, meaning, or ownership of public content returned by the service. You are responsible for deciding whether your use of public content and API results is lawful and appropriate.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 50 pages
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 3.04 s

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: exact, cursor, raw
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/linkedin/search

## About the plan

- Plan: 100 free credits
- Who can get it: anyone at least 13 years old and legally able to enter into the terms

## The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, endpoint, platform, post ID, post URL, title, text, media URL, media thumbnail URL, author ID, author username, author name, author picture, author verified, view count, likes, comments, reposts, date, author URL, article URL, next cursor, has more, page size, request ID, credits consumed, credits remaining, raw provider response

## SocialListeningAPI's plans (3)

- [SocialListeningAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete
- [SocialListeningAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/sociallisteningapi/20-pack/llms.txt): 71% complete
- [SocialListeningAPI, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/sociallisteningapi/100-pack/llms.txt): 71% complete

## SocialListeningAPI's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/v1/linkedin/search`: [SocialListeningAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)

## SocialListeningAPI's APIs (4)

- [SocialListeningAPI: SERP API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/sociallisteningapi/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/linkedin/profile/posts](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/sociallisteningapi/free-100-free-credits-get-api-v1-linkedin-profile-posts/llms.txt)
- [SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 3 plans, GET /api/v1/linkedin/user/posts](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/sociallisteningapi/free-100-free-credits-get-api-v1-linkedin-user-posts/llms.txt)

## SocialListeningAPI: LinkedIn post search API alternatives

- [Fetchin, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/fetchin/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [HarvestAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/harvestapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, live
- [AnyAPI, free, trial key, POST /v1/run/linkedin.search_posts_full, LinkedIn Post Search (full)](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key-post-v1-run-linkedin-search-posts-full/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete
- [Anysite, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/anysite/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [SocialCrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/socialcrawl/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 57% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-27.

- https://api.sociallisteningapi.com/openapi.json
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/do-credits-expire
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/do-empty-results-use-credits
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/get-api-linkedin-profile
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/get-api-linkedin-search
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/how-do-credit-packs-work
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/how-many-credits-does-an-api-call-cost
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/docs/how-many-free-credits-do-i-get
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/pricing
- https://sociallisteningapi.com/terms