⭐ Google Maps Reviews Scraper

Returns the reviews Google Maps shows to a visitor who is not signed in: the three to five most relevant reviews of each place, with reviewer, star rating, full text, date and the owner's reply. Search by keyword and city, or paste place links. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, run on a schedule, call via API, or connect to Make, Zapier or n8n.

Read this first. Google Maps no longer shows the full review list to visitors without a Google account, and this Actor does not sign in. A place with 100,000 reviews gives it five. Checked on October 4, 2026: asked for 50 reviews of the Statue of Liberty (112,785 reviews), the run returned 5 in 98 seconds. If you need every review of a place, this Actor cannot deliver that.

🔎 What is it good for?

A sample of what customers say, across many places at once: the reviews Google itself puts first for each coffee shop, dentist or hotel in a city. That is enough to see the tone of a place, to pick quotes, or to qualify leads by their latest praise and complaints. It is not a review archive.

What data does it extract?

• Place: name and link
• Reviewer: name as shown on the review
• Rating: 1 to 5 stars
• Text: the full review, expanded
• Date: as Google shows it ("2 months ago")
• Owner's reply, when there is one
• Review id, and the search that found the place

⬇️ Input

Field	Type	Default	What it does
mode	string	search	search (keyword and location) or place_urls (your own list of places)
query	string	coffee shops	What to search for. Used in search mode
location	string	New York, NY	City or region. Used in search mode
placeUrls	array		Google Maps place links. Used in place_urls mode
maxPlaces	integer	1	Places to read, up to 20
maxReviewsPerPlace	integer	5	Upper limit per place. Google shows a visitor three to five, so a higher number does not return more
sortNewest	boolean	true	Applies only when Google shows the full review list, which it currently does not for visitors

Example input

The first reviews of ten coffee shops in a city:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "coffee shops",
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "maxPlaces": 10
}

Your own places:

{
  "mode": "place_urls",
  "placeUrls": ["https://www.google.com/maps/place/Statue+of+Liberty/@40.6892494,-74.0445004,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c25090129c363d:0x40c6a5770d25022b!8m2!3d40.6892494!4d-74.0445004!16zL20vMDcycDg"]
}

⬆️ Output

One row per review. From the run of October 4, 2026 (the text is shortened here):

{
  "author": "Kenny M",
  "rating": 5,
  "text": "What a spectacular place to visit. The museum is amazing one of the best ones that I've be…",
  "date": "2 months ago",
  "review_id": "Ci9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2xCblVVRlNiSEZuVGs1U1FUQkpVM1JxV0V0NWNGRRAB",
  "place_name": "Statue of Liberty",
  "place_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/Statue+of+Liberty/@40.6892494,-74.0445004,17z/…",
  "search_query": null,
  "search_location": null
}

A review the owner answered also carries owner_response. In search mode search_query and search_location hold the search that found the place.

💰 What a run costs

$3.00 per 1,000 reviews plus Apify's standard start event ($0.00005). With three to five reviews per place that is one to one and a half cents per place. A place without visible reviews costs nothing.

⏱️ How long a run takes

The Actor opens each place in a browser. Three coffee shops took 81 seconds on September 9, 2026; one landmark took 98 seconds on October 4. Plan for half a minute to a minute and a half per place.

💡 Use cases

• 🛡️ Reputation snapshot: the reviews a searcher sees first for your locations or your clients'.
• 🔍 Competitor check: what Google highlights about the rival businesses in a city.
• 📍 Local lead research: a quick read on each business before you contact it.
• 🧪 Sentiment sampling: a few reviews from each of many places for a model or a spreadsheet.

⚠️ Limits, stated plainly

• Three to five reviews per place. That is all Google shows a visitor without an account. No setting changes it.
• No sorting and no date filter. The reviews are Google's own selection of the most relevant ones.
• Relative dates. Google shows "2 months ago", not a calendar date.
• Up to 20 places per run.
• A browser run. It needs 2 GB of memory and is slower than a plain download.

❓ FAQ

Do I need a Google account or an API key? No.

Can I get all reviews of a place? No. Google keeps the full list for signed-in users, and this Actor works as a visitor.

Why did I get three reviews for one place and five for another? Google decides how many it shows on a place's overview.

Does it include the owner's replies? Yes, when the owner has answered one of the shown reviews.

Can I read many places in one run? Up to 20, by search or by pasting links.

Can I schedule it? Yes. A weekly run shows when the reviews Google puts first change.

How do I call it from code? With the Apify API or the Python and JavaScript clients; every run returns a dataset you can fetch as JSON or CSV.

Is it legal? The Actor reads reviews that Google shows publicly. Reviewer names are personal data: GDPR, CCPA and similar rules apply to how you store and use them.

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