Quora Scraper

Scrape Quora questions, answers, user profiles, topics, and spaces at scale. Search by keywords or provide direct URLs — no Quora account or login required. A powerful Quora API alternative for extracting structured data from the world's largest Q&A platform.

What can this scraper do?

• Search by keywords — Enter any search term and the scraper finds relevant Quora questions automatically, then extracts all the data from each one
• Scrape direct URLs — Provide Quora question, profile, topic, or space URLs to scrape specific pages
• Extract full answers — Get complete answer text, author details, upvotes, comments, and engagement metrics
• Detect AI answers — Automatically identifies Quora AI-generated answers vs. human answers
• Multiple content types — Questions, answers, user profiles, topics, and spaces all in one scraper

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
Search Keywords	string[]	No	—	Keywords to search for on Quora. Finds relevant questions automatically.
Direct Quora URLs	string[]	No	—	Direct Quora URLs to scrape (questions, profiles, topics, spaces)
Max Results	integer	No	50	Maximum number of results per search query or answers per question (1–5,000)
Proxy Configuration	object	No	Residential	Proxy settings. Residential proxy is recommended.

At least one of Search Keywords or Direct Quora URLs is required.

Example input

{
    "searchQueries": ["python programming", "machine learning"],
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

{
    "directUrls": [
        "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-used-for",
        "https://www.quora.com/topic/Python-programming-language-1",
        "https://www.quora.com/profile/Guido-van-Rossum-1"
    ],
    "maxResults": 20
}

Output

Each run produces a dataset with flat rows. Every row includes a content_type field so you can filter by type.

Question results

Field	Type	Example
content_type	string	"question"
title	string	"What is Python primarily used for?"
url	string	"https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"
answer_count	integer	100
follow_count	integer	42
topics	string[]	["Python programming language", "Software Development"]
source_url	string	"https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-used-for"
source_query	string	"python programming" (empty if from direct URL)
scrape_timestamp	string	"2026-03-08T18:28:03.140078+00:00"

Answer results

Field	Type	Example
content_type	string	"answer"
title	string	"What is Python primarily used for?"
url	string	"https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for/answer/John-Smith"
answer_text	string	Full answer text (not truncated)
answer_url	string	Direct link to the answer
author_name	string	"John Smith"
author_url	string	"https://www.quora.com/profile/John-Smith"
author_credentials	string	"Software Engineer at Google"
upvotes	integer	89
comments_count	integer	4
shares_count	integer	2
answer_timestamp	string	"2y"
is_ai_answer	boolean	false
question_title	string	"What is Python primarily used for?"
question_url	string	"https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"
source_url	string	Original input URL
source_query	string	Search keyword (empty if from direct URL)
scrape_timestamp	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Profile results

Field	Type	Example
content_type	string	"profile"
title	string	"Guido van Rossum"
name	string	"Guido van Rossum"
url	string	"https://www.quora.com/profile/Guido-van-Rossum-1"
bio	string	User biography
credentials	string	Professional credentials
profile_image_url	string	Profile picture URL
follower_count	integer	3100
following_count	integer	15
answer_count	integer	42
question_count	integer	5
total_views	integer	1200000
source_url	string	Original input URL
scrape_timestamp	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Topic results

Field	Type	Example
content_type	string	"topic"
title	string	"Python (programming language)"
name	string	"Python (programming language)"
url	string	"https://www.quora.com/topic/Python-programming-language-1"
description	string	Topic description
follower_count	integer	1600000
question_count	integer	5000
source_url	string	Original input URL
scrape_timestamp	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Space results

Field	Type	Example
content_type	string	"space"
title	string	"Data Science"
name	string	"Data Science"
url	string	"https://www.quora.com/q/data-science"
description	string	Space description
follower_count	integer	104000
post_count	integer	500
contributor_count	integer	25
source_url	string	Original input URL
scrape_timestamp	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Sample output

{
    "content_type": "answer",
    "title": "What is Python primarily used for?",
    "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for/answer/Pratima-Yadav-117",
    "answer_text": "Python is used for various purposes due to its versatile nature...",
    "answer_url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for/answer/Pratima-Yadav-117",
    "author_name": "Pratima Yadav",
    "author_url": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Pratima-Yadav-117",
    "author_credentials": "",
    "upvotes": 4,
    "comments_count": 0,
    "shares_count": 2,
    "answer_timestamp": "4y",
    "is_ai_answer": false,
    "question_title": "What is Python primarily used for?",
    "question_url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for",
    "source_url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-used-for",
    "scrape_timestamp": "2026-03-08T18:28:03.140078+00:00"
}

How much does it cost?

The Quora Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing at $5 per 1,000 results. Each question, answer, profile, topic, or space counts as one result.

A typical run scraping 1 search query with 10 answers costs approximately $0.05–0.10 in platform credits (including compute and proxy).

FAQs

Do I need a Quora account or cookies?

No. The scraper works entirely without authentication. Both keyword search and direct URL scraping work without logging in.

How does keyword search work?

The scraper searches for your keywords and finds relevant Quora question pages. It then visits each question page and extracts the full content including all answers, author details, and engagement metrics.

What proxy should I use?

Residential proxy is recommended for the best results. The scraper works with Apify's built-in residential proxy group. Datacenter proxies may work but have a higher chance of being blocked.

How many results can I get per run?

You can extract up to 5,000 results per search query or direct URL. For questions with many answers, the scraper automatically scrolls to load more content.

Can I scrape private or restricted profiles?

No. The scraper only extracts publicly visible content. Private profiles, restricted answers, and Quora+ paywalled content are not accessible.

What does is_ai_answer mean?

Quora generates AI-powered answers for some questions. The scraper automatically detects these and marks them with is_ai_answer: true and author_name: "Quora AI" so you can filter them.

What memory setting should I use?

Use 1024 MB or higher. Quora's pages are resource-intensive and require more memory than typical websites.

Why are some fields empty?

Some fields like follow_count, author_credentials, or description may be empty when Quora doesn't display that information on the page. This is normal and depends on the specific content being scraped.

What types of Quora URLs are supported?

• Questions: https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-used-for
• Profiles: https://www.quora.com/profile/Username
• Topics: https://www.quora.com/topic/Topic-Name
• Spaces: https://www.quora.com/q/space-name or https://spacename.quora.com/

Limitations

• Requires 1024 MB memory minimum (Quora's pages are JavaScript-heavy)
• Keyword search returns 1–5 relevant question URLs per query
• Only publicly visible content can be scraped — no login-restricted or Quora+ content
• Answer timestamps are relative (e.g., "2y", "6mo") rather than exact dates
• Quora may occasionally restrict access from data center IPs — residential proxy recommended