Quora Scraper: Answers, Upvotes, Views & Authors, No Login

Quora Scraper reads public Quora questions and topics and returns their answers: text, author, credential, upvotes, views, shares, comments and dates. No login, cookies or API key. The example run reads 1 question with 5 answers in under 10 seconds and costs $0.0175 on the Free tier.

Table of contents

• What it does
• How it works
• Data you get
• Quick start
• Use cases
• Input
• Input examples
• Output
• Pricing
• Scheduled runs
• API, export and integrations
• Coming from another Quora scraper
• Limits
• Troubleshooting
• FAQ
• Related Actors
• Support

What it does

The Actor opens public Quora pages as a logged-out visitor. Choose one mode:

• Question URLs (question) — paste question links, such as https://www.quora.com/What-is-content-marketing. Answer links (…/answer/Name) work too: you get the answers of their question.
• Topic (topic) — give topic names or topic links, such as Content Marketing. The Actor reads the questions of each topic and their answers.

Each answer is one row with the fields of its question. A question without answers is one row too, so you always see what happened to every input.

Good fit

• Find what people ask and answer about your product, market or keyword topic.
• Collect answers with upvotes and views to pick content ideas or measure interest.
• Find active authors and their credentials in a topic.
• Feed real questions and answers to research, SEO or AI tools.

Not a fit

• Keyword search. Quora search needs a login, so use a topic instead.
• All answers of a big question. Quora hides some answers from logged-out visitors (see Limits).
• Profiles, Spaces, followers or private content. The Actor does not log in and does not bypass a login, CAPTCHA or paywall.
• Quora in other languages (fr.quora.com, de.quora.com and others). Only English www.quora.com is supported.

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How it works

1. The Actor opens each question or topic page on www.quora.com as a logged-out visitor, through a residential proxy by default.
2. It reads the answers Quora shows on that page and its next pages, up to your limit, and skips Quora's own AI bot answers.
3. It saves one row per answer (or one row per question without answers) to the Dataset, and counts, stop reason and warnings to RUN_SUMMARY.

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Data you get

Each row is one answer: question, questionUrl, questionAnswerCount, answerId, answerUrl, text, author (authorName, authorProfileUrl, authorCredential, authorIsAnonymous), metrics (upvotes, views, shares, comments), createdAt, updatedAt, language, and for topic runs topic and topicUrl. Every row also has status, error, sourceInput and fetchedAt.

A missing number is null, not 0. 0 means Quora shows zero.

The run report RUN_SUMMARY (in the Key-value store) has counts, the stop reason and warnings.

This Actor is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Quora. Answers belong to their authors; check the Quora Terms of Service before you reuse the text. Quora's terms and robots.txt restrict automated collection and reuse of its content, including for training AI models; make sure your use is allowed.

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Quick start

1. Open the Input tab. Keep What to scrape (mode) at Question URLs and the prefilled Question URLs (questionUrls) https://www.quora.com/What-is-content-marketing, or paste your own links. For a topic, choose Topic and fill Topics (queries) instead (box 1).

2. Keep Max answers per question (maxAnswersPerQuestion) at the prefilled 5, or set up to 50 (box 2).

3. Keep the run options: 600 seconds timeout and 512 MB memory. The residential proxy is already set under Advanced (box 3).

4. Click Start in the bar at the bottom of the page, then open the Output tab. The Answers view shows the answer text, author, upvotes and views of each answer (box 4).

   

Expected result: 5 answers of the question in under 10 seconds, each with status: "complete".

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Use cases

Job	Input	Key fields
Content ideas from real questions	topic mode, maxAnswersPerQuestion: 0	question, questionAnswerCount
See which answers people like	question URLs	upvotes, views, text
Find experts in a topic	topic mode	authorName, authorCredential, authorProfileUrl
Brand or competitor mentions in answers	question URLs about your market	text, createdAt, answerUrl
Data for AI and research	topic mode	question, text, language

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Input

Field	Name in Console	Type	Default	Allowed	What it does
mode	What to scrape	string	question	question, topic	Question links or topics.
questionUrls	Question URLs	list of strings	— (example: 1 URL)	up to 100 quora.com question or answer URLs	Questions to read in question mode.
queries	Topics	list of strings	—	up to 5 topic names or topic URLs	Topics to read in topic mode.
maxQuestions	Max questions	integer	empty	1–100	Topic: questions per topic (empty = 20). Question URLs: only the first N URLs (empty = all).
maxAnswersPerQuestion	Max answers per question	integer	5	0–50	Answers per question in Quora's order. 0 returns the question only.
includeRelatedAnswers	Include related answers	boolean	false	—	Also return answers Quora shows from similar questions (answerType: "related").
proxyConfiguration	Proxy	object	Apify residential, US	—	Quora blocks most datacenter traffic. Keep the default.

Other notes:

• The Actor uses only the list of the chosen mode. In question mode queries is ignored, in topic mode questionUrls is ignored.
• Duplicate URLs (?share=1, m.quora.com, answer links of the same question) are read once. RUN_SUMMARY counts them as duplicatesSkipped.
• A bad URL (not Quora, a profile, a topic in question mode) is a free row with status: "error". The run goes on.
• More than 100 URLs, more than 5 topics, or limits out of range: the run stops at once with an input error.

