# Patreon Scraper (`fastdataapi/patreon-scraper`) Actor

Patreon Scraper collects public Patreon creator pages by search keyword or profile URL. Returns campaign name, creator, patron and paid-member counts, post count, membership tiers with prices, Discord access, social links, about text and monthly earnings when public. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fastdataapi/patreon-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Fast Data API](https://apify.com/fastdataapi) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.27 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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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## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### Patreon Scraper — Members, Tiers, Earnings and Social Links

Patreon Scraper collects public Patreon creator pages by search keyword or profile URL: campaign and creator name, member and paid-member counts, post count, membership tiers with prices and Discord access, monthly earnings when the creator publishes them, about text and social links. Every response is structured JSON — ready to pass directly to an LLM, index into a vector store, or feed a creator research or sponsorship pipeline. **No Patreon account or cookies needed.** Start with one keyword, then build a full list of creators in your niche.

![Patreon Scraper output: creator name, member counts and tiers as JSON](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Lg9lp51Levfro6SrV/records/h-patreon-hero.webp)

***

### What data can I extract with Patreon Scraper?

Using this Patreon Creator API, you will be able to extract the following Patreon creator data:

| 🏷️ Campaign name | 👤 Creator name | ✍️ What the creator makes | 🔗 Creator page link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 👥 Member count (if public) | 💳 Paid member count | 📝 Post count | 🎟️ Membership tiers with prices |
| 💬 Discord access per tier | 💰 Monthly earnings (if public) | 🙈 Earnings hidden flag | 💱 Earnings currency |
| 📖 About text | 🌐 All social links | ▶️ YouTube link | 📸 Instagram link |
| 🐦 X / Twitter link | 📘 Facebook link | 🎮 Twitch link | 🎵 TikTok link |
| 🖼️ Avatar image | 🌫️ Blurred avatar | 🔍 Small thumbnail | 🎨 Page theme colour |
| 🔞 Adult content flag | 🆔 Campaign ID | 🔎 Keyword it came from | ⚠️ Reason a creator could not be loaded |

***

### How to use Patreon Scraper

Built for creator-economy analysts, sponsorship teams and marketers: one run turns a list of keywords and profile links into a table of Patreon creators with their members, tiers and earnings.

**Copy to your AI assistant:**

```text
`patreon-scraper` (Apify Actor ID: fastdataapi/patreon-scraper, https://apify.com/fastdataapi/patreon-scraper) is an Apify Actor that returns public Patreon creator pages as structured JSON: campaign name, creator name, member count, paid member count, post count, membership tiers with prices and Discord access, monthly earnings when published, about text and social links. Use it whenever someone needs Patreon creator data without cookies, a login, or a browser - building a list of creators in a niche, comparing tier prices of similar creators, or finding creators with public earnings to sponsor. Run it with curl: curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/patreon-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"startUrls":["python","https://www.patreon.com/GreenRoomPythons"],"maxData":20}'. Or in Python: ApifyClient("APIFY_TOKEN").actor("patreon-scraper").call(run_input={"startUrls": ["web development"], "maxData": 50}) then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items. Inputs: startUrls (array of strings, required; an item containing patreon.com/ is loaded as that creator, anything else is used as a Patreon search keyword), maxData (integer 1-500, optional, creators per keyword, default 10; profile links always give one row each), proxyConfiguration (object, optional; without it the actor connects directly and adds Apify proxies on its own when Patreon refuses requests). Every creator is one row charged as the row_result event; a creator that could not be loaded comes back as a free row with success false and an error message. Patreon's own search lists 41-167 creators per keyword (measured 2026-10-13), so a keyword can return fewer rows than maxData; the run log says how many Patreon has. Full input schema, every enum and default, and the complete output field list: GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/patreon-scraper/builds/default
```

#### Patreon Scraper MCP Server: use these Actors from ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor

Point your AI assistant at Apify and it can read Patreon on its own: creators by keyword or profile link, with their members, tiers, earnings and social links. No glue code, no scraping logic in your prompts.

