Content Trends Scraper — Viral Topics & Engagement
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Content Trends Scraper — Viral Topics & Engagement
Discover trending content and monitor engagement across Hacker News, Dev.to, Google News, and Bluesky. Find what's going viral for any topic — articles, discussions, and social posts ranked by engagement. Budget BuzzSumo alternative.
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Content Monitoring Scraper
Discover trending content and monitor engagement across multiple platforms.
Features
- Multi-source aggregation — Hacker News, Dev.to, Google News, and Bluesky in one run
- Topic search — Find what's going viral for any keyword across platforms
- Trending mode — Hot content across all sources, no keyword needed
- Domain monitoring — Track content mentions for any domain
- Engagement scoring — Each result gets an engagement score (points + comments + likes + reposts)
- Time filtering — Only return content from the last N days
- Sorting — By engagement score, date, or grouped by source
Use Cases
- Content discovery — Find trending articles in your niche before competitors
- Brand monitoring — Track mentions of your brand/domain across platforms
- Trend research — See what topics are getting engagement right now
- BuzzSumo alternative — Content engagement data at a fraction of the cost
Input
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
mode | select | Yes | topic | trending, topic, or domain |
searchQuery | string | No | — | Keyword or domain to search for |
sources | multiSelect | No | all | hackernews, devto, google_news, bluesky |
maxResults | integer | No | 100 | Max total results (1-5000) |
sortBy | select | No | engagement | engagement, date, or source |
timeRange | integer | No | 7 | Days to look back (1-365) |
minEngagement | integer | No | 0 | Filter low-engagement content |
proxyConfiguration | proxy | No | off | Optional proxy (most sources don't need it) |
Output
Each result contains:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
source | Content source (hackernews, devto, google_news, bluesky) |
title | Article or post title |
url | URL to the content |
author | Author username or publication |
text | Summary or excerpt |
publishedAt | Publication timestamp |
engagementScore | Total engagement (points + comments + likes + reposts) |
points | Upvotes/points |
comments | Comment count |
likes | Like count (where available) |
reposts | Repost/share count (where available) |
tags | Tags associated with the content |
domain | Source domain |
Sources
- Hacker News — Algolia Search API (no auth, rich search, points + comments)
- Dev.to — Open API (articles, reactions, comments, tags)
- Google News — RSS feed (no auth, keyword search, publication tracking)
- Bluesky — AT Protocol API (no auth, social posts, likes + reposts)
No authentication required for any source.
