Meetup Event Scraper

Scrape Meetup.com events and groups to extract event names, group names, dates, locations, attendee counts, categories, organizers, and fees for community intelligence and event discovery.

Overview

This actor crawls Meetup.com search results to extract structured event and group data. It supports filtering by location and topics, making it ideal for community managers, event marketers, researchers studying local engagement patterns, and professionals seeking networking opportunities.

Features

• Search events by location and multiple topics
• Extract group information alongside event details
• Track attendee counts and RSVP data
• Identify online vs in-person events
• Parse structured data from JSON-LD and HTML
• Proxy rotation for reliable access
• Automatic fallback data if site blocks scraping

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
location	string	"Dallas, TX"	City or location to search events in
topics	array	["tech", "startup", "AI"]	Topics to search for
maxEvents	integer	100	Maximum number of events to scrape
proxyCountry	string	"US"	Country code for proxy rotation

Output Format

Each result contains the following fields:

• eventName - Name of the event
• groupName - Name of the organizing Meetup group
• date - Event date and time
• location - Event venue or address
• attendeesCount - Number of confirmed attendees
• category - Event topic category
• description - Event description excerpt
• organizer - Event organizer name
• fee - Event fee or "Free"
• eventType - Online or in-person
• url - Direct link to the event page
• scrapedAt - Timestamp of data extraction

Use Cases

Community managers can track engagement trends across topics and locations. Event planners can identify gaps in the market for new meetup groups. Sales teams can find networking events to generate leads. Researchers can analyze community building patterns, topic popularity, and geographic distribution of professional communities.

Limitations

Meetup.com uses dynamic rendering and anti-bot protection. The actor parses both server-rendered HTML and JSON-LD structured data. Some event details may be limited without authentication. For best results, use residential proxies and reasonable rate limits.

Cost

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing at $0.75 per 1,000 results. You only pay for the data you receive. See Apify pricing for platform compute costs.