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HN Top Stories Scraper

Scrape Hacker News top stories — extract title, URL, score, author, comment count, and submission time. Monitor HN front page in real time. CSV/JSON.

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HN Top Stories Scraper — Hacker News Scraper with Comments

The most complete hacker news scraper on Apify. Extract stories AND top comments from Hacker News in one run. Perfect for tech trends analysis, content monitoring, and data pipelines.

Why This Actor?

Unlike basic scrapers, this HN comments scraper fetches the top 3 comments per story — giving you the community reaction, not just headlines. Built on the official HN Firebase API for reliability and speed.

Features

Scrape up to 500 stories per run from any HN list
Comment extraction — top 3 comments per story (unique feature)
Filter by score, comment count, or keyword
Five list types: top, new, best, ask, show
Uses the official HN stories API (Firebase) — fast and reliable
Pay-per-result pricing — only pay for what you get

Use Cases

Hackernews data collection for research and analytics
Tech trends analysis — track emerging topics and sentiment
Feed HN stories API data into your dashboards or Slack
Monitor competitor mentions and industry keywords
Academic research on developer communities

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`listType`	enum	top	Story list: top, new, best, ask, show
`maxItems`	number	30	Stories to fetch (max 500)
`minScore`	number	0	Minimum score filter
`minComments`	number	0	Minimum comment count filter
`keyword`	string		Filter by keyword in title
`includeComments`	boolean	true	Fetch top 3 comments per story

Output Example

{
  "title": "Show HN: I built an open-source alternative to...",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "score": 342,
  "by": "author",
  "descendants": 127,
  "time": "2026-03-10T14:30:00Z",
  "hnUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...",
  "topComments": [
    {"by": "user1", "text": "This is great because...", "score": 45},
    {"by": "user2", "text": "Have you considered...", "score": 32}
  ]
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing. You are charged per story extracted — no platform fees, no minimums. Check the Pricing tab for current rates.

Integrations

Works with all Apify integrations: webhooks, API, Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, and more. Schedule daily runs to build a hackernews data pipeline automatically.

🔒 Proxy Configuration

While Hacker News is relatively scraper-friendly, high-frequency scraping can trigger IP-based rate limits. For production workloads, residential proxies ensure uninterrupted data collection.

ThorData Residential Proxies provide 200M+ IPs across 195 countries with automatic rotation — ideal for continuous HN monitoring without blocks.

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