Tumblr Scraper — Images, Tags & Reblogs

Scrape Tumblr blog posts, images, tags, and reblogs from any blog or tag feed for content research, archiving, and influencer discovery — no Tumblr API needed.

Main Use Cases

• Content archiving — back up blog posts, images and captions before they disappear
• Tag & trend research — collect tagged posts (e.g. photography) to map what's popular
• Influencer & blog discovery — analyze blog activity, reblogs and notes for outreach
• Visual asset collection — gather image URLs from blogs for creative and mood-board work
• Community monitoring — track posts, notes and reblog behavior over time

How It Works

You supply blog profiles (https://www.tumblr.com/23-jumpstreet), tag feeds (https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/photography), or plain blog names — mixed freely. The actor walks each target, extracting every post with its captions, tags, images, notes count and reblog state, stopping at the total item limit.

Extract Structured Tumblr Post Data for Research and Archiving

Instead of manually scrolling feeds, get clean, per-post records: the blog, URL, timestamp, post type, title, description, tags, notes, reblog info and image URLs — all shaped for a database or spreadsheet.

Build Content Analysis and Influencer Datasets at Scale

Combining multiple blogs and tags in one run gives you a comparable dataset for content research, competitive analysis, or influencer identification, without hitting the public site page by page.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Notes
targets	array	✅	—	Blog URLs, tag URLs or plain blog names. Mix freely.
limit	integer	—	20	Max posts in total across all targets (1+). Free users limited to 5.

Output

Each dataset record is one Tumblr post:

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Post ID
blog	string	Blog name
url	string	Post URL
timestamp	integer	Unix timestamp
date_iso	string	Human-readable date
type	string	Post type (photo, text, quote…)
title	string	Post title
description	string	Post caption/body
tags	array	Post tags
notes	integer	Note/reblog count
reblog	object	is_reblog boolean flag
images	array	Image URLs
avatar	string/null	Blog avatar URL

Example Input

{
  "targets": [
    "https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/photography",
    "https://www.tumblr.com/23-jumpstreet"
  ],
  "limit": 20
}

Example Output

{
  "id": "7336912345678",
  "blog": "example-photoblog",
  "url": "https://www.tumblr.com/example-photoblog/7336912345678",
  "timestamp": 1714500000,
  "date_iso": "2024-05-01T00:00:00Z",
  "type": "photo",
  "title": "Golden hour",
  "description": "Shot in Lisbon at sunset.",
  "tags": ["photography", "goldenhour", "lisbon"],
  "notes": 214,
  "reblog": { "is_reblog": false },
  "images": ["https://64.media.tumblr.com/abc/photo_1280.jpg"],
  "avatar": "https://64.media.tumblr.com/avatar.png"
}

Integrations & Automation

• Webhooks for new-post delivery
• Schedule daily/weekly runs to monitor blogs or tags over time
• Export image URLs and captions to your CMS, spreadsheet or archive tool

Recurring usage tip: schedule a weekly run to keep an ongoing record of notes, reblogs and new posts for the blogs you track.

Related Actors

• maxcopell/tumblr-scraper — Tumblr blog and post data
• vdutts7/tumblr-post-scraper — Tumblr posts and media extraction
• compass/tumblr-scraper — Tumblr image and post gathering
• bpodowski/tumblr-photo-scraper — Tumblr photo collection
• clockworks/tumblr-tagged-scraper — tag-based Tumblr collection

FAQ

Why use this actor instead of the Tumblr API?

Tumblr's public API requires an OAuth app registration and daily request caps. This actor reads public blog and tag pages directly with no credentials, and pulls image URLs and reblog data in one pass — useful when you don't want to manage API registration or want to exceed per-app limits for research.

What are alternatives to this actor / Tumblr data?

The official Tumblr API, Tumblr's export tool, and other Tumblr scrapers on Apify (see Related Actors). For pure visual archiving, alternatives like image-downloader actors can pair with this to save media locally.

Can I scrape a blog and tags in the same run?

Yes — targets accepts both blog URLs and tag URLs, plus plain blog names, in any combination.

Do I need proxies?

The public Tumblr feed is generally accessible without special proxies for modest volumes. If you hit rate limits on large runs, add an Apify proxy.

What's the free-plan limit?

Free runs are capped at 5 posts total regardless of limit.

What post types are captured?

type reflects each post's kind (photo, text, quote, video, etc.), and images are returned as an array of image URLs where present.

SEO Keywords

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For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Returns one record per Tumblr post — caption, tags, notes, reblog state and media URLs.

Minimal working input:

{
  "targets": ["https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/photography"],
  "limit": 5
}

Output field list (dataset): id, blog, url, timestamp, date_iso, type, title, description, tags, notes, reblog.is_reblog, images, avatar.

Behaviors an agent should know:

• targets is required — at least one blog/source name or URL.
• limit is capped at 5 on the free plan; higher values apply on paid plans.
• Image URLs are returned as strings in the images array — fetch them separately if you need the binaries.

Billing: pay-per-event (compute-based); free tier capped at 5 posts — keep test runs small.

Legal & Compliance Disclaimer

This actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tumblr (Automattic). It accesses only publicly available blog and tag pages; it does not bypass logins or access private content. Users are responsible for complying with Tumblr's Terms of Service and applicable data-protection law when using or redistributing scraped content.