# China hot lists: Weibo 微博, Baidu 百度, Zhihu 知乎 + 4 more

**Use case:** 

Hot lists only: no news rows. One full snapshot of the top 20 on Weibo 微博, Baidu 百度, Zhihu 知乎, Toutiao 今日头条, Bilibili 哔哩哔哩, Douyin 抖音 and Kuaishou 快手, with rank, heat, peak rank and first seen, plus English machine translations where available. Rows that vanish from Weibo, Baidu, Zhihu, Toutiao or Bilibili while hot carry a likely-censored flag. Up to 140 billed rows ($1.12 max per run).

## Input

```json
{
  "hotLists": [
    "weibo",
    "baidu",
    "zhihu",
    "toutiao",
    "bilibili",
    "douyin",
    "kuaishou"
  ],
  "sourceTypes": [],
  "newsSources": [
    "all"
  ],
  "snapshotCount": 1,
  "emitOnlyNew": false,
  "snapshotIntervalMinutes": 5,
  "maxItems": 140,
  "maxItemsPerSource": 30,
  "maxHotRank": 20,
  "highRank": 15,
  "recheckUrls": true,
  "freeweiboCheck": true,
  "topN": 15,
  "clusterBudgetSeconds": 120,
  "sourceRoutes": {},
  "includeNfsc": true,
  "useApifyProxy": false,
  "fullFetchOnStaleContext": false,
  "sourceWallCapSecs": 45,
  "historyStore": "china-feed-history",
  "simulateBuyer": false,
  "apifyRetentionDays": 7,
  "contextKey": "cluster_context"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "censorship": {
    "label": "Censorship",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "topic_id": {
    "label": "Topic id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source_type": {
    "label": "Source type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source_name": {
    "label": "Source name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "via": {
    "label": "Via",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "fetch": {
    "label": "Fetch",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "headline_en": {
    "label": "Headline en",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "headline_original": {
    "label": "Headline original",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "excerpt_en": {
    "label": "Excerpt en",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "summary_en": {
    "label": "Summary en",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "published": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The China News Feed with Deletion Watch: Weibo Hot Search Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "China hot lists: Weibo 微博, Baidu 百度, Zhihu 知乎 + 4 more". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/QfRCWD5dDQdFLYXxR) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "China hot lists: Weibo 微博, Baidu 百度, Zhihu 知乎 + 4 more" task

The China News Feed with Deletion Watch: Weibo Hot Search Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like hot lists to snapshot, source types, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "China hot lists: Weibo 微博, Baidu 百度, Zhihu 知乎 + 4 more" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as censorship, topic id, source type, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "China hot lists: Weibo 微博, Baidu 百度, Zhihu 知乎 + 4 more" task via API](https://apify.com/china.unofficial/china-news-feed.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [China News Feed with Deletion Watch: Weibo Hot Search](https://apify.com/china.unofficial/china-news-feed.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/china.unofficial/china-news-feed.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/china.unofficial/china-news-feed.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).