Meetup Event & Organizer Scraper

Meetup event data for marketing, lead gen, and market intelligence — without login requirements.

Why use this scraper?

• Find active local and global Meetup communities in any niche.
• Discover event organizers, hosts, and community leaders for B2B outreach.
• Map venue patterns and event density by city, country, and topic.
• Build high-intent prospect lists for agencies, SaaS sales, partnerships, and market research.
• Turn Meetup into a lead source for communities, founders, and event operators.

What it extracts

• Meetup event details: title, URL, dates, description, online/offline status
• Venue details: venue name, address, city, country
• Group details: group name, URL, member count
• Organizer details: organizer name, profile URL, sponsor metadata when available
• RSVP counts and scraped raw payloads for downstream enrichment

Default execution

This Actor runs cleanly out-of-the-box with sensible defaults:

• Search keywords: technology
• Locations: New York, NY
• Max items: 100
• Max search pages: 5
• Organizer scraping: enabled
• Residential proxy routing: enabled

Input examples

1) Basic keyword search

{
  "searchQueries": ["technology"],
  "locations": ["New York, NY"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "scrapeOrganizerData": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxySession": true
  }
}

2) Scraping a specific group

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.meetup.com/tech-innovation-group/"
  ],
  "scrapeOrganizerData": true,
  "maxItems": 25
}

3) Global tech events

{
  "searchQueries": ["AI", "cybersecurity", "data science"],
  "locations": ["London, UK", "Berlin, Germany", "Toronto, Canada"],
  "dateRange": {
    "startDate": "2026-10-01",
    "endDate": "2026-12-31"
  },
  "maxItems": 200,
  "scrapeOrganizerData": true
}

Output example

{
  "eventId": "123456789",
  "eventName": "AI Founders Mixer",
  "eventUrl": "https://www.meetup.com/ai-founders-mixer/events/123456789/",
  "date": "2026-10-20T18:00:00.000Z",
  "description": "An evening for AI founders, investors, and operators to connect.",
  "isOnline": false,
  "venueName": "The Loft",
  "address": "45 Madison Ave",
  "city": "New York",
  "country": "United States",
  "groupName": "AI Founders Network",
  "groupUrl": "https://www.meetup.com/ai-founders-network/",
  "memberCount": 4200,
  "organizerName": "Priya Shah",
  "organizerProfileUrl": "https://www.meetup.com/members/987654321",
  "rsvpsCount": 184,
  "sourceQuery": "AI",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-25T16:11:10.923Z",
  "rawData": {
    "group": { "name": "AI Founders Network" }
  }
}

Proxy recommendations

Meetup aggressively blocks low-quality datacenter IPs and can rate-limit bulk traffic.

For production runs, we strongly recommend:

• Use Apify Proxy with RESIDENTIAL groups
• Rotate sessions to avoid repeated blocks
• Keep request concurrency moderate
• Prefer a dedicated residential pool for large global scrapes
• Avoid high-volume scraping from a single IP or location

Best practices

• Start with a few keywords and locations before scaling globally.
• Combine search queries with exact start URLs for key groups.
• Use date range filters for time-bound campaigns.
• Validate scraped data before CRM ingestion or Google Sheets export.
• Keep maxItems realistic to preserve throughput and reduce block risk.

Support and customization

This Actor is optimized for:

• B2B list-building
• community mapping
• organizer outreach
• event intelligence
• partner discovery

If you need custom fields such as sponsor names, ticketing links, or historical venue analytics, the raw payload can be used as a starting point for a downstream enrichment pipeline.