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fastdataapi/patreon-scraper"
```

#### Step by step

1. [Create a free Apify account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up).
2. Open [Patreon Scraper](https://apify.com/fastdataapi/patreon-scraper) in the Apify Store.
3. Type your keywords or paste Patreon creator links, one per line, and set how many creators you want per keyword.
4. Click **Start** (or send your API request).
5. Download or stream your results in JSON, CSV or Excel.

#### How to scale Patreon Scraper to bulk

Put any number of keywords and creator links in one run, mixed in the same list. Each keyword returns up to 500 creators, limited by what Patreon's search has for it; each link returns one row. Creators are loaded 20 at a time and saved as soon as each is ready, so you can read the dataset while the run is going. A recorded run returned 60 creators for two keywords in 9.5 seconds. To scrape Patreon creators for a whole niche, add every related keyword, then export Patreon creators to CSV or Excel when the run ends; as a Patreon tiers scraper it also keeps every tier price for side-by-side comparison. To track creators over time, schedule the same run daily or weekly in Apify Console.

***

### ✨ Features

Patreon Scraper fetches clean, structured creator pages from Patreon ⚡. It's ideal for building a Patreon creator list, sponsorship shortlists, tier price research and creator-economy market sizing — a Patreon creator scraper and Patreon search scraper in one that returns Patreon campaign data, Patreon earnings data where creators publish it, and each Patreon members count. It extracts, per creator:

- **Members** – member count and paid member count, when the creator shows them
- **Tiers** – every paid tier with name, price, description and Discord access
- **Earnings** – monthly earnings and currency, or a flag that the creator hides them
- **Identity** – campaign name, creator name and what the creator makes
- **Socials** – every connected social profile, plus separate YouTube, Instagram, X, Facebook, Twitch and TikTok links
- **About** – the creator's about text with paragraphs kept

⚡ When a creator from a keyword can't be loaded, the next search result takes its place, so you still get the number of creators you asked for; the failed creator is listed as a free row.

***

### Use cases 💡

- **Sponsorship manager** — shortlist creators by paid member count and public monthly earnings.
- **Creator-economy analyst** — size a niche by summing member counts across a keyword.
- **Creator** — compare tier names and prices of similar creators before pricing your own.
- **Growth marketer** — collect creators' YouTube, Instagram and TikTok links for outreach.
- **AI engineer** — index creator about texts and tiers into a RAG store for creator questions.

Building an AI agent? [Connect Patreon Scraper over MCP](#mcp-integration-for-ai-agents) and let it call the actor on its own.

***

### Why choose this actor?

1. **Many creators per keyword, quickly.** A recorded run returned 60 creators for "python" and "web development" in 9.5 seconds, with the first row after 2.7 seconds.
2. **The numbers behind each creator.** A recorded creator came back with 4,224 members, 617 paying members, 494 posts, four tiers from $5, and Instagram and YouTube links.
3. **Two kinds of input, one list.** Keywords and creator links mix in the same input, and 34 fields come back for every creator.

***

### ⬇️ Input

![Patreon Scraper input: creator links or keywords and creators per keyword](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Lg9lp51Levfro6SrV/records/h-patreon-input.webp)

Enter Patreon creator links, search keywords, or both; the list is required.

| Parameter | Required | Type | Description | Example value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `startUrls` | Yes | array | An item containing `patreon.com/` is loaded as that creator (`https://www.patreon.com/GreenRoomPythons` or `https://www.patreon.com/cw/codewithsadee`). Anything else, including a bare username, is used as a Patreon search keyword. | `["python", "https://www.patreon.com/GreenRoomPythons"]` |
| `maxData` | No | integer | Creators per keyword, 1–500. Default `10`. Creator links always return one row each. | `20` |
| `proxyConfiguration` | No | object | Optional. Without it the actor connects directly and adds Apify proxies on its own when Patreon refuses requests. A proxy you select is used from the first request. | `{"useApifyProxy": false}` |

Patreon's own search lists 41–167 creators per keyword (measured on 2026-10-13). If you ask for more than a keyword has, you get every creator Patreon lists, and the run log says how many that is.

#### Free plan limits

Free plan: up to 20 creators per run (all keywords and direct profile URLs together) and 200 per month; paid plans have no limit.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "python",
    "web development",
    "https://www.patreon.com/GreenRoomPythons"
  ],
  "maxData": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

***

### ⬆️ Output

![Patreon Scraper output: one row per creator with tiers included](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Lg9lp51Levfro6SrV/records/h-patreon-output.webp)

Every creator is one typed, normalized JSON item with the same fields on every run; values a creator does not publish are `null`. Export the dataset as JSON (default), CSV or Excel; a creator that could not be loaded gets one free row with the reason.

#### Example output

A recorded creator (about text and tier descriptions shortened, two of four tiers shown), followed by the row for a profile link that does not exist:

