🦋 Bluesky Scraper — Posts, Profiles, Threads & Followers

The most complete Bluesky scraper on Apify Store. Extract posts, user profiles, full conversation threads, and follower/following lists from Bluesky — the decentralized social network with 30M+ users.

⚡ No browser needed. Pure API calls via the open AT Protocol.
🔓 No auth required for profiles and feeds.
💰 From $0.002/result — the best price on the store.

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Choose a mode (profiles/feeds need NO auth)
2. Add Bluesky handles or a search query
3. Click Run — get clean JSON in seconds

Default config works out of the box — try it with the pre-filled handle.

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🎯 Six Powerful Modes

Mode	Auth	What You Get
🔍 Search Posts	Required	Find posts by keyword, hashtag, or advanced query (from:user)
👤 Get Profiles	None	Display name, bio, avatar, followers/following/post counts
📝 Get User Feed	None	All posts from any public user with engagement metrics
👥 Get Followers	Required	Complete follower list with profile data
🚶 Get Following	Required	Complete following list with profile data
🧵 Get Thread	Required	Full conversation tree — reconstructs entire threads

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📊 Output — Clean, Flat JSON

Every post comes normalized and ready for CSV export:

{
  "uri": "at://did:plc:z72i.../app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6i...",
  "cid": "bafyreig...",
  "authorHandle": "bsky.app",
  "authorDid": "did:plc:z72i...",
  "authorDisplayName": "Bluesky",
  "authorAvatar": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/...",
  "text": "We hear and appreciate your feedback...",
  "createdAt": "2026-04-23T17:06:32.796Z",
  "indexedAt": "2026-04-23T17:06:33.123Z",
  "likeCount": 4102,
  "replyCount": 426,
  "repostCount": 493,
  "quoteCount": 0,
  "langs": ["en"],
  "isReply": false,
  "hasMedia": false,
  "mediaCount": 0,
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "links": [],
  "postUrl": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3mk6ipt5iv22y",
  "type": "post"
}

Thread mode adds threadDepth (0 = root post, 1 = direct reply, etc.) so you can reconstruct the conversation tree.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
mode	string	✅	getUserFeed	Scrape mode
searchQuery	string	For search	—	Keyword/hashtag/query
handles	string[]	For profiles/feed/follows	["bsky.app"]	Bluesky handles
threadUri	string	For thread	—	AT URI of any post in thread
maxItems	integer	No	100	Max results (1–10,000)
sort	string	No	latest	latest or top
language	string	No	—	ISO code filter (e.g. en, es)
includeReplies	boolean	No	true	Include reply posts
blueskyHandle	string	For auth modes	—	Your handle
blueskyAppPassword	string	For auth modes	—	App password (not main!)

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💰 Pricing

Plan	Price
Free tier	$5 free credit (try it!)
Pay-per-result	$0.002/item

Cost examples:

• 100 posts: $0.20
• 1,000 posts: $2.00
• 10,000 posts: $20.00

💡 33% cheaper than competitors ($0.003/item). Platform usage included — no hidden compute fees.

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🆚 Why This Scraper?

Feature	Us	tugelbay	george	cryptosignals
Search posts	✅	✅	✅	✅
Get profiles	✅	✅	✅	✅
Get user feed	✅	✅	✅	✅
Thread reconstruction	✅	❌	❌	❌
Followers export	✅	❌	❌	✅
Following export	✅	❌	❌	✅
Auth optional	✅	✅	❌	❌
Language filter	✅	✅	❌	❌
Price per item	$0.002	$0.003	$0.003	~$0.0012

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🔧 Technical

• Runtime: Node.js 20+ (fast, lightweight)
• API: AT Protocol public endpoints (public.api.bsky.app)
• Authentication: App Password (Bluesky Settings → App Passwords)
• Rate limiting: Automatic 429 handling with retry-after
• Memory: 256 MB recommended
• Timeout: 1 hour default (adjustable)

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📝 Use Cases

• Brand Monitoring — Track mentions across Bluesky
• Competitive Intelligence — Analyze competitor content and engagement
• Influencer Discovery — Find top voices with follower data
• AI Training Data — Build clean datasets for LLMs
• Academic Research — Study social media discourse
• Lead Generation — Find users by interest, extract profiles

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Built with ❤️ using Apify SDK for JavaScript and the AT Protocol.