Can I capture Facebook Reels?

Yes. PostSnag captures Facebook Reels as one of its supported post types, right alongside photos, videos, albums, links, and text posts. A Reel is captured the same way as any other post: as you scroll past it on a profile, PostSnag reads its real playable video file, a cover image, its duration, its caption, and its engagement numbers straight from your own Facebook session. There's no separate mode, no extra click, and no setting to turn on. If a Reel loads onto the page while you scroll, PostSnag captures it, video and all.

How PostSnag recognizes a Reel

PostSnag classifies every post it captures into one of six types: reel, video, photo, album, link, or text. It decides which type a post is from the structural signals on the page itself, not by guessing from a URL, and it checks in a set order: first whether the post is a Reel, then whether it's a native video, then whether it's an album or multiple images, then a single photo, then an external link, and finally plain text. That order matters because a post can look like more than one type at once; checking for Reels first is what keeps a Reel from getting misfiled as a plain video.

What PostSnag saves from a Reel

• The video file. PostSnag saves the actual, playable video behind the Reel, the file itself, not a static preview image standing in for it.
• Cover image. A still cover image alongside the video, the same frame Facebook shows before a Reel starts playing.
• Duration. How long the Reel runs.
• Caption. The text the creator posted with the Reel.
• Engagement. Reaction total, comment count, share count, and a view count for the Reel's plays, the same fields PostSnag captures for any video post.
• Date and time. The exact time the Reel was posted, read from Facebook's own post data where it's available.
• The creator's name and profile link, and the original post URL, same as any other post.

[SCREENSHOT: A captured Reel post card in the PostSnag panel, showing its cover image, duration, and engagement numbers]

Reels in your dashboard and exports

A profile's page in your dashboard now has its own Reels tab, sitting alongside Posts and Analytics, so you can browse a creator's Reels on their own instead of hunting for them inside a mixed feed. The global Posts page carries the same split: a dedicated Reels view alongside its main post list. PostSnag still records a Reel as its own post type the moment it captures it.

Exporting works the same way it does for any post type, with one real upgrade: choose Media only or Data plus media and you get the Reel's actual video file, not a link to a thumbnail. Choose Data as Markdown or Data as CSV and you get the Reel's caption and engagement as data, with a link back to the original post rather than the file itself. See What is included in a PostSnag export? for the full comparison.

Capturing from a profile's own Reels tab

Some profiles have their own Reels tab, at a URL like facebook.com/username/reels. PostSnag recognizes this as the same profile you'd capture from their main feed, so you can open a person's Reels tab directly and scroll there if you specifically want their Reels instead of scrolling their whole feed looking for them.

What doesn't work

PostSnag captures Reels tied to a specific profile, whether from that profile's main feed or its own Reels tab. It does not capture from Facebook's general, top-level Reels feed or the Watch tab, the ones not tied to any one profile, since those aren't profile pages PostSnag recognizes for capture. If you want a creator's Reels, open their profile or their Reels tab directly rather than browsing Facebook's general Reels feed and hoping to capture from there.

Reels posted inside a Facebook Group

A Reel posted by a group member is captured the same way any of that member's group posts are: either by opening their profile from inside the group and scrolling, or by scrolling the group's own feed directly. Either path tags the Reel to that group and keeps it separate from that person's own personal posts. See How do I capture posts from a Facebook Group? for the full how-to on both paths.

If a Reel's cover image looks blank or wrong

Media loads into Facebook's page separately from a post's text, and a Reel's video and cover image can occasionally still be loading in the moment PostSnag captures it. Scrolling slowly and pausing briefly on Reels gives them time to finish loading before PostSnag reads the post. See How do I get the most complete and accurate capture? for the full checklist.

Common questions

Does PostSnag save the actual Reel video file?

Yes. PostSnag saves the real playable video file behind every Reel, along with its cover image, duration, caption, and engagement.

Does PostSnag capture how long a Reel runs?

Yes. PostSnag captures the duration for every Reel it saves.

Will my captured Reels show up as their own view in the dashboard?

Yes. A profile's page has a dedicated Reels tab alongside Posts and Analytics, and the global Posts page has its own Reels view too.

Can I capture only someone's Reels?

Yes. Open that profile's Reels tab and scroll there. PostSnag still recognizes it as the same profile and captures what loads.

Does PostSnag capture Reels from Facebook's general Reels feed or Watch tab?

No. Capture only works on a specific profile, whether from its main feed or its own Reels tab. Facebook's general Reels feed and Watch tab aren't tied to one profile, so PostSnag doesn't capture from them.

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• How do I get the most complete and accurate capture?

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