Bluesky Scraper: Posts, Search, Profiles, Followers & Threads

Bluesky Scraper extracts public data from Bluesky: posts from keyword and hashtag searches, author feeds, full reply threads, profiles, followers and follows. Get clean, structured data in minutes and export it to JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or connect it to your own tools.

No Bluesky account is needed. Just enter what you are looking for and click Start.

What can Bluesky Scraper do?

• 🔎 Search posts by keyword or hashtag, and narrow results by date range, language, author, mentions, linked domain or minimum engagement
• 📰 Scrape any account's feed: posts, replies and reposts
• 💬 Collect replies to posts as separate records, with nesting depth, so you can follow whole conversations
• 👤 Get profile details: display name, bio, avatar, banner, follower, follow and post counts
• 👥 List followers and follows of any account
• 🧠 Add sentiment and topic labels to every post (positive / negative / neutral, plus categories such as technology, politics or sports)
• 🔗 Paste any Bluesky link (search, hashtag, profile, post, followers or follows page) and the Actor works out what to collect

Who is it for?

• Marketing and brand teams tracking mentions of a brand, product or campaign
• Social media and PR agencies reporting on conversations and influencers
• Researchers, academics and journalists building datasets of public discussion
• Data analysts and data scientists who need clean data for dashboards, models or AI projects
• Founders and sales teams looking for people talking about a problem they solve
• Community managers who want to understand an audience before engaging with it

How to use Bluesky Scraper

1. Click Try for free to open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. In the Input tab, pick an Action and enter your Queries (keywords, account handles or post links). You can also paste Bluesky links into Start URLs.
3. Set Max items to limit how many results you want. Add filters if needed.
4. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
5. Open the Output tab to preview results and download them in your preferred format.

You can also schedule runs, receive notifications when they finish, and run the Actor from your own code with the Apify API and the JavaScript and Python clients.

Example inputs

Latest posts about a topic

{ "actionToPerform": "searchPosts", "queries": ["web scraping"], "sortOrder": "latest", "maxItems": 500 }

An account's profile and posts, including replies to each post

{ "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app" }], "scrapeComments": true, "maxItems": 1000 }

Followers of an account

{ "actionToPerform": "getFollowers", "queries": ["bsky.app"], "maxItems": 5000 }

Input

Field	Description
actionToPerform	What to collect: searchPosts, getAuthorFeed, getFollowers, getFollows, getProfile or getThread.
queries	Keywords for search, account handles (for example bsky.app) for feeds, followers, follows and profiles, or post links for threads.
startUrls	Bluesky links. The type of each link is detected automatically. Can be combined with queries.
maxItems	Maximum number of results in total, replies included.
sortOrder	latest or top (search only).
dateFrom, dateTo	Date range in YYYY-MM-DD format (search only).
language, fromAuthor, mentionsAuthor, hashtags, domain, exactUrl	More search filters.
minLikes, minReposts, minReplies	Skip posts with less engagement than this.
includeReplies, includeReposts	Include or exclude replies and reposts.
scrapeComments, maxComments	Collect replies to each post, up to the given number per post.
sentimentAnalysis	Adds sentimentScore and sentimentLabel to posts.
contentAnalysis	Adds categories and primaryCategory to posts.

Output

Every record has a kind, an id and a url. The combination of kind and id is unique.

kind	What it contains
post	Author, text, dates, languages, links, images and other attachments, hashtags, and like, repost, reply and quote counts.
comment	A reply to a post, with its nesting depth, the post it belongs to and who it replies to.
profile	Handle, display name, bio, avatar, banner, follower, follow and post counts, verification status.
follower / follow	A compact profile of an account that follows, or is followed by, the account you entered.

Example post

{
  "kind": "post",
  "id": "at://did:plc:abc123/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx...",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/example.bsky.social/post/3mx...",
  "authorHandle": "example.bsky.social",
  "authorName": "Example",
  "text": "Bluesky is growing fast #bluesky",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-01T15:42:45Z",
  "languages": ["en"],
  "likeCount": 12,
  "repostCount": 3,
  "replyCount": 1,
  "quoteCount": 0,
  "sentimentScore": 3,
  "sentimentLabel": "positive",
  "categories": ["technology"],
  "primaryCategory": "technology"
}

Download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read them with the Apify API.

How much does it cost?

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: $0.99 per 1,000 results, plus a tiny start fee of $0.005 per run. Posts, replies, profiles, followers and follows each count as one result. Paid Apify plans get volume discounts. Apify platform usage is included in the price.

You only pay for results you actually receive, and Max items lets you set a ceiling before you start. For example, 5,000 posts cost about $5.

Tips for best results

• Start with a small Max items to check that the output fits your needs, then scale up.
• Collecting replies makes runs longer and datasets larger. Use Max comments per post to keep it under control.
• For very large searches, split your work into date ranges or several related queries.
• Latest sorting works best for big searches. Top sorting returns up to 100 posts per query.
• You receive what Bluesky shows publicly at the time of the run. Deleted or private content is not available.

Is it legal to scrape Bluesky?

This Actor only collects publicly available information. You are responsible for making sure your use of the data complies with applicable laws, such as GDPR, and with Bluesky's terms. Personal data is protected in many countries, so only collect it when you have a legitimate reason. If you are not sure, consult a lawyer.

FAQ

Do I need a Bluesky account or any login? No. You only need an Apify account.

How many results can I get? As many as match your search, up to the Max items you set. Searches with very few matches simply return fewer results.

Can I get the replies to a post? Yes. Turn on Scrape comments, or use the Post thread action with a post link.

Can I collect data on a schedule? Yes. Use Apify schedules to run the Actor hourly, daily or weekly, and set up notifications or webhooks to send results to other tools.

Can I connect it to other apps? Yes. It works with Apify integrations such as Make, Zapier, Google Sheets and Slack, and with AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

I need a feature that is missing, or something looks wrong. Please open an issue in the Issues tab of this Actor. Feedback and feature requests are welcome.