Quora Content Research

Research trending questions and expert answers on Quora for content marketing insights. Discover what your audience is asking, identify content gaps, and find authoritative answers to inform your content strategy.

Features

• Question Discovery: Find relevant questions in your niche
• Answer Analysis: Extract top answers with upvote counts
• Topic Tracking: Identify trending topics and themes
• Expert Insights: Find industry experts and thought leaders
• Content Ideas: Generate blog post and FAQ ideas from real questions

Use Cases

• Content Marketing: Find topics your audience cares about
• SEO Research: Discover long-tail keyword opportunities
• Thought Leadership: Identify questions to answer for visibility
• Competitor Research: See what experts are saying in your space
• FAQ Generation: Build FAQs from real user questions

Input Configuration

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "searchQuery": "local SEO strategies",
  "topics": ["SEO", "Digital Marketing"],
  "maxQuestions": 50,
  "includeAnswers": true,
  "minAnswerUpvotes": 10,
  "sortBy": "relevance"
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
demoMode	boolean	No	Run with sample data (no scraping)
searchQuery	string	Yes	Search term for questions
topics	array	No	Filter by specific topics
maxQuestions	integer	No	Maximum questions to scrape (default: 50)
includeAnswers	boolean	No	Include top answers (default: true)
minAnswerUpvotes	integer	No	Minimum upvotes for answers (default: 10)
sortBy	string	No	Sort by: relevance, recent, upvotes

Output

{
  "title": "What are the best strategies for local SEO in 2025?",
  "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-strategies-for-local-SEO-in-2025",
  "answerCount": 47,
  "followerCount": 312,
  "viewCount": 15600,
  "topics": ["SEO", "Local Business", "Digital Marketing"],
  "askedDate": "2025-10-15",
  "topAnswers": [
    {
      "author": "Sarah Johnson",
      "authorCredentials": "SEO Consultant, 10+ years experience",
      "upvotes": 234,
      "text": "Local SEO in 2025 is all about Google Business Profile optimization...",
      "answeredDate": "2025-10-16"
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2025-12-23T12:00:00Z"
}

Content Research Tips

1. Find Content Gaps: Questions with many followers but few answers = opportunity
2. Identify Experts: Authors with high credentials are potential influencers
3. Track Trends: Sort by recent to see emerging topics
4. Long-form Ideas: High-upvote answers often make great blog post outlines
5. FAQ Building: Multiple similar questions = FAQ section material

Pricing

• $0.01 per question scraped
• $0.005 per answer included
• Demo mode is free

Integrations

Zapier

Automate content research workflows:

1. Add the "Apify" app in Zapier
2. Select "Run Actor" as the action
3. Enter localhowl/quora-research as the actor ID
4. Send questions to your content calendar or Trello board

Make (Integromat)

Build content ideation pipelines:

1. Add the Apify module to your Make scenario
2. Select "Run an Actor" action
3. Configure with your topic keywords
4. Auto-create content briefs in Google Docs or Notion

n8n

1. Add the Apify node to your workflow
2. Configure with your Apify API token
3. Set actor ID to localhowl/quora-research
4. Use AI nodes to generate blog outlines from questions

Webhooks

Receive research results via webhook:

{
  "webhooks": [{
    "eventTypes": ["ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED"],
    "requestUrl": "https://your-app.com/webhook/quora-research"
  }]
}

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/localhowl~quora-research/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchQuery": "local SEO tips", "maxQuestions": 50, "includeAnswers": true}'

Support

• LinkedIn: John Rippy
• Website: johnrippy.link

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