DesignCrowd Scraper

Scrape DesignCrowd.com — the world's #1 crowdsourced design platform with over 1.3 million freelance designers. Browse top-ranked designer profiles by category and country. Extracts designer username, display name, rating, rank, country, earnings tier, portfolio image, and direct profile link.

What this actor does

• Browse all designers — get the top-ranked designers sorted by earnings (default), rating, or projects won
• Browse by category — filter designers who specialize in Logo Design, Web Design, T-shirt Design, and 12+ other design categories
• Filter by country — narrow results to designers from specific countries (US, UK, India, Australia, and 16+ more)
• Pagination — automatically pages through all results up to your maxItems limit

No authentication required. Uses TLS fingerprint impersonation (curl_cffi chrome131) to access the public designer directory.

Output fields

Each designer record contains:

Field	Type	Description
username	string	Designer's username (URL slug) on DesignCrowd
displayName	string	Human-readable designer name shown on the card (e.g. Kreative Fingers, Cristian Tomescu) — often richer than the slug username
designerId	string	Internal designer ID
profileUrl	string	Full URL to designer's portfolio page
avatarUrl	string	URL to designer's profile picture
portfolioImageUrl	string	URL to designer's featured portfolio thumbnail
rating	number	Star rating (1–5)
rank	integer	Designer's current rank on DesignCrowd
country	string	Designer's country of origin
earningsDisplay	string	Earnings displayed on card (e.g., $2.7M, $603K)
earningsUsd	number	Lifetime earnings as a plain numeric USD value (e.g., 2743000), parsed from earningsDisplay for sorting/filtering
category	string	Category filter used (if mode=designersByCategory)
sourceUrl	string	URL of the page this record was scraped from
scrapedAt	string	UTC ISO timestamp of when the record was scraped
recordType	string	Always "designer"

Input options

Mode: designers (default)

Browse top-ranked designers across all categories.

{
  "mode": "designers",
  "country": "India",
  "sortBy": "Earnings",
  "minRating": 4,
  "minEarnings": 100000,
  "maxItems": 50
}

minRating (1–5) and minEarnings (USD) are optional client-side filters — designers with an unknown rating/earnings still pass through so real, populated records are never dropped just because that particular field wasn't available.

Mode: designersByCategory

Browse designers who specialize in a specific design type.

{
  "mode": "designersByCategory",
  "category": "Logo Design",
  "country": "Any",
  "sortBy": "Rating",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Available categories

Logo Design, T-shirt Design, Web Design, Flyer Design, Brochure Design, Poster Design, Stationery Design, Business Card Design, Banner Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Packaging Design, App Design, Social Media Design, Book Cover Design

Available countries

Any, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Philippines, Ukraine, Serbia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Brazil, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Argentina, Nigeria

Sort options

Value	Description
Earnings (default)	Sorted by total earnings
Rating	Sorted by star rating
ProjectsWon	Sorted by number of projects won

Example output

{
  "username": "pb",
  "displayName": "pb",
  "designerId": "30934",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.designcrowd.com/designer/30934/pb",
  "avatarUrl": "https://dcassetcdn.com/profile_pics/30934/30934_thumbnail_50px_201401151331.jpg",
  "portfolioImageUrl": "https://dcassetcdn.com/design_img/4114948/30934/37233242/5fcjd8vb4ashje4f287k5wzwq1_thumbnail.png",
  "rating": 4,
  "rank": 1,
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "earningsDisplay": "$2.7429M",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.designcrowd.com/designers",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-30T12:00:00+00:00",
  "recordType": "designer"
}

Use cases

• Freelancer sourcing — Find and contact top designers for your brand projects
• Market research — Analyze which countries produce the most top-ranked designers
• Competitive intelligence — Understand the landscape of logo, web, or print designers
• Portfolio analysis — Compare designer specialties and earnings across categories
• Hiring decisions — Shortlist designers by rating, country, and specialty

FAQ

Q: Does this need a DesignCrowd account? A: No. The designer directory is publicly accessible without login.

Q: How many designers can I scrape? A: Set maxItems up to 500. DesignCrowd has 1.3+ million registered designers organized in pages of 28.

Q: Can I get full profile details (bio, completed projects, reviews)? A: The listing page shows rank, rating, country, and earnings tier. For full profiles, you would need to visit individual designer profile URLs (returned in profileUrl).

Q: Why are results sorted by Earnings by default? A: DesignCrowd's default ranking for their designer directory is by total earnings, which correlates strongly with quality and reliability.

Q: Can I filter by multiple countries at once? A: Not in a single run. Run the actor once per country and combine the datasets.

Data source

This actor scrapes publicly available data from designcrowd.com. DesignCrowd is a registered trademark of DesignCrowd Pty Ltd. This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by DesignCrowd.