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Weibo Scraper Pro – Posts, Comments, Users & Hot Search

Collect public Weibo hot search, rankings, posts, reposts, comments, topics, user profiles, fans, following and likers in one Actor. Get Chinese-language text, authors, media URLs, timestamps and engagement metrics as clean, flat records. From $1.50 per 1,000 records.

Weibo Data For Social Listening And Research

Weibo is China’s largest microblogging platform and a leading source of public opinion, entertainment trends and brand conversation. This Actor turns public Weibo surfaces into one normalized dataset for monitoring, analysis and AI workflows.

• Brand and reputation monitoring — track keywords, topics and hot search.
• Social listening — follow public sentiment around events and campaigns.
• Influencer research — compare profiles, followers and engagement.
• Audience analysis — map fans, following and post likers.
• Market and academic research — export Chinese social posts with metadata.
• Trend monitoring — capture hot search and ranking boards over time.

How It Works

Choose the surfaces you need: hot search, rankings, the hot timeline, keyword and media search, topics, user search, profiles, relationships, posts, reposts or comments. The Actor writes one dataset with a recordType field so you can filter or split records downstream.

• One dataset for every record type.
• Works without a Weibo account for most public surfaces.
• Optional comments and replies.
• Optional only-new mode for scheduled monitoring.

Supported Weibo Surfaces

• Hot search and rankings — realtime hot, entertainment, social events, tech, life, sport, game and recommendation boards.
• Search — keyword, advanced, picture, video and user search.
• Topics — matching posts and the topic card when available.
• Profiles — public user details and timelines.
• Relationships — fans, following and post likers.
• Posts — post details, user timelines and reposts.
• Comments — top-level comments and optional replies.

Some deeper relationship pages and repost timelines may require a valid Weibo cookie. The Actor reports a warning instead of failing the whole run when a surface is unavailable.

Input – Configure A Weibo Run

Field	Type	Default	Notes
hotSearch	boolean	true	Collect the realtime hot search board
hotTimeline	boolean	false	Collect the discovery feed
rankingCategories	array	["realtimehot"]	Ranking board categories
searchQueries	array	[]	Keyword searches
advancedSearchQueries	array	[]	Advanced searches with optional media type and dates
topicQueries	array	[]	Topic names, with or without #
pictureSearchQueries	array	[]	Picture search terms
videoSearchQueries	array	[]	Video search terms
userSearchQueries	array	[]	User discovery terms
userIds	array	[]	Numeric UIDs or profile URLs
fanUserIds	array	[]	Users whose fans to collect
followingUserIds	array	[]	Users whose following list to collect
postUrls	array	[]	Post URLs or numeric IDs
likerPostUrls	array	[]	Posts whose likers to collect
repostPostUrls	array	[]	Posts whose reposts to collect
maxPosts	integer	200	Target for post-producing sources
fillToMaxPosts	boolean	true	Request extra pages until maxPosts is reached
maxSearchPages	integer	3	Initial search result pages
maxProfilePages	integer	3	Initial profile timeline pages
maxPagesPerTarget	integer	3	Pages for topics, media, users, fans, following, likers and reposts
maxItemsPerTarget	integer	100	Items per relationship or engagement target
maxHotTimelinePages	integer	1	Hot timeline pages
advancedSearchIncludeType	string	""	pic, video or all posts
advancedSearchSince	string	""	Start date in YYYY-MM-DD
advancedSearchUntil	string	""	End date in YYYY-MM-DD
includeComments	boolean	false	Add comments
maxCommentsPerPost	integer	20	Comments per post
maxCommentPages	integer	3	Comment pages per post
includeReplies	boolean	false	Add replies to comments
maxRepliesPerComment	integer	5	Replies per comment
maxReplyPages	integer	2	Reply pages per comment
includeUserProfiles	boolean	true	Add user records for profiles and user search
includeFullText	boolean	true	Expand truncated long posts
onlyNewItems	boolean	false	Skip items seen in earlier runs
stateKey	string	weibo-pro-monitor	State key for only-new mode
stateStoreName	string	weibo-monitor	Key-value store for only-new state
weiboCookie	string	""	Optional cookie for login-gated surfaces
proxyConfiguration	object	On	Optional connection settings
requestDelayMillis	integer	700	Pause between requests
maxRequestRetries	integer	3	Retries for network, 403/429 and server errors

Output – One Dataset, Seven Record Types

Filter by recordType: hot_search, ranking, post, repost, topic, user or comment.

