Weibo Hot Search Scraper

Get Weibo's real-time hot search board (微博热搜榜) as clean, structured data. Each run returns the current ranking of trending topics on China's largest public social platform, ordered by position, with the heat tag and a ready-to-open search link for every keyword.

Unofficial / independent tool. This Actor is not affiliated with, authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by Weibo. It retrieves publicly available data through a third-party API. You are responsible for using the output in compliance with Weibo's terms and all applicable laws.

What this Actor does

This Actor focuses on one job: fetch the live weibo hot search board (real-time trending topics ranking) on weibo.com. It captures the whole board in one call so you always have the full real-time snapshot rather than a partial scroll.

• Returns the full live hot search ranking in rank order.
• Includes the official heat tag for each topic (e.g. 热 hot, 新 new, 爆 exploding).
• Builds a direct Weibo search link for every keyword so you can jump straight to the conversation.
• Flags pinned / top-placed items separately from organic rankings.

Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Maximum records to return (caps your spend).
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional Apify Proxy settings.

Example input

{
  "maxItems": 10
}

Output

The Actor returns one dataset item per trending topic. Each item is a flat, analysis-ready JSON record. Example of a real returned item:

{
  "rank": 0,
  "keyword": "跟着总书记重温入党誓词",
  "tag": "热",
  "heat": "",
  "isTop": true,
  "id": "跟着总书记重温入党誓词",
  "url": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E8%B7%9F%E7%9D%80%E6%80%BB%E4%B9%A6%E8%AE%B0%E9%87%8D%E6%B8%A9%E5%85%A5%E5%85%9A%E8%AA%93%E8%AF%8D%23&Refer=new_time",
  "source": "weibo-hot-search"
}

Output fields

Field	Description
rank	Position on the hot search board
keyword	Trending topic / keyword
tag	Heat tag (热 / 新 / 爆 etc.)
heat	Raw heat value, when present
isTop	Whether the item is pinned to the top
url	Canonical link to the item on the source site
id	Stable identifier for the item (when available)
source	Which list / query the item came from

How it works

• Direct API, no browser. Data is fetched over HTTP — no headless browser, no login, no cookies to manage.
• Honest failure. Transient upstream blocks (rate limits, edge protection) are retried with exponential backoff. If the source stays unavailable, the run fails loudly instead of returning a misleading empty dataset.
• De-duplicated. Items are de-duplicated by their identifier within a run.
• Pay per result. You are billed for the rows actually delivered; maxItems is a hard cap on both volume and spend.

Use cases

• Track breaking topics and public sentiment in China in near real time.
• Feed a trend-monitoring dashboard or alerting workflow.
• Time content publishing around topics that are spiking right now.
• Build a historical archive of what trended by snapshotting on a schedule.

Integration

Run it from the Apify Console, on a schedule, or call it programmatically via the Apify API, the JavaScript / Python clients, or MCP. Output can be exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pushed to your own storage.

FAQ

Do I need a Weibo account, cookies, or to log in? No. The Actor only reads publicly available data.

How am I billed? Pay-per-result: you pay only for the items returned, and maxItems caps the total.

Can I schedule it or call it from my own code? Yes — use Apify Schedules, the REST API, the official clients, or MCP.

Is this an official Weibo product? No. It is an independent tool and is not affiliated with Weibo.