Bluesky Scraper: Posts, Profiles, Followers, Threads (No Login)

Collect public Bluesky data through the official AT Protocol API. No login, no cookies, no browser, no proxies. Just fast, structured JSON.

• Search posts by keyword, phrase, #hashtag, from:handle, with date range (since / until), language and sort
• Posts of accounts (author feed), with or without replies
• Profiles: bio, display name, followers / following / posts counts, avatar, creation date
• Followers and following lists of any account
• Post thread: the post and all replies underneath it
• Automatic retries with backoff on rate limits, cursor pagination, maxItems per entry
• $0.50 per 1,000 results. Failed lookups are never charged.

How to use

1. Pick What to collect.
2. Fill the matching field: Search keywords (search), Handles (accounts, profiles, followers, following) or Post URLs (thread).
3. Set Max results per entry and click Start. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API.

Input examples

{ "mode": "search", "queries": ["#ai", "from:bsky.app"], "since": "2026-01-01", "language": "en", "maxItems": 500 }

{ "mode": "profiles", "handles": ["bsky.app", "https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team"] }

{ "mode": "thread", "postUrls": ["https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3l6oveex3ii2l"] }

Output

Posts: uri, url, text, createdAt, langs, authorHandle, authorDid, authorName, likeCount, repostCount, replyCount, quoteCount, isReply, replyToUri, hashtags, embed (images, links, quoted posts).

Profiles (also used for followers / following): did, handle, displayName, description, avatar, banner, followersCount, followsCount, postsCount, createdAt.

Every item has type (post, profile or error) and source (the keyword / handle / URL that produced it). Items with type: error are free.

Authentication

Not needed. The Actor uses the public AppView endpoints getAuthorFeed, getProfile, getFollowers, getFollows, getPostThread and searchPosts.

Notes on search without login: Latest sort pages through results by date, so you can collect thousands of posts per keyword. Top sort returns the first 100 results only, because Bluesky rejects search cursors for anonymous requests. If Bluesky ever blocks anonymous search from your region, supply your handle and an app password (bsky.app > Settings > Privacy and security > App passwords; never your main password). It is only used to log in during the run.

Pricing

Event	Price
Result (post or profile)	$0.0005

Only public data you asked for is collected. Please respect Bluesky's terms and applicable privacy law when using personal data.

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Example output

{
  "type": "profile",
  "handle": "bsky.app",
  "displayName": "Bluesky",
  "followersCount": 35525482,
  "followsCount": 38,
  "postsCount": 916,
  "createdAt": "2023-04-12T04:53:57.057Z"
}

Use cases

• Social listening: track keywords and hashtags in public posts.
• Research: collect threads, followers and profiles for network studies.
• LLM datasets: gather public post text by topic and date range.

Integrations

Python (Apify client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("extas_corp/bluesky-scraper").call(run_input={"mode": "search", "queries": ["apify"], "maxItems": 50})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["type"], item.get("text") or item.get("handle"))

Make, Zapier, n8n: add the Apify app, choose Run Actor (or Run Actor and get dataset items), set the Actor to extas_corp/bluesky-scraper and map the JSON input. The same Actor can be started on a schedule from Apify itself, with a webhook to your own endpoint when the run finishes.

FAQ

Do I need a Bluesky account? No for public data. Some endpoints can use an app password, never your main password.

Do I need to pay to try it? New Apify accounts include free monthly platform credit (about $5 on the free plan at the time of writing), so you can run the example input above and many more items before paying anything. You only pay the per-event price listed under Pricing; runs that return nothing or fail are not charged for the failed items.