Record type	Main fields
hot_search	rank, keyword, section, heat, label, badgeIcon, isPinned, categoryId, url, createdAt
ranking	rank, keyword, category, heat, isPinned, url, createdAt
post	id, url, text, createdAt, authorId, authorName, authorFollowers, authorVerified, repostsCount, commentsCount, likesCount, imageUrls, videoUrl, mediaUrls, isRetweet, retweetedFrom, regionName, query, source
repost	Post fields plus repostOfId, repostOfUrl
topic	id, topicId, title, description, postsCount, followersCount, query, url
comment	id, parentId, rootId, text, createdAt, authorId, authorName, likesCount, repliesCount, floorNumber, isReply, url, query
user	id, authorName, authorDescription, authorFollowers, authorFollowing, authorPosts, authorVerified, authorVerifiedReason, authorLocation, authorAvatar, relation, relatedTo, query, url

Posts also include textHtml, authorAvatar, authorGender, linkUrl, sourceLabel and isLongText. Comments include textHtml, authorAvatar, authorFollowers and sourceLabel. Liker records include createdAt when Weibo exposes the like date.

Example Input – Hot Search And Keyword Search

{
  "hotSearch": true,
  "rankingCategories": ["realtimehot", "socialevent"],
  "searchQueries": ["人工智能", "新能源汽车"],
  "maxPosts": 200,
  "maxSearchPages": 3,
  "includeComments": false
}

Example Output – Keyword Post

{
  "recordType": "post",
  "id": "5360179932829399",
  "url": "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5360179932829399",
  "text": "#人工智能##前沿观察# 人工智能知名学者称，LLM可能是人工智能走错了路。",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-31T12:32:26.000Z",
  "authorName": "青青虫的微博",
  "authorFollowers": 11539000,
  "authorVerified": true,
  "likesCount": 3,
  "commentsCount": 6,
  "repostsCount": 0,
  "mediaUrls": ["https://wx3.sinaimg.cn/..."],
  "query": "人工智能",
  "source": "search"
}

Export And Monitor On A Schedule

Download JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or use the Apify API. Enable onlyNewItems with a unique stateKey and stateStoreName for daily brand or topic monitors. Send new records to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or a webhook.

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• Google Search Scraper — research brand and event coverage

FAQ

Do I need a Weibo account?

No for most public data. Hot search, rankings, hot timeline, search, topics, media search, user search, profiles, likers and first-page fans/following work without login. Repost timelines and deeper following pages may require a cookie.

Can I collect multiple pages of search results?

Yes. With fillToMaxPosts enabled by default, the Actor keeps paging until maxPosts is reached or results end. Some profile timelines are indexed up to roughly 1,000 posts.

Can I get replies?

Yes. Enable includeReplies; the Actor checks comments with replies and inspects up to maxReplyPages per comment. Coverage depends on what Weibo exposes.

Why are reposts empty?

Weibo often asks for login on repost timelines. Add a valid weiboCookie or retry later; the Actor records a warning in SUMMARY.

Does it translate Chinese text?

No. Text is returned as published in UTF-8. Translate downstream if needed.

Can I monitor only new posts?

Yes. Enable onlyNewItems and use a unique stateKey and stateStoreName for each independent monitor.

How much does it cost?

Pay-per-event: hot search or ranking row $0.003, keyword/media/advanced-search/hot-timeline post $0.0025, topic, fan or following $0.0015, user timeline, repost or user search $0.0025, post detail or profile $0.008, comment or reply $0.003, liker $0.0035, plus a $0.005 Actor Start event. A hot-search-only run is very cheap.

For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Returns one flat dataset of public Weibo records. Filter by recordType before processing.

Minimal working input:

{ "hotSearch": true, "searchQueries": ["人工智能"], "maxPosts": 20 }

Output fields: recordType, id, url, text, textHtml, createdAt, authorId, authorName, authorFollowers, authorVerified, authorDescription, authorFollowing, authorPosts, authorLocation, authorAvatar, likesCount, commentsCount, repostsCount, imageUrls, videoUrl, mediaUrls, isRetweet, retweetedFrom, regionName, query, source, rank, keyword, section, heat, label, category, isPinned, topicId, title, description, postsCount, followersCount, parentId, rootId, repliesCount, floorNumber, isReply, relation, relatedTo, repostOfId, repostOfUrl, scrapedAt.

Behaviors an agent should know:

• Every row has recordType: hot_search, ranking, post, repost, topic, user or comment.
• hotSearch defaults to true; set it false when collecting only another surface.
• Comments are off by default; enable includeComments and set limits.
• Reposts and deeper following pages may need weiboCookie.
• onlyNewItems requires a stable stateKey and stateStoreName.
• Free users get a 10-record preview.

Billing: per-event, from $0.0015 per topic/fan/following up to $0.008 per post detail or profile, plus a $0.005 Actor Start event.

Legal & Compliance Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Weibo or Sina.

It collects publicly available posts, profiles, trends and engagement data. A cookie is optional and is used only to access public surfaces that require logged-in access. Users are responsible for complying with Weibo’s terms, robots.txt, copyright, privacy and data-protection law. Do not use the data for harassment, surveillance, doxxing or prohibited content. Nothing here is legal advice.

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