# Substack Top Recents Scraper - Low-cost💲🔥📝💬 (`delectable_incubator/substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost`) Actor

\*🔍 Scrape Substack Notes by profile or keyword and extract posts, author names, publication, content, post dates, reactions, restacks, replies, and URLs. Perfect for influencer research, audience monitoring, content analysis, lead generation, and AI automation workflows. 🚀📊

- **URL**: https://apify.com/delectable\_incubator/substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Scrape](https://apify.com/delectable_incubator) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

<p align="center">
  <img src="https://i.ibb.co/jkNS73wX/readme.png" alt="PrimeScrape Substack Notes Scraper" width="100%">
</p>

---

## 📝💬 Substack Notes Scraper 🚀 | Bulk Substack Notes Search | Apify Actor

### 🚀 Extract Substack Notes Data in Seconds (No Code)

The **PrimeScrape Substack Notes Scraper** (Apify Actor) is a powerful, scalable, and SEO-optimized scraper built to extract public **Substack Notes** in bulk. Search Notes by keywords, discover creators, analyze conversations, monitor engagement, and export structured datasets for AI training, content intelligence, influencer discovery, sentiment analysis, lead generation, and market research.

---

### 🔥 Why This Substack Notes Scraper?

✔ Best Substack Notes scraper on Apify

✔ Supports **bulk keyword searches (multi-search)**

✔ Fast & scalable Notes extraction

✔ Extract author profiles, engagement & publications

✔ 100% structured JSON / CSV / Excel output

✔ Perfect for researchers, marketers, creators & AI datasets

✔ No coding required

---

### 🎯 What This Scraper Does (Substack Notes Data Extraction)

This Apify Actor extracts public Substack Notes matching your search keywords.

#### 📌 Core Features

✅ Search Substack Notes by keyword

✅ **Bulk keyword support (SEO BOOST 🚀)**

✅ Automatic pagination handling

✅ Extract complete author information

✅ Extract Note content

✅ Extract reactions & engagement metrics

✅ Extract replies count (children)

✅ Extract publication information

✅ Clean structured dataset output

✅ High-speed extraction engine

---

### ⚡ Input Configuration (Simple & Powerful)

#### 🔥 BULK KEYWORD MODE (SEO BOOST 🚀)

````

{
"keywords": \[
"artificial intelligence",
"crypto",
"marketing",
"startups",
"finance",
"newsletter"
],
"max\_items": 500
}

```

---

### 📊 Extracted Notes Data (Structured Output)

| Field | Description |
|------|-------------|
| entity_key | Unique Note identifier |
| type | Content type |
| content | Note text |
| date | Publication date |
| edited_at | Last edited date |
| reaction_count | Total reactions |
| reactions | Emoji reactions |
| restacks | Number of restacks |
| children_count | Number of replies |
| publication | Publication name |
| user.id | Author ID |
| user.name | Author name |
| user.handle | Author handle |
| user.photo_url | Profile image |

---

### 💡 Use Cases (High Demand SEO Keywords)

This Substack Notes scraper is used for:

💬 Substack Notes scraping

📈 Social media monitoring

🧠 AI training datasets

📊 Sentiment analysis

🎯 Influencer discovery

📣 Creator research

📈 Content trend analysis

🔍 Community intelligence

🏢 Lead generation

⚡ Bulk Substack data extraction

---

### 🚀 Key Features (Apify SEO Optimized)

⚡ Bulk keyword scraping support

🌍 Public Substack Notes coverage

📌 Smart pagination system

🧠 Clean structured output

📊 High-speed scraping engine

🔁 Auto retry & stability system

💾 Export-ready datasets

⚙️ Scalable cloud execution (Apify Actor)

---

### 📤 Output Formats Supported

✔ JSON (API Ready)

✔ CSV (Excel Analysis)

✔ Excel XLSX

✔ XML

✔ HTML

---

### 📦 Example Output

```

{
"entity\_key": "c-158543857",
"type": "comment",
"user": {
"id": 101456967,
"name": "Daniel Hettenbach",
"handle": "danielhettenbach",
"photo\_url": "https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/image.jpg"
},
"content": "Daniel.\n\nYes Shawn.\n\nWhy are you a great Poet?\n\nBecause I lost everything.",
"date": "2025-09-22T02:35:57.767Z",
"edited\_at": "N/A",
"reactions": {
"❤": 3
},
"reaction\_count": 3,
"restacks": 1,
"children\_count": 1,
"publication": "Daniel Hettenbach"
}

````

---

### 🔥 Why This is the BEST Substack Notes Scraper on Apify?

✔ Optimized for Apify marketplace ranking

✔ High-performance scraping engine

✔ Bulk keyword support (rare feature)

✔ Rich engagement metrics

✔ Clean structured datasets

✔ Enterprise-ready scalability

✔ Perfect for SEO traffic & marketplace visibility

---

### 💸 Pricing

This scraper runs on a **pay-per-result** pricing model.