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Input examples

Answers of a few questions

{
  "mode": "question",
  "questionUrls": [
    "https://www.quora.com/What-is-content-marketing",
    "https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-search-keywords-for-creating-content"
  ],
  "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 10
}

Expected result: up to 10 answers for each question, ordered as Quora shows them.

Questions and answers of a topic

{
  "mode": "topic",
  "queries": ["Content Marketing", "https://www.quora.com/topic/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO"],
  "maxQuestions": 20,
  "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 3
}

Expected result: up to 20 questions per topic with up to 3 answers each, about 1–2 minutes.

Only the questions of a topic

{
  "mode": "topic",
  "queries": ["Content Marketing"],
  "maxQuestions": 50,
  "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 0
}

Expected result: one row per question with question, questionUrl and questionAnswerCount, no answers.

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Output

Output example

One answer row from the example run (text shortened). The question has 371 answers on Quora; the example asks for 5.

{
  "recordType": "answer",
  "status": "complete",
  "questionUrl": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-content-marketing",
  "questionId": 839059,
  "question": "What is content marketing?",
  "questionAnswerCount": 371,
  "answerId": 272154354,
  "answerUrl": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-content-marketing/answer/Otis-Kopp",
  "answerType": "direct",
  "relatedQuestionUrl": null,
  "relatedQuestion": null,
  "text": "Content marketing is a strategy that marketers use to accurately pinpoint the particular interests of consumers, through the creation of advertising campaigns designed to appeal to specific areas of buyer interest. …",
  "isTruncated": false,
  "authorName": "Otis Kopp",
  "authorProfileUrl": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Otis-Kopp",
  "authorCredential": "Marketing Professional",
  "authorIsAnonymous": false,
  "upvotes": 10,
  "views": 2960,
  "shares": 0,
  "comments": 2,
  "createdAt": "2021-03-24T03:31:06Z",
  "updatedAt": null,
  "language": "en",
  "isAiAnswer": false,
  "topic": null,
  "topicUrl": null,
  "sourceInput": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-content-marketing",
  "source": "quora.com",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-15T10:55:08.919Z",
  "error": null
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Can be null?	Meaning
recordType	string	no	answer, question (a question row without answers) or topic (a topic that does not exist or could not be read).
status	string	no	complete, partial (the run stopped while reading this question), not_found (Quora says the question or topic does not exist) or error (bad input or Quora could not be read).
questionUrl	string	yes	Question page on www.quora.com.
questionId	number	yes	Quora question ID.
question	string	yes	Question title.
questionAnswerCount	number	yes	Answer count Quora shows for the question. It can be bigger than the answers you can get as a visitor.
answerId	number	yes	Quora answer ID. null on question rows.
answerUrl	string	yes	Link to the answer.
answerType	string	yes	direct (posted on this question) or related (from a similar question, only with includeRelatedAnswers).
relatedQuestionUrl, relatedQuestion	string	yes	The similar question of a related answer.
text	string	yes	Answer text as plain text. Lists and line breaks are kept.
isTruncated	boolean	yes	true when Quora shows only a preview of this answer to visitors who are not logged in (some Quora+ answers); text then ends with "...". null on question and topic rows.
authorName	string	yes	Author name. null for anonymous answers.
authorProfileUrl	string	yes	Author profile link.
authorCredential	string	yes	Author credential shown with the answer, such as a job title.
authorIsAnonymous	boolean	yes	true when the answer is anonymous.
upvotes, views, shares, comments	number	yes	Metrics Quora shows. null = Quora did not give the number.
createdAt, updatedAt	string (ISO 8601)	yes	When the answer was posted and last changed.
language	string	yes	Answer language code, such as en.
isAiAnswer	boolean	yes	true when Quora marks the author as an AI account. null when the author is unknown.
topic, topicUrl	string	yes	The topic of the row in topic mode.
sourceInput	string	no	The input line this row comes from.
source	string	no	Always quora.com.
fetchedAt	string (ISO 8601)	no	When the row was read.
error	string	yes	What went wrong on error rows. null otherwise, also on not_found.

Where to find results

• Answers view — the main table: question, text, preview flag, author, credential, upvotes, views, comments, date, and the status and error of each row.
• Question and status of each row view — one look at every input: question, answer count, topic, status and error.
• Key-value store → RUN_SUMMARY — counts (answers, questions, topics, notFound, errors, hiddenAnswers, duplicatesSkipped), stopReason and warnings.

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Pricing

You pay per event. Prices on the Free plan (higher plans pay less):

Event	Price	When
Actor start	$0.01 per GB of memory, at least $0.01	Once per run. The default 512 MB run = $0.01. The start fee grows with memory: a 2 GB run pays $0.02.
Question	$0.0035	Each question Quora returns, with or without answers, or says it does not exist.
Answer	$0.0008	Each answer row.
Topic	$0.005	Each topic Quora returns, with or without questions, or says it does not exist.

