italki Tutor Profiles & Languages Scraper

Extract comprehensive teacher profiles from italki — the world's largest online language learning community with 10,000+ professional teachers and community tutors across 150+ languages. Search by language, teacher type, price, rating, and lesson count. Ideal for market research, education analytics, and competitive intelligence.

What You Get

Each teacher profile includes:

Field	Description
teacherId	Unique italki teacher identifier
name	Teacher's display name
country	Teacher's country of origin
teacherType	"Professional Teacher" or "Community Tutor"
languagesTaught	Languages this teacher teaches
nativeLanguages	Teacher's native language(s)
hourlyRate	Price per hour in USD
currency	Pricing currency
lessonsCount	Total lessons completed on italki
studentsCount	Total number of students
rating	Average student rating (0–5)
reviewCount	Total student reviews
bio	Teacher's introduction/description
profileUrl	Direct link to teacher's italki profile
avatarUrl	Profile photo URL
videoUrl	Introduction video URL
hasGroupClasses	Whether the teacher offers group classes
recordType	Always "teacher"
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 timestamp of extraction

Teacher Types

italki has two types of teachers:

• Professional Teacher — Certified language teachers with formal teaching credentials and structured lesson plans
• Community Tutor — Native or fluent speakers who offer informal conversation practice at lower rates

Modes

searchTeachers (default)

Search for teachers by language with optional filters. Returns results sorted by your chosen criteria.

Example input:

{
  "mode": "searchTeachers",
  "language": "japanese",
  "teacherType": "professional_teacher",
  "minRating": 4.5,
  "maxItems": 50
}

byLanguage

Retrieve all available teachers for a specific language, paginating through the complete listing.

Example input:

{
  "mode": "byLanguage",
  "language": "korean",
  "maxItems": 200
}

getTeacher

Fetch full profiles for specific teachers by their italki profile URL or numeric ID.

Example input:

{
  "mode": "getTeacher",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/123456",
    "https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/654321"
  ]
}

Input Reference

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	searchTeachers	Operation mode
language	select	japanese	Language to search teachers for
startUrls	array	—	Teacher profile URLs (mode=getTeacher)
teacherIds	array	—	Numeric teacher IDs (mode=getTeacher)
teacherType	select	All types	Filter by teacher type
sortBy	select	recommended	recommended / price_asc / price_desc / rating / lessons
minPrice	number	—	Minimum hourly rate (USD)
maxPrice	number	—	Maximum hourly rate (USD)
minRating	number	—	Minimum average rating (0–5)
minLessons	integer	—	Minimum completed lessons count
useResidentialProxy	boolean	true	Required — italki blocks datacenter IPs
maxItems	integer	20	Maximum profiles to return (1–5000)

Supported Languages

English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Swedish, Norwegian, Hindi, Hebrew, Greek, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino (Tagalog), Ukrainian, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Danish, Finnish, Persian (Farsi), Bengali, Urdu, Swahili, Catalan, and more.

Output Example

{
  "teacherId": "123456",
  "name": "Yuki Tanaka",
  "country": "Japan",
  "teacherType": "Professional Teacher",
  "languagesTaught": ["Japanese"],
  "nativeLanguages": ["Japanese"],
  "hourlyRate": 20.0,
  "currency": "USD",
  "lessonsCount": 850,
  "studentsCount": 120,
  "rating": 4.8,
  "reviewCount": 95,
  "bio": "Native Japanese teacher with 5 years experience...",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/123456",
  "avatarUrl": "https://static.italki.com/avatar/123456.jpg",
  "hasGroupClasses": true,
  "recordType": "teacher",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-17T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Use Cases

• Market Research — Compare teacher pricing, ratings, and specializations across languages
• Competitive Analysis — Benchmark italki's teacher supply against other platforms
• Education Analytics — Study teacher demographics, lesson counts, and student demand by language
• Language Learning Research — Identify top-rated teachers and in-demand languages
• Platform Intelligence — Track italki teacher growth and availability trends

About Residential Proxy

italki uses Cloudflare Bot Management (confirmed in a published Cloudflare case study). Datacenter IP addresses are blocked. Residential proxy is required for reliable scraping. The actor uses Apify's residential proxy network by default. Leave useResidentialProxy enabled for best results.

Performance

• Processes 20 teachers per page via italki's internal API
• Supports up to 5,000 teachers per run
• Uses TLS fingerprint spoofing (curl_cffi) with automatic Playwright fallback
• Session rotation for resilience against rate limiting
• Retry logic on server errors (5xx) and rate limits (429)

FAQ

Q: Does this require an italki account? A: No. The actor uses italki's public teacher directory — no login or API key required.

Q: Why is residential proxy required? A: italki specifically uses Cloudflare Bot Management to block automated access from datacenter IP ranges. Residential proxies route traffic through real user IP addresses that bypass this protection.

Q: What's the difference between Professional Teacher and Community Tutor? A: Professional Teachers have formal teaching credentials and typically charge higher rates with structured lessons. Community Tutors are native/fluent speakers who offer informal conversational practice at lower cost.

Q: Can I scrape a specific language's full teacher list? A: Yes — use mode=byLanguage with a high maxItems value to paginate through the complete teacher listing for any language.

Q: How accurate is the data? A: Each run fetches live data directly from italki at execution time. Ratings, prices, and lesson counts reflect real-time platform data.

Q: How many teachers can I scrape per run? A: Up to 5,000 per run. For larger datasets, run multiple times with different filter criteria.

Q: Does italki offer group classes? A: Some teachers offer group classes in addition to 1-on-1 lessons. The hasGroupClasses field indicates this availability.