LinkedIn Activity Extractor

PhantomBuster’s LinkedIn Company Employees Export Automation helps you extract basic employee data from LinkedIn company pages. This tutorial shows you how to set up and run the Automation efficiently.

• Prerequisites: A connected LinkedIn account, the PhantomBuster browser extension, and a list of LinkedIn company URLs are required.

• Extraction limits: LinkedIn displays a maximum of 1000 employees per company (up to 2500 with Sales Navigator).

• Safety guidelines: Scrape no more than 1 company or 1000 employees per day (up to 2500 with Sales Navigator). Prefer multiple smaller launches over one large run.

• Free plan limitations: CSV exports are limited to the first 10 rows, and CSV upload as an input source is not supported.

• Output scope: This Automation provides basic data (name, title, company, URL); use the LinkedIn Profile Scraper for emails or deeper enrichment.

1. Provide company URLs: Choose an input source such as a LinkedIn company URL, a Google Sheet, or a pre-built LinkedIn Leads list.

   Make sure Google Sheets are shared with "Anyone with the link." The tool reads column A by default; specify a column header if your URLs are located elsewhere.

2. Connect your LinkedIn account: Install the PhantomBuster browser extension to connect your LinkedIn session automatically, or manually enter your session cookie.

3. Configure employee extraction settings: Set the number of employees to extract per company and the number of companies to process per launch. Optionally, filter employees by up to 6 job keywords separated by "OR".

   Job filters apply only to titles in the "Experience" section, not the headline. If the "Number of employees" field is left empty, the default is 10.

4. Select launch frequency: Choose to run the Phantom manually, repeatedly on a schedule, or after another Phantom finishes.

   Processing too many companies in a single launch can cause LinkedIn loading errors; use repeated smaller launches for stability.

5. Optional: Adjust advanced Phantom settings: Fine-tune settings for proxies, file management, and notification preferences, though the default settings work for most users.

6. Launch and access results: Click Launch to start the extraction, then view the data in the Results tab once completed.

For a full walkthrough and troubleshooting tips, see the tutorial on the help center.

You have two options:

1. Process a single profile
Copy the LinkedIn profile URL and paste it into your Phantom's setup.

2. Process multiple profiles
Create a spreadsheet with Google Sheets. Copy the LinkedIn profile URLs and paste them into your spreadsheet - one URL per row, all in column A.

Make this spreadsheet public so PhantomBuster can access it.

Copy the spreadsheet URL and paste it into your Phantom's setup.

Automation always produces better results in the long run. Set the Phantom to launch repeatedly and get results while you're away!

This Phantom runs from the cloud, which means you don't even need to have your browser open or computer on for these launches to happen.

For more automatic launch options, click on the three little dots in the top right and "Show advanced settings."

Start slowly:

• Up to 10 profiles per launch if retrieving fewer than 100 results per profile.

• Up to 5 profiles per launch if retrieving 100+ results per profile.

Monitor performance:

• If experiencing disconnections or blocks, reduce the number of profiles.

• Gradually increase the number if everything runs smoothly.

If you’re scraping more profiles per launch:

• Respect the daily limits:

--> Standard account: No more than 80 profiles per day (half of that amount if scraping 100+ results per profile)

--> Premium account: No more than 150 profiles per day.

• Use a proxy close to your real geolocation.

• Retain the same IP to avoid detection.

Note: Results include posts, comments, and articles.