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Substack Scraper

Substack Scraper

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Da Coder

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A powerful Apify actor that extracts data from Substack newsletters. Collects author profiles, post content, engagement metrics, and publication details. Perfect for content analysis, archiving, and competitive research. Outputs clean, structured data with clickable links and formatted images.

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Pricing

$24.00/month + usage

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Total users

3

Monthly users

3

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>99%

Last modified

24 days ago

📋 Substack Scraper

❗ Version 1 Notes

  • Currently, only the last 20 Posts are return, need more? Create a new issue
  • There are more data points available, we've started with the most popular, want something in particular? Create a new issue

🚀 What It Does

Enter a Substack and retrieve all published content. This scraper extracts the complete content data from the Substack page, including posts and author details

💡 Why Use It?

This scraper is perfect for:

  • Content analysis of Substack publications
  • Archiving Substack content
  • Monitoring specific publications
  • Data collection for research purposes

🔍 Substack Username Guidelines

The scraper accepts Substack names in their basic form. Here are some examples:

  • Correct: marketingideas
  • Correct: mattlevine
  • Correct: noahpinion

Note: Do not include '@' or '.substack.com' in the username.

🛠️ How to Use

  1. Run the scraper through Apify platform
  2. Enter the Substack name in the input field
  3. The scraper will automatically:
    • Visit the Substack page
    • Extract all available content
    • Save the data to Apify Dataset
    • Stop when complete

📝 Sample Output

The scraper saves data in a structured format including:

{
"substack": "nickcohen",
"author": {
"author_url": "https://substack.com/@nickcohen",
"author_id": 5183845,
"author_name": "Nick Cohen",
"author_handle": "nickcohen",
"author_photo_url": "https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe1db7a9b-2f54-4a2e-9799-917685c71adb_960x640.jpeg",
"author_bio": "Journalist and commentator from the UK",
"twitter_screen_name": "NickCohen4"
},
"posts": [
{
"id": 165338922,
"title": "How aristocratic snobbery wrecked the UK",
"description": "Michael Gove, Sarah Vine and the fury of the left-behind middle class",
"slug": "how-aristocratic-snobbery-wrecked",
"post_date": "2025-06-07T07:59:10.680Z",
"url": "https://nickcohen.substack.com/p/how-aristocratic-snobbery-wrecked",
"word_count": 1397,
"audience": "only_paid",
"reactions": {
"❤": 75
},
"comment_count": 26,
"truncated_body_text": "Image by Mike Finn. Flickr creative commons",
"cover_image": "https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F175d86d3-ebc0-4be8-a78d-c676c9f5abc3_750x536.webp",
"subtitle": "Michael Gove, Sarah Vine and the fury of the left-behind middle class"
},
{
"id": 165307596,
"title": "Don’t ally with Elon Musk ",
"description": "Your enemy’s enemy is NOT your friend",
"slug": "dont-ally-with-elon-musk",
"post_date": "2025-06-05T23:17:58.140Z",
"url": "https://nickcohen.substack.com/p/dont-ally-with-elon-musk",
"word_count": 812,
"audience": "everyone",
"reactions": {
"❤": 89
},
"comment_count": 18,
"truncated_body_text": "I try to keep posts about our crisis free to read so that they can receive a wide audience. But, if you can afford to, please consider supporting my journalism by becoming a paid subscriber.",
"cover_image": "https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F809b427b-a403-45e3-9d0d-9e7f4c3fd547_503x432.png",
"subtitle": "Your enemy’s enemy is NOT your friend"
}
]
}