```json
[
  {
    "url": "https://www.patreon.com/GreenRoomPythons",
    "id": "campaign_7057610",
    "type": "campaign-document",
    "campaign_id": 7057610,
    "avatar_photo_blurred_url": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/campaign/7057610/683726ea2e1a48db94c40475ab757bf1/eyJiIjoyMCwidyI6NjIwfQ%3D%3D/3.jpg",
    "avatar_photo_url": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/campaign/7057610/683726ea2e1a48db94c40475ab757bf1/eyJ3Ijo2MjB9/3.jpg",
    "creation_name": "Creating educational and entertaining content about snakes!",
    "creator_name": "Green Room Pythons",
    "is_nsfw": false,
    "name": "Green Room Pythons",
    "patron_count": 4224,
    "total_posts": 494,
    "primary_theme_color": 5802752,
    "thumb": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/campaign/7057610/683726ea2e1a48db94c40475ab757bf1/eyJoIjozNjAsInciOjM2MH0%3D/3.jpg",
    "tiers": [
      {
        "id": "7720406",
        "name": "Tier 1: The Infallible Den of Husbandry",
        "price": 5.0,
        "description": "There are a lot of dens in the world but there is only one INFALLIBLE DEN OF HUSBANDRY…",
        "discord_access": true
      },
      {
        "id": "7720407",
        "name": "Tier 2: Guild of Herpetologicians",
        "price": 15.0,
        "description": "It's like a herpetologist plus a magician! Get it?…",
        "discord_access": true
      }
    ],
    "about": "Welcome to THE HORDE OF KEEPERS! (*thunder crack)\nChances are, you're here because you enjoy the Green Room Pythons YouTube channel…",
    "total_members": 4224,
    "paid_members": 617,
    "post_count": 494,
    "earnings_per_month": null,
    "earnings_hidden": true,
    "earnings_currency": "USD",
    "socials": [
      {"platform": "instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/green_room_pythons", "display_name": "green_room_pythons", "is_public": true},
      {"platform": "youtube", "url": "https://youtube.com/channel/UCZ5HxfLwdwj499XI3_H0DKA", "display_name": null, "is_public": true}
    ],
    "data_source": "about_json",
    "youtube": "https://youtube.com/channel/UCZ5HxfLwdwj499XI3_H0DKA",
    "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/green_room_pythons",
    "twitter": null,
    "facebook": null,
    "twitch": null,
    "tiktok": null,
    "query": "PythonBlue",
    "username": "GreenRoomPythons",
    "success": true,
    "error": null
  },
  {
    "url": "https://www.patreon.com/thisuserdoesnotexist98765",
    "username": "thisuserdoesnotexist98765",
    "query": "direct",
    "success": false,
    "error": "Patreon has no public creator page under this name"
  }
]
```

The keyword column holds the search keyword the creator came from, or `direct` for a creator link. The source column says which of Patreon's two public creator pages the row was read from; both give the same fields. Rows with success `false` are not charged.

***

### How does it work?

The actor uses Patreon's own creator search for your keywords, then opens each creator's public page, the same pages any visitor sees without logging in. If one page for a creator does not answer, it reads Patreon's second public page for that creator, so creators don't drop out of your results. Values from the search results fill in what a page leaves out, such as the member count and the theme colour. Requests that Patreon refuses are paused and retried, and the actor adds Apify proxies on its own when needed. It returns only publicly visible data, and the output fields stay the same from run to run, so your code and spreadsheets keep working when Patreon changes its pages.

***

### How do you integrate Patreon Scraper into your stack?

It works with what you already use: the REST API from any language, MCP for AI agents, and no-code tools.

#### Using Patreon Scraper with the Apify API

```python
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/patreon-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items",
    params={"token": "APIFY_TOKEN"},
    json={"startUrls": ["python", "https://www.patreon.com/GreenRoomPythons"], "maxData": 20},
)
for creator in response.json():
    print(creator["name"], creator["patron_count"], creator["paid_members"])
```

*Works in Go, Ruby, Node.js, cURL — any language that can make an HTTP request.*

#### MCP integration for AI agents

Add the Apify MCP server to your AI client with one command:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fastdataapi/patreon-scraper"
```

This registers Patreon Scraper as a tool your agent can call directly: the agent finds it through the server's search, adds it and runs it, then reads the creators back as JSON. Ask for "Patreon creators who teach Python, with their tier prices" and it does the rest. It works in Claude Code, Cursor and Windsurf.

#### No-code tools (n8n, Make, LangChain)

**n8n:** add the Apify node and choose "Run an Actor", or use the HTTP Request node pointed at the run-sync endpoint with your token. Send new creators to a Google Sheet or your CRM in the next node.

