Weibo User Posts & Profile Scraper 微博博主主页 (100% No Cookie)

Extract historical creator timeline posts (user_posts) and detailed KOL account profiles (user_profile) from Sina Weibo (新浪微博) — with 100% ZERO cookies or personal login required.

Built for KOL influencer marketing due diligence, official brand account tracking, executive & celebrity monitoring, and AI/LLM corpus collection (n8n, Make, Dify, Claude MCP). While traditional Weibo scrapers fail on creator timelines unless you supply your own personal cookieString, this Actor uses a built-in managed session pool + PC/Mobile dual-engine fallback on just 256 MB RAM. Users on the Apify Free plan ($5 monthly credit) can extract up to 1,111 Weibo creator posts or profiles per month for free.

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What Can This Weibo User Posts & Profile Scraper Do? (Features)

Weibo Creator Scraper Capability	Built-In Advantage
100% Cookie-Free user_posts Extraction	Extracts a creator's historical Weibo posts by numeric UID or profile URL via our managed session pool and dual PC (/ajax/statuses/mymblog) + Mobile (containerid=107603) fallback.
Comprehensive user_profile Due Diligence	Extracts follower count (authorFollowers), following count (authorFollowing), total lifetime posts (statusesCount), verification badge & reason (authorVerifiedReason), bio, and location.
Full Text Expansion (>140 chars)	Automatically expands truncated long timeline posts (...全文) so you always receive the complete post body.
Cascade Comment Harvesting (scrapeComments)	Optionally extract top reader comments under every timeline post in the same run (with commenter IP province mapping).
Date Window Filtering (dateStart / dateEnd)	Filter a creator's timeline to a specific campaign period (YYYY-MM-DD); posts outside your window are dropped before delivery and never billed.
Built-In Sentiment & Geolocation (regionEn)	Tags every post with sentiment (positive / negative / neutral), sentimentScore, and standardized English IP province (Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai).

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How to Scrape Weibo User Posts & Profiles in 3 Easy Steps

1. Select a mode — Choose user_posts (to extract a creator's historical posts) or user_profile (to extract account follower and verification metrics).
2. Paste Target UIDs or URLs (userIds) — Enter one or more Weibo numeric UIDs (e.g., 1749127163) or full profile URLs (https://weibo.com/u/1749127163).
3. Click "Start" — Download your creator data in JSON, CSV, Excel, or Parquet, or connect via REST API, n8n, Make, or Claude MCP.

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Weibo User Posts & Profile Scraper Use Cases

Buyer Profile	Weibo Creator & KOL Intelligence Use Case
Influencer & KOL Marketing Agencies	Vet Weibo influencers by follower count, verification status (黄V / 蓝V), historical post engagement (attitudesCount, commentsCount, repostsCount), and audience sentiment
Competitive Intelligence & Brand Teams	Monitor competitor official Weibo accounts (官微) for product launches, promotional campaigns, and announcement cadence
Hedge Funds & Equity Analysts	Track executive accounts (e.g., Lei Jun / Xiaomi, CEOs of Chinese EV & tech companies) and official corporate announcements in real time
AI / LLM & Media Research Teams	Build author-attributed Chinese social media corpora and track public figure discourse across provinces

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Input

All parameters are documented in the Input tab. Below are the core fields and JSON input examples:

Input Field	Type	Description
mode	string	"user_posts" (creator timeline posts) or "user_profile" (one profile summary row per UID). Default: "user_posts".
userIds	array	List of Weibo numeric UIDs ("1749127163") or profile URLs ("https://weibo.com/u/1749127163"). Duplicate UIDs are automatically deduplicated.
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of primary posts or profiles to return (1 to 5,000, default: 50).
dateStart / dateEnd	string	Optional YYYY-MM-DD date window filter for user_posts.
fullText	boolean	Expands truncated long posts (>140 chars, default: true).
sentimentAnalysis	boolean	Tags every post and comment with sentiment and sentimentScore (default: true).
scrapeComments	boolean	Cascade add-on: extracts up to maxCommentsPerPost comments under each creator post (billed as 1 item per comment row).
includeAuthorProfiles	boolean	Cascade add-on: emits a dedicated user_profile row alongside user_posts (billed as 1 item per unique creator).
deltaMode	boolean	Skips previously scraped post IDs across scheduled runs so you only pay for new posts.