Free: rows with status: "error" (bad input, Quora could not be read), duplicate URLs and questions the run did not reach. Apify platform usage is included in the event prices.

Cost examples

Run	Events	Cost on Free plan
Example: 1 question, 5 answers	start + 1 question + 5 answers	$0.0175
10 questions, up to 50 answers (measured: 269 answers)	start + 10 questions + 269 answers	$0.2602
1 topic, 20 questions, 5 answers each	start + 1 topic + 20 questions + 100 answers	$0.165
1 topic, 50 questions, questions only (maxAnswersPerQuestion: 0)	start + 1 topic + 50 questions	$0.19
1 question URL that does not exist	start + 1 question	$0.0135
Only bad URLs, or Quora could not be read	start only	$0.01

To cap a run, set Maximum charge per run in the run options. The run stops at the cap with status: "partial" and stopReason: "CHARGE_LIMIT" and keeps the rows it already saved.

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Scheduled runs

Use Apify schedules to read the same topics every day or week. Every run returns what Quora shows at that time; it does not remember earlier runs. To keep only new answers, compare answerId with your earlier data.

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API, export and integrations

• API: start the Actor with the Apify API and the same JSON input. Read rows from the run's default dataset.
• Export: download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.
• Integrations: send results to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n or a webhook when the run ends.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

• MCP server with only this Actor: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=cliqtomedia/quora-scraper (Apify MCP docs).
• Smallest useful input: {"mode": "question", "questionUrls": ["https://www.quora.com/What-is-content-marketing"], "maxAnswersPerQuestion": 5}.
• Key output fields: question (question title), text (answer text), upvotes and views (interest), authorName and authorCredential (who answers), status (complete, not_found, error).
• A small run takes under 10 seconds and costs about $0.0175. Limits: up to 100 question URLs or 5 topics, up to 100 questions per topic, up to 50 answers per question. The default run timeout is 600 seconds.

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Coming from another Quora scraper

Rows here are flat: one row = one answer with its question. If your old tool had nested fields, map them like this:

Nested field	This Actor
answer.text, text	text
answer.url	answerUrl
answer.id	answerId
answer.posted_at, posted_at	createdAt
author.name, author.url, author.credential	authorName, authorProfileUrl, authorCredential
metrics.upvotes, metrics.views, metrics.shares, metrics.comments	upvotes, views, shares, comments
question.title, question.url, question.id	question, questionUrl, questionId
question.metrics.answers	questionAnswerCount

The text keeps list markers and line breaks, so it can differ in formatting from tools that join everything into one line.

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Limits

• Hidden answers. For big questions Quora shows only part of the answers to logged-out visitors. When a question gives fewer answers than you asked for and fewer than its questionAnswerCount, RUN_SUMMARY counts it in hiddenAnswers and adds a warning. The Actor does not log in to get the rest.
• Quora+ previews. Some answers are Quora+ content. Quora sometimes shows a logged-out visitor only the first lines of such an answer. Then text ends with "..." and isTruncated is true. The Actor does not log in or bypass the paywall to get the full text.
• Quora's AI bot answers are skipped. They are not posts of Quora users. RUN_SUMMARY counts them as machineAnswersSkipped.
• Empty topics. Some topics show no questions to a logged-out visitor. You get a warning and no rows for that topic.
• Timeout. The default timeout is 600 seconds: in measured runs, 100 question URLs with up to 10 answers took 350 seconds and 5 topics × 100 questions with up to 5 answers took 985 seconds. For bigger runs, raise the timeout in the run options. When time runs out, the run stops on its own: you keep the saved rows, RUN_SUMMARY has stopReason: "TIMEOUT", and the question being read is partial.
• Answer order is Quora's order. The Actor does not sort by upvotes or date.

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Troubleshooting

Fewer answers than maxAnswersPerQuestion

The question may have fewer answers, or Quora hides some from visitors. Check questionAnswerCount and hiddenAnswers in RUN_SUMMARY.

A row has status: "not_found"

Quora says the question or topic does not exist. Open the link in a private browser window. For topics, try the exact topic URL from Quora, such as https://www.quora.com/topic/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO.

A row has status: "error"

Read error. Most often the line is not a Quora question URL (a profile, a Space, another language site). Fix the line and run again.

The run failed with "Quora could not be read"

Quora blocked the connection. Keep the default residential proxy and run again later.

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FAQ

Do I need a Quora account?

No. The Actor reads only what a logged-out visitor sees.

Can I search Quora by keyword?

No. Quora search needs a login. Use a topic close to your keyword instead.

Why is the answer count bigger than the answers I got?

questionAnswerCount is Quora's own count. Quora shows only part of the answers to visitors on big questions.

Why is there a question fee and not only an answer fee?

Each question needs its own page load through a residential proxy, even when it has no answers. The question fee pays for that work, so the answer price can stay low.

Why is a metric null and not 0?

null means Quora did not give the number. 0 means Quora shows zero.

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Support

For help, open an issue on this Actor's Issues tab in Apify Store. Share the run ID and your input. Remove tokens and private information.

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