Quora Content Research — Questions, Answers, Topics & Audience Pain Points

Research Quora questions and answers for content marketing. Find popular questions, audience pain points, and expert insights. Discover what real people ask about any topic with answer text, upvote counts, follower numbers, and view data. Essential for content ideation, SEO keyword research, and thought leadership strategy.

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IMPORTANT: Session Cookies Required for Real Scraping

Quora blocks all content behind a login wall. Without sessionCookies, the actor gets 0 results. See Authentication below for step-by-step cookie setup. You can test the output format first using Demo Mode (enabled by default).

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Features

• Question Discovery — Find relevant questions in any niche with view counts, follower counts, and answer counts
• Answer Extraction — Scrape top answers with full text, upvote counts, author names, and credentials
• Topic Tracking — Identify which Quora topics each question is tagged with
• Infinite Scroll Pagination — Automatically scrolls search results to collect up to 500 questions
• Topic Filtering — Only keep questions matching specific topics you care about
• Sorting — Sort results by relevance, most recent, or most upvoted answers
• Webhook Support — POST results to Zapier, Make, n8n, or any custom URL on completion
• Demo Mode — Test with sample data before setting up cookies

How It Works

1. Searches Quora for your query (e.g., "local SEO strategies")
2. Scrolls search results to discover question URLs (pagination via infinite scroll)
3. Visits each question page and extracts: title, URL, answer count, follower count, view count, topics, date
4. Optionally scrapes the top N answers per question with author info and upvotes
5. Filters by topics (if specified) and sorts results
6. Saves to Apify dataset + sends webhook if configured

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
demoMode	boolean	true	Run with sample data. Set to false for real scraping.
searchQuery	string	"local SEO"	What to search for on Quora.
topics	string[]	[]	Only keep questions matching these topics. Empty = keep all.
maxResults	integer	50	Max questions to scrape (1–500).
includeAnswers	boolean	true	Scrape top answers for each question.
answersPerQuestion	integer	3	How many answers per question (1–10).
minAnswerUpvotes	integer	0	Only include answers with this many upvotes or more.
sortBy	string	"relevance"	Sort by: relevance, recent, or upvotes.
sessionCookies	string	—	JSON cookie array from Cookie-Editor. Required for real scraping.
webhookUrl	string	—	URL to POST results on completion.

Output Format

Each question in the dataset:

{
  "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": "2026-03-23T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Authentication

Quora requires login to view content. You need to provide session cookies:

Step-by-Step Cookie Setup

1. Install Cookie-Editor — Chrome Web Store
2. Log into Quora — Go to quora.com and sign in with your account
3. Export cookies — Click the Cookie-Editor icon → click Export → select JSON
4. Paste into actor — Paste the entire JSON array into the sessionCookies field

The cookies look like this (array of objects):

[
  {"name": "m-b", "value": "abc123...", "domain": ".quora.com", ...},
  {"name": "m-s", "value": "xyz789...", "domain": ".quora.com", ...}
]

Tips:

• Cookies expire after a few weeks. If you start getting 0 results, re-export fresh cookies.
• Use a dedicated Quora account for scraping to avoid disrupting your main account.
• The sessionCookies field is marked as secret — your cookies are not visible after saving.

Example Usage

Basic search (demo mode)

{
  "demoMode": true,
  "searchQuery": "local SEO"
}

Real scraping with answers

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "searchQuery": "small business marketing strategies",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "includeAnswers": true,
  "answersPerQuestion": 5,
  "sortBy": "upvotes",
  "sessionCookies": "[{\"name\": \"m-b\", \"value\": \"your-cookie-value\", ...}]"
}

Filtered by topics with webhook

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "searchQuery": "digital marketing",
  "topics": ["SEO", "Content Marketing"],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "sortBy": "recent",
  "webhookUrl": "https://hook.us2.make.com/your-webhook-url",
  "sessionCookies": "[...]"
}

Use Cases

• Content Ideation — Find what questions people actually ask about your niche. Turn top questions into blog posts, YouTube videos, or social media content.
• SEO Keyword Research — Discover long-tail keywords and question-based search queries that real people use.
• FAQ Pages — Build comprehensive FAQ sections using real questions and expert answers.
• Competitor Research — See what questions are asked about competitor products or services.
• Market Research — Understand audience pain points, objections, and knowledge gaps in any industry.

Limitations

• Cookies required — Quora blocks unauthenticated access. You must provide session cookies.
• Cookie expiry — Cookies expire after a few weeks. Re-export when results drop to 0.
• Rate limiting — The actor adds random delays between requests (1–3 seconds) to avoid blocks. Large scrapes (500 questions) may take 15–30 minutes.
• View counts — Not always visible on every question page. Some questions show 0 views.
• Date extraction — Asked dates may not be available on all question pages. Depends on Quora's page layout.

Pricing

• Free: Demo mode (unlimited runs with sample data)
• Per-event: $0.01 per question scraped (when enabled)

Support

Issues? Questions? Open an issue on GitHub or contact via Apify.