1. Scrape a Creator's Timeline Posts + Full Text (user_posts)

{
  "mode": "user_posts",
  "userIds": [
    "1749127163",
    "https://weibo.com/u/1642634100"
  ],
  "dateStart": "2026-09-01",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "fullText": true,
  "sentimentAnalysis": true,
  "scrapeComments": false
}

2. Batch Extract KOL Account Profiles (user_profile)

{
  "mode": "user_profile",
  "userIds": [
    "1749127163",
    "1642634100"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20
}

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Output

Below are the structured JSON outputs matching the "1749127163" (Lei Jun / 雷军) input examples above:

1. Creator Timeline Post Row (mode: "user_posts")

{
  "postId": "5356651029184421",
  "mblogid": "RnLKq8wB2",
  "mode": "user_posts",
  "text": "今天很高兴跟大家分享小米SU7最新的交付进展，感谢每一位车主朋友的信任与支持！",
  "sentiment": "positive",
  "sentimentScore": 0.85,
  "createdAt": "Fri Oct 24 10:15:00 +0800 2026",
  "createdAtIso": "2026-10-24T10:15:00+08:00",
  "authorId": "1749127163",
  "authorName": "雷军",
  "authorAvatar": "https://tvax4.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.1080.1080.180/...",
  "authorVerified": true,
  "authorVerifiedReason": "小米集团创始人、董事长兼CEO",
  "authorFollowers": 25180000,
  "attitudesCount": 45210,
  "commentsCount": 6890,
  "repostsCount": 3120,
  "regionName": "北京",
  "regionEn": "Beijing",
  "images": ["https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/..."],
  "isPromoted": false,
  "isRepost": false,
  "postUrl": "https://weibo.com/1749127163/RnLKq8wB2",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-24 16:40:12 UTC"
}

2. Creator Profile Row (mode: "user_profile")

{
  "mode": "user_profile",
  "authorId": "1749127163",
  "authorName": "雷军",
  "text": "雷军 - 小米集团创始人、董事长兼CEO",
  "sentiment": "neutral",
  "sentimentScore": 0.0,
  "authorAvatar": "https://tvax4.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.1080.1080.180/...",
  "authorVerified": true,
  "authorVerifiedReason": "小米集团创始人、董事长兼CEO",
  "authorFollowers": 25180000,
  "authorFollowing": 1390,
  "statusesCount": 16420,
  "authorDescription": "小米集团创始人、董事长兼CEO",
  "location": "北京",
  "regionEn": "Beijing",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-24 16:40:15 UTC"
}

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Automated Daily KOL & Competitor Monitoring (Schedules & Delta Mode)

Track when a list of Weibo creators publishes new posts automatically:

1. Go to Apify Console → Schedules → Create new schedule and select axon-studio/weibo-user-posts-scraper.
2. Set deltaMode: true in your input JSON. The Actor remembers up to 10,000 previously scraped post IDs in your Key-Value Store (DELTA_SEEN_IDS) and skips old posts on future runs—so you are only billed when a creator publishes a brand-new post.

Python & Synchronous REST API Integration

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("axon-studio/weibo-user-posts-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "user_posts",
    "userIds": ["1749127163"],
    "maxResults": 50,
    "fullText": True,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["postId"], item["authorName"], item["createdAtIso"], item["text"][:60])

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/axon-studio~weibo-user-posts-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"user_posts","userIds":["1749127163"],"maxResults":25}'

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How Much Does It Cost to Scrape Weibo User Posts? (Pricing)

$4.50 per 1,000 results ($0.0045 per post or profile) + $0.02 per Actor start (Pay-Per-Event)

• Free Plan Credits: Every Apify account receives $5.00 in free monthly credits, covering up to 1,111 Weibo creator posts or profiles every month for free.
• Volume Discounts: Automatic lower unit prices for Apify Bronze / Starter, Silver / Scale, and Gold / Business subscribers.
• No Server Compute Fees: Runs on just 256 MB RAM with platform usage fully included.
• Typical Run Costs: 50 KOL profiles (user_profile) = $0.245 · 100 creator timeline posts (user_posts) = $0.47 · 1,000 creator posts = $4.52.

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FAQ & Legal Compliance

Why doesn't this scraper require my personal Weibo cookieString for user_posts?

We maintain a built-in managed cloud session pool paired with automatic PC Ajax and Mobile H5 (containerid=107603) fallback. You never have to extract or risk your own Weibo account cookies.

Is it legal to scrape public Weibo creator timelines and profiles?

This Actor reads publicly visible Weibo profiles and timelines and cannot access private or locked posts. Public screen names, UIDs, bios, and IP province tags may constitute personal data under GDPR or PIPL; ensure you have a lawful basis for processing public social data. Not affiliated with Sina Corporation or Weibo.

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