Patreon Scraper

Public Patreon creator profiles — what they create, member counts where shown, membership tiers with prices and benefits, social links and the featured post — as clean JSON.

Scrape public Patreon creator profiles: what they create, about text, member and post counts where public, membership tiers with prices and benefits, social links and the featured post. Paste creator page URLs, or a public Explore page to collect the creators it lists, and get one clean row per creator. There is no login and no API key. Built for creator-economy research, influencer discovery and outreach, membership-pricing benchmarks, and tracking how creators grow over time.

⚡ Quick start

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt" },
    {
      "url": "https://www.patreon.com/explore/creators?type=popular-campaigns&topic=podcasts_and_shows"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5
}

🧩 Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	array	yes	—	Creator or Explore URLs: creator pages (patreon.com/<name>, patreon.com/cw/<name>, patreon.com/c/<name>) or public Explore pages (patreon.com/explore?topic=…, patreon.com/explore/creators?type=…&topic=…).
maxItems	integer	no	—	Maximum creators per URL. A creator URL always returns one creator; the input form starts at 5, and an empty value returns every creator an Explore page lists.
proxyConfiguration	object	no	{ "useApifyProxy": false }	Proxy configuration. Public creator pages load without a proxy; switch one on if your runs get blocked.

Finding creators. Open a creator's page on Patreon and copy the address bar. To collect creators by topic, open Explore, pick a topic (or "Popular", "Trending", "New" in a topic), and paste that page's URL. The topic is saved on each creator as category.

📤 Output

Each creator is one dataset row. Member counts, earnings and per-tier counts appear only when the creator chooses to show them; otherwise they are null.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
campaignId	string	Patreon's ID for the creator's page.
vanity	string	The creator's name in Patreon URLs.
name	string	Creator or page name.
url	string	The creator's public Patreon page.
creationName	string	What the creator makes, as shown under their name ("Creating Science Animation Videos").
oneLiner	string	Short tagline, when the page shows one.
summaryHtml	string	The About text as HTML.
summaryText	string	The About text as plain text.
category	string	Explore topic the creator was found under; null for creator URLs.
isNsfw	boolean	Whether the creator marks the page as adult content.
currency	string	The page's pricing currency.
launchedAt	string	When the page launched (ISO 8601).
patronCount	number	Total members, when the creator shows it.
paidMemberCount	number	Paid members, when the creator shows it.
showPatronCount	boolean	Whether the creator shows the member count (null when the page does not say).
showEarnings	boolean	Whether the creator shows earnings (null when the page does not say).
postCount	number	Total posts.
paywalledPostCount	number	Posts locked to members.
postsPerMonth	number	Average posts per month, when the page shows it.
offersFreeMembership	boolean	Whether there is a free membership.
offersPaidMembership	boolean	Whether there are paid tiers.
hasShop	boolean	Whether the creator runs a Patreon shop.
shopProductCount	number	Products in the shop.
avatarUrl	string	Profile picture.
coverImageUrl	string	Cover image.
socialLinks	array	Public links to other platforms: platform (such as youtube, instagram, twitter, tiktok), handle, url.
tiers	array	Membership tiers: id, title, price and annualPrice (whole currency units), currency, isFreeTier, descriptionHtml, descriptionText, patronCount (when shown), patronLimit and remaining (limited tiers), postCount, imageUrl, benefits.
featuredPost	object	The post the page features (latest or creator-picked): id, title, url, publishedAt, postType, isPublic, likeCount, commentCount, teaserText, thumbnailUrl. Teaser and image are kept for public posts only. null when the page features none.

💡 Use cases

• Creator-economy research — compare what creators charge, how they structure tiers and benefits, and how much they post.
• Influencer discovery and outreach — build lists of creators by Explore topic, with their YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and other links.
• Membership pricing benchmarks — collect tier prices, annual prices and benefits across a niche.
• Growth tracking — schedule runs to follow public member counts, post counts and new tiers over time.

❓ FAQ

• Do I need a Patreon account or an API key? No. The Actor reads the same public pages any logged-out visitor sees.
• Why is patronCount empty for some creators? Creators choose whether to show their member count. When they hide it, the field is null; a few creators show member counts per tier instead, in tiers[].patronCount.
• Does it read patron-only posts? No. It never reads paywalled content. For the featured post it keeps only what the public page shows: title, date, type, likes and comments, plus the teaser and image when the post itself is public.
• Can I get a creator's full post history? No. The public creator page features one post, which is what the Actor returns as featuredPost; postCount and paywalledPostCount give the totals.
• How many creators does an Explore page return? Whatever the page lists on first load, typically 20 to 100 creators. Use several topic pages, or the Popular, Trending and New lists for a topic, to cover more.
• Do I need a proxy? Not by default. If Patreon starts blocking your runs, switch on Apify Proxy in the input.
• Why do image links stop working after a while? Patreon signs its image links and they expire after a few weeks. Download images soon after the run if you need to keep them.

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🖼 Image credit

Image credit: patreon.com