# Patreon Creator Finder (`epicscrapers/patreon-creator-finder`) Actor

Search for Patreon creators by keywords and get back creator data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/epicscrapers/patreon-creator-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Epic Scrapers](https://apify.com/epicscrapers) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
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?

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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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — 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

## Patreon Creator Finder

Find Patreon creators by keyword and save normalized creator and campaign details to an Apify dataset.

The actor searches Patreon for each query you provide. It can return creator names, Patreon URLs, audience size, post totals, profile images, content descriptions, and other campaign metadata. When multiple queries find the same campaign, the actor saves that campaign only once.

### Use cases

Use Patreon Creator Finder to:

- Discover creators in a topic or niche.
- Build creator outreach and prospecting lists.
- Compare creator audiences across search terms.
- Collect Patreon profile URLs and public campaign metadata.
- Research content categories and creator positioning.

### Input

Provide the following fields in the actor input:

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `queries` | array of strings | Yes | `["podcast", "art"]` | Keywords to use when searching for Patreon creators. Provide at least one query. |
| `maxResultsPerQuery` | integer | No | `100` | Maximum number of creators to request for each query. The allowed range is `1` through `500`. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "queries": ["artificial intelligence", "stable diffusion"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 100
}
```

### Output

The actor writes one item for each unique Patreon campaign to the default dataset. If different queries return the same campaign, the output includes that campaign only once.

Each dataset item can contain the following fields:

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `campaignId` | string | Patreon campaign ID. |
| `name` | string or null | Campaign name. |
| `creatorName` | string or null | Creator name. |
| `creationName` | string or null | Description of what the creator makes. |
| `url` | string or null | Patreon campaign URL. |
| `avatarPhotoUrl` | string or null | URL of the creator's avatar. |
| `avatarPhotoBlurredUrl` | string or null | URL of a blurred version of the creator's avatar. |
| `thumb` | string or null | URL of the campaign thumbnail. |
| `patronCount` | integer or null | Number of patrons reported by Patreon. |
| `postTotal` | integer or null | Total number of campaign posts reported by Patreon. |
| `isNsfw` | boolean | Whether Patreon marks the campaign as not safe for work (NSFW). |
| `primaryThemeColor` | string or null | Campaign theme color value. |
| `summary` | string or null | Campaign summary. |

#### Example output

```json
{
  "campaignId": "9344203",
  "name": "Aitrepreneur",
  "creatorName": "Aitrepreneur",
  "creationName": "Ai art, Large Language Models, Stable Diffusion, LLAMA, LORA",
  "url": "https://www.patreon.com/aitrepreneur",
  "avatarPhotoUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/.../2.png",
  "avatarPhotoBlurredUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/.../2.png",
  "thumb": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/.../2.png",
  "patronCount": 51011,
  "postTotal": 152,
  "isNsfw": false,
  "primaryThemeColor": "35719",
  "summary": null
}
```

### Error handling

The actor requires `queries` to be a non-empty array. It exits with an error when this requirement isn't met.

Patreon can return fewer records than the requested maximum.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

List of keywords to search for Patreon creators

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of creators to fetch per query

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "podcast",
    "art"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

URL to the dataset containing unique Patreon creator campaign records.

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "podcast",
        "art"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("epicscrapers/patreon-creator-finder").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 = { "queries": [
        "podcast",
        "art",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("epicscrapers/patreon-creator-finder").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 '{
  "queries": [
    "podcast",
    "art"
  ]
}' |
apify call epicscrapers/patreon-creator-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=epicscrapers/patreon-creator-finder",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/XzxOqJvbwMS57QbhI/builds/UAgR1Fin61crbrdYw/openapi.json