# The Hog, free: LinkedIn post search API

> Search LinkedIn posts by keyword.

The Hog's LinkedIn post search API on its 500 free calls every month plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 3 of the 7 key fields we check: Text, Engagement, Author.
The cheapest of the 70 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.
[Fetchin](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/fetchin/50-monthly/llms.txt), [HarvestAPI](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/harvestapi/280-pack/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-linkedin-search-posts-full/llms.txt) are the best LinkedIn post search API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/the-hog/free
- [Best LinkedIn post search API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-post-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://thehog.ai/pricing
- Request: `POST https://developer.thehog.ai/api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/keyword-posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://thehog.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.thehog.ai/api/scrapers/linkedin-keyword-posts.md
- Sold by: The Hog (https://thehog.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-26

## In the answer

- Completeness: 43%
- Text: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 500
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 500
- Also pays for: from the same budget: POST /api/v1/companies/search · POST /api/deep-research · POST /api/enrichments · POST /api/v1/people/search · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/image/deepfake-detection · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/finder · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/company · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/company-posts · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile-posts · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/post-reactions · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/post-comments · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile-reactions · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/profile-comments · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/followers · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/following · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/post-comments · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/post-details · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/posts · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/instagram/profile · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/tiktok/profile · POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/web/scrape · POST /api/v1/search

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search LinkedIn posts by keyword.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to: Use the Services in violation of any law or third-party right. Attempt to access, probe, or disrupt our systems or other users’ data. Reverse engineer, scrape, or resell the Services except as permitted. Upload malicious code or use the Services to send spam or abusive content.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: keyword. Optional: config.limit, config.matchMode, config.sortBy, config.dateFilter
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/keyword-posts

## About the plan

- Plan: 500 free calls every month
- Who can get it: anyone the waitlist invites

## The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, post URL, text, date, author name, author headline, author URL, author username, reactions, comments, reposts, is repost, reposted by, post type, content data, hashtags

## The Hog's plans (2)

- [The Hog, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 43% complete
- [The Hog, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/the-hog/contact-us/llms.txt): 43% complete

## The Hog's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /api/v1/platform/scrapers/linkedin/keyword-posts`: [The Hog, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)

## The Hog's APIs (12)

- [The Hog: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-comment-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn profile reaction API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-reaction-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: company discovery API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: email finder API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: phone finder API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-phone-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)
- [The Hog: people search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-hog/free/llms.txt)

## The Hog: 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
- [SociaVault, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/sociavault/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 71% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-26.

- https://docs.thehog.ai/api/scrapers/linkedin-keyword-posts.md
- https://docs.thehog.ai/api/scrapers/linkedin-profile.md
- https://docs.thehog.ai/concepts/credits
- https://docs.thehog.ai/concepts/sync-vs-async
- https://docs.thehog.ai/llms.txt
- https://docs.thehog.ai/reference/rate-limits
- https://thehog.ai/pricing
- https://thehog.ai/privacy
- https://thehog.ai/terms