Bluesky Follower Scraper

What is Bluesky Follower Scraper?

Bluesky Follower Scraper automates the extraction of follower data from Bluesky. Just add one or more Bluesky handles to get all the publicly available follower data you need.

Why scrape Bluesky followers?

Bluesky follower data can give you valuable information about audience demographics, help you analyze follower networks, track influencer reach, learn how to improve your Bluesky performance, or keep an eye on competing accounts' audiences.

How to scrape Bluesky followers

Bluesky Follower Scraper is designed to be fast and easy to use so there aren't too many parameters or settings. Just follow the steps below:

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open Bluesky Follower Scraper.
3. Add one or more Bluesky handles to scrape followers from.
4. Click "Save & Start" and wait for the datasets to be extracted.
5. Download your data in JSON, XML, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

Input example

The input for Bluesky Follower Scraper should be a Bluesky user handle. You can add one or multiple user handles.

Here's a sample of scraping the followers of the official Bluesky profile.

In JSON it looks like this:

{
  "identifiers": ["bsky.app"],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output example

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get:

Here is the same data but in JSON. You can download the dataset extracted by Bluesky Follower Scraper in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

{
  "did": "did:plc:example123456789",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "handle": "johndoe.bsky.social",
  "description": "Software developer and tech enthusiast",
  "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:example123456789/bafkreihagr2cmvl2jt4mgx3sppwe2it3fwolkrbtjrhcnwjk4jdijhsoze@jpeg",
  "createdAt": "2023-06-15T14:30:00.000Z"
}

Integrate Bluesky Follower Scraper and automate your workflow

Last but not least, Bluesky Follower Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform.

These include:

• Make
• Zapier
• Slack
• Airbyte
• GitHub
• Google Drive
• and much more.

Alternatively, you can use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs. For example, you can get a notification whenever Bluesky Follower Scraper successfully finishes a run.

Want to scrape Bluesky posts, profiles, or followers?

You can use the other dedicated scrapers below if you want to scrape specific Bluesky data. You'll have fewer settings to change and faster results. Just enter one or more Bluesky handles or URLs and click to scrape.

✉️ Bluesky Post Scraper	👤 Bluesky Profile Scraper
👥 Bluesky Follower Scraper	📺 Bluesky Video Downloader

Your feedback

We're always working on improving our Actors' performance. If you have any technical feedback for Bluesky Follower Scraper or simply found a bug, please create an issue on the Actor's Issues tab in Apify Console.

FAQ

How can I use Bluesky Follower Scraper with the Apify API?

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to the Apify platform. The API is organized around RESTful HTTP endpoints that enable you to manage, schedule, and run Apify actors. The API also lets you access any datasets, monitor actor performance, fetch results, create and update versions, and more.

To access the API using Node.js, use the apify-client NPM package. To access the API using Python, use the apify-client PyPI package.

Check out the Apify API reference docs for full details or click on the Bluesky Follower Scraper API tab for code examples.

How much does it cost to use Bluesky Follower Scraper?

Bluesky Follower Scraper uses the Pay-per-result pricing model, so your costs can be easily calculated: it will cost you $1.5 to scrape 1,000 results, so $0.0015 per item.

Given that with the Apify Free plan, you get $5 in credits monthly for free, this tool might be your best free Bluesky follower scraper of all.