**Make:** use the Apify app's "Run an Actor" module, then "Get Dataset Items" to pull the creators into the rest of your scenario.

**LangChain:** install `langchain-apify` and wrap the actor with `ApifyActorsTool("patreon-scraper")` so your agent can look up Patreon creators by keyword.

***

### Is it legal to scrape Patreon data?

Collecting public Patreon creator pages is generally lawful: creators publish these pages so anyone can find and join them. This actor returns only publicly available data — what any visitor sees without logging in: campaign names, member counts, tier prices, earnings the creator chose to show, and social links. It never reads member-only posts or who the members are. GDPR: scraping public data is generally permissible, but storing and using it must comply with local data-protection law. Consult legal counsel if your use case involves bulk storage of personal data.

***

### Frequently asked questions

#### What fields does Patreon Scraper return?

It returns each creator's campaign name, member and paid member counts, membership tiers with prices, monthly earnings when published, and social links. See [the data fields section](#what-data-can-i-extract-with-patreon-scraper) for the full list.

#### Does Patreon Scraper require a Patreon account or login?

No. Only public Patreon creator data is extracted, and no credentials are needed.

#### How fast does Patreon Scraper run?

A recorded run returned 60 creators for two keywords in 9.5 seconds, with the first row after 2.7 seconds. Every run reads live data, not a cache.

#### What happens if a creator is private or doesn't exist?

You get one free row with the creator's name, success `false` and a message such as "Patreon has no public creator page under this name". For keywords, the next search result replaces it, so the count you asked for is still met when Patreon has enough creators. In code, keep rows where success is true. Creators who hide their member count or earnings still return a full row, with those values `null`.

#### Can I scrape multiple Patreon creators at once?

Yes. Put any number of keywords and creator links in one list; each keyword returns up to 500 creators and each link one row.

#### Does Patreon Scraper work with Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI agent tools?

Yes — Patreon Scraper is available as an MCP tool. Register it in Claude Code, Cursor or Windsurf with `claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=fastdataapi/patreon-scraper"`. Any agent that can call an HTTP endpoint can use the REST API directly.

#### Does Patreon Scraper return data in a format LLMs can use directly?

Yes. Each creator is typed, normalized JSON with consistent field names, so there is no HTML parsing and no selectors. Pass it straight to an LLM, index it into a vector store, or feed it to an agent tool — no transformation step.

#### What happens when Patreon changes its layout or updates its anti-bot system?

The actor is maintained, and when Patreon changes, it is updated so your calls keep returning the same JSON fields with no changes on your end.

#### Can I use Patreon Scraper without managing proxies or browser infrastructure?

Yes. Retries, pauses and Apify proxies for refused requests run on the actor's side, and no browser is needed. You send one request and get structured JSON back, with no proxy accounts and no maintenance.

#### Which Patreon creator fields work best for AI training data and RAG indexing?

For RAG, use the about text, what the creator makes, and the tier names and descriptions. For training data and analytics, use the member count, paid member count, post count, tier prices and monthly earnings. All fields are plain strings, numbers, booleans and short lists, so no normalization is needed.

***

### Your feedback

Found a bug or missing a field? Let us know in the actor's Issues tab. Every report is read, and fixes ship as new versions of the actor.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

An item containing patreon.com/ (e.g. https://www.patreon.com/GreenRoomPythons or https://www.patreon.com/cw/codewithsadee) is scraped directly as that creator. Anything else - including a bare username - is used as a search keyword and run through Patreon's own creator search.

## `maxData` (type: `integer`):

How many creators to return per search keyword (default 10, maximum 500). Direct profile URLs always return one row each and are not limited by this number. Patreon's own search is the real ceiling: it listed 41-167 creators per keyword when measured on 2026-10-13, and the run says so when a keyword has fewer than you asked for. Free plan: up to 20 creators per run (all keywords and direct profile URLs together) and 200 per month; paid plans have no limit.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy groups, or your own proxy URLs. A selected proxy is used from the first request.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "python",
    "web development"
  ],
  "maxData": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All scraped items in the Actor's default dataset.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

A single OUTPUT record in the run's key-value store, grouping every resolved campaign by keyword/"direct" and username.

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        "python",
        "web development"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fastdataapi/patreon-scraper").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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        "python",
        "web development",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fastdataapi/patreon-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    "python",
    "web development"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call fastdataapi/patreon-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fastdataapi/patreon-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yWanczO3gVlaIXl4N/builds/pg2uDtDBZM9KfnPQL/openapi.json