You only pay for successfully extracted records.

💳 **Price:** $2.38 / 1,000 results

---

### ❓ FAQ (SEO BOOST SECTION)

#### Can I scrape multiple keywords at once?

Yes — bulk keyword mode is fully supported.

#### Does it extract engagement metrics?

Yes — reactions, replies, restacks, publications, and author information are extracted.

#### Can I monitor creators and discussions?

Absolutely. The scraper is ideal for tracking creators, conversations, and community engagement across Substack Notes.

#### Is coding required?

No — this is a 100% no-code Apify Actor.

#### Can I export the data?

Yes — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and HTML are supported.

---

### ⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is not affiliated with Substack. It is an independent data extraction solution designed to collect publicly available information.

---

### 🔗 Related Actors (PrimeScrape Ecosystem)

We are building a complete **PrimeScrape Creator Intelligence Suite** including:

👉 Substack Posts Scraper

👉 Substack People Scraper

👉 Substack Publications Scraper

👉 Newsletter Analytics Tools

👉 Creator Discovery Tools

👉 Coming Soon 🚀

---

### 🌍 PrimeScrape Ecosystem

Built for large-scale scraping, automation, AI datasets, and market intelligence.

📊 Social media intelligence

👤 Creator analytics

📈 Market research

🤖 AI training datasets

⚙️ Automation pipelines

🔍 Content intelligence

---

### 📬 Support

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ **Love this scraper? Leave a review!**

📩 Need custom scraping solutions, enterprise features, or dedicated integrations? Contact the **PrimeScrape** team through the Apify platform.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

List of keywords. Each keyword will be scraped separately, with its own note limit (see maxItemsPerKeyword).
## `searchType` (type: `string`):

'Top' returns the most popular/relevant notes, while 'Recent' returns the latest notes. This determines both the search URL and the intercepted API endpoint.
## `maxItemsPerKeyword` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of notes to extract for EACH keyword in the 'keywords' list (not a global total).
## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Select the proxy configuration to use for the actor.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "Nature",
    "USA"
  ],
  "searchType": "top",
  "maxItemsPerKeyword": 60,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "Nature",
        "USA"
    ],
    "searchType": "top",
    "maxItemsPerKeyword": 60,
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("delectable_incubator/substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keywords": [
        "Nature",
        "USA",
    ],
    "searchType": "top",
    "maxItemsPerKeyword": 60,
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US",
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("delectable_incubator/substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "Nature",
    "USA"
  ],
  "searchType": "top",
  "maxItemsPerKeyword": 60,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}' |
apify call delectable_incubator/substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=delectable_incubator/substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Substack Top Recents Scraper - Low-cost💲🔥📝💬",
        "description": "*🔍 Scrape Substack Notes by profile or keyword and extract posts, author names, publication, content, post dates, reactions, restacks, replies, and URLs. Perfect for influencer research, audience monitoring, content analysis, lead generation, and AI automation workflows. 🚀📊",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "IydxF6DPEpM44SlP0"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-delectable_incubator-substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-delectable_incubator-substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-delectable_incubator-substack-top-recents-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "keywords"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "keywords": {
                        "title": "Keywords to Search on Substack #️⃣",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of keywords. Each keyword will be scraped separately, with its own note limit (see maxItemsPerKeyword).",
                        "default": [
                            "Nature",
                            "USA"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "searchType": {
                        "title": "Search Type 🔍",
                        "enum": [
                            "top",
                            "recent"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "'Top' returns the most popular/relevant notes, while 'Recent' returns the latest notes. This determines both the search URL and the intercepted API endpoint.",
                        "default": "top"
                    },
                    "maxItemsPerKeyword": {
                        "title": "Maximum Number of Notes to Scrape per Keyword 📊",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of notes to extract for EACH keyword in the 'keywords' list (not a global total).",
                        "default": 60
                    },
                    "proxy": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Select the proxy configuration to use for the actor.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ],
                            "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```