Snapchat Topic Scraper

Extract Spotlight videos by topic from Snapchat — no login required. Browse trending content under any of Snapchat's built-in topic categories such as food, humor, travel, gaming, and more. Each record includes video URLs, creator details, engagement stats, AI-generated metadata, and optional S2I content classification tags.

What This Actor Does

• Accepts topic IDs (e.g. food, humor) or full topic URLs (https://www.snapchat.com/topic/food)
• Returns up to 32 Spotlight videos per topic per run (Snapchat's maximum per page)
• Extracts AI-generated titles, descriptions, and keyword arrays from each video
• Optionally includes related S2I content tags with hierarchy scores
• Works without login or cookies — uses Snapchat's public topic pages

Supported Input Formats

Format	Example
Bare topic ID	food
Topic with spaces	new york
Full URL	https://www.snapchat.com/topic/food
Hash-prefixed	#humor (hash stripped automatically)

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
topics	string[]	Yes	—	Topic IDs or topic URLs. Examples: food, humor, travel, https://www.snapchat.com/topic/food
maxResultsPerTopic	integer	No	32	Max Spotlight records per topic. Snapchat serves a maximum of 32 per page.
includeRelatedTags	boolean	No	true	Include S2I content classification tags in each record.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	—	Optional Apify proxy configuration. Public Snapchat pages work without proxy; add for resilience at scale.

Example Input

{
  "topics": ["food", "humor", "https://www.snapchat.com/topic/travel"],
  "maxResultsPerTopic": 32,
  "includeRelatedTags": true
}

Output

Each record represents one Spotlight video under the given topic.

Field	Type	Description
topicId	string	Topic identifier as provided in input (e.g. technology)
topicDisplayName	string	Human-readable topic label (e.g. Technology)
snapId	string	Unique Spotlight snap identifier
storyId	string	Full story composite identifier
compositeStoryId	object	Structured story ID with corpus, id, and version
snapUrl	string	Direct Snapchat web URL to the Spotlight video
videoUrl	string	CDN video URL (may include watermark)
videoUrlUnwatermarked	string	CDN video URL without watermark
thumbnailUrl	string	Thumbnail image URL
durationSeconds	number	Video duration in seconds
creatorUsername	string	Snapchat username of the creator
creatorDisplayName	string	Display name of the creator
creatorProfileUrl	string	Snapchat profile URL of the creator
viewCount	integer	Total view count
likeCount	integer	Total like count
shareCount	integer	Total share count
commentCount	integer	Total comment count
recommendCount	integer	Total recommendation count
description	string	Caption or description written by the creator
llmTitle	string	AI-generated title summarizing the video content
llmDescription	string	AI-generated description of the video
llmKeywords	string[]	AI-generated keyword list for the video
isFeatured	boolean	Whether this video is currently featured by Snapchat
storySubtype	integer	Internal story subtype code
uploadedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the video was uploaded
remainingSpotlightCount	integer	Number of additional spotlight IDs available beyond this batch
relatedTags	object[]	S2I classification tags (when includeRelatedTags is true)
relatedTags[].tagName	string	Name of the content classification tag
relatedTags[].score	number	Relevance score for this tag
relatedTags[].level	integer	Hierarchy level of the tag
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was scraped

Example Output

{
  "topicId": "technology",
  "topicDisplayName": "Technology",
  "snapId": "W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYbGNxbnVlY2ptAZezrfS6AZezrfMbAAAAAQ",
  "storyId": "35::W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYbGNxbnVlY2ptAZezrfS6AZezrfMbAAAAAQ::0",
  "compositeStoryId": {
    "corpus": 35,
    "id": "W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYbGNxbnVlY2ptAZezrfS6AZezrfMbAAAAAQ",
    "version": "0"
  },
  "snapUrl": "https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYbGNxbnVlY2ptAZezrfS6AZezrfMbAAAAAQ",
  "videoUrl": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/d/kAEZhCauQoCWxONAnECsR...",
  "videoUrlUnwatermarked": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/d/kAEZhCauQoCWxONAnECsR...",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/d/kAEZhCauQoCWxONAnECsR...",
  "durationSeconds": 57.6,
  "creatorUsername": "tinytexts",
  "creatorDisplayName": "Tiny Texts",
  "creatorProfileUrl": "https://www.snapchat.com/@tinytexts",
  "viewCount": 1466990,
  "likeCount": 60914,
  "shareCount": 2129,
  "commentCount": 764,
  "recommendCount": 6467,
  "description": "tag your yellow heart 💛",
  "llmTitle": "How to Handle a Parent's Phone Texting Mistake",
  "llmDescription": "This text-based conversation shows a humorous exchange where a dad realizes he's texting his child from his own phone after claiming the child left theirs at home.",
  "llmKeywords": ["funny parent moments", "texting my dad", "parenting humor", "text message prank"],
  "isFeatured": false,
  "storySubtype": 0,
  "uploadedAt": "2025-06-27T23:16:51.099000+00:00",
  "remainingSpotlightCount": 25,
  "relatedTags": [
    { "tagName": "Science", "score": 0, "level": 0 },
    { "tagName": "Device", "score": 0, "level": 0 },
    { "tagName": "AI", "score": 0, "level": 0 }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-28T06:46:41.956315+00:00"
}

Use Cases

• Trend research — monitor which Spotlight videos are rising under specific topic categories
• Content strategy — analyze what formats, lengths, and styles perform well per topic
• Competitive analysis — track creators active in a given topic and their engagement metrics
• AI keyword research — leverage Snapchat's LLM-generated keyword arrays for SEO and content planning
• Data journalism — map viral content themes across Snapchat's topic taxonomy

FAQ

Do I need a Snapchat account to use this actor? No. Topic pages and Spotlight videos are publicly accessible on Snapchat's website. No login, cookies, or authentication is required.

What topic IDs can I use? Any of Snapchat's built-in topic slugs such as food, humor, travel, gaming, beauty, sports, technology, music, pets, and dance. You can also paste a full topic URL like https://www.snapchat.com/topic/food.

Why is there a 32-video limit per topic? Snapchat's public topic pages serve a fixed batch of up to 32 Spotlight videos. This actor returns all available videos in that batch. Running the actor again may return a different set of trending videos.

What are llmTitle, llmDescription, and llmKeywords? These fields are generated by Snapchat's own AI system and are embedded in the page data. They summarize and tag the video content automatically — useful for downstream analysis without additional AI API calls.

What are relatedTags? Related tags are Snapchat's S2I (Subject-to-Image) content classification labels associated with the topic. Each tag has a tagName, a relevance score, and a hierarchy level. These can be used to build a fine-grained content taxonomy.

Can I scrape multiple topics in a single run? Yes. Provide multiple topic IDs or URLs in the topics array. The actor processes them sequentially and outputs records for all topics in a single dataset, each identified by topicId and topicDisplayName.

What is remainingSpotlightCount? This field indicates how many additional Spotlight video IDs Snapchat has available for the topic beyond the current batch. It can be used to gauge topic popularity and overall content volume.

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