Product Hunt Scraper

Scrape products and launches from Product Hunt. Extract names, taglines, votes, comments, makers, topics, ratings, and more.

What does Product Hunt Scraper do?

Product Hunt Scraper is an Apify actor that extracts product launch data from Product Hunt, the leading platform where startups and makers showcase their products. It collects comprehensive data about products including names, taglines, descriptions, vote counts, comment counts, maker information, topics, and ratings.

The actor supports scraping from the homepage (daily launches), search results, topic pages, and individual product pages. It uses CheerioCrawler for fast, efficient HTTP-based scraping by extracting embedded NEXT_DATA and Apollo cache from Product Hunt pages.

Whether you need to track trending products, analyze startup launches, or monitor competitors, this actor provides structured data ready for analysis.

Use Cases

• Market researchers — Track trending products and startup launches across categories
• Venture capitalists — Monitor new product launches and identify promising startups early
• Product managers — Analyze competitor products, features, and community reception
• Data analysts — Build datasets of product launches for trend analysis and market insights
• Developers — Discover new developer tools and APIs as they launch

Features

• Scrape Product Hunt homepage, search results, topic pages, and individual product pages
• Extract comprehensive product data: name, tagline, votes, comments, makers, topics, rating
• Automatic URL classification — detects page type from URL pattern
• Multiple data extraction strategies: NEXT_DATA, Apollo cache, HTML fallback
• Proxy support with automatic session rotation
• Deduplication to avoid duplicate products in output
• Handles pagination and large datasets automatically
• Exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API

How much will it cost?

Results	Estimated Cost
100	~$0.10
1,000	~$0.50
10,000	~$3.00

Cost Component	Per 1,000 Results
Platform compute	~$0.25
Proxy (datacenter)	~$0.25
Total	~$0.50

How to use

1. Go to the Product Hunt Scraper page on Apify Store
2. Click "Start" or "Try for free"
3. Enter Product Hunt URLs, search terms, or topics
4. Set the maximum number of items
5. Click "Start" and wait for the results

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
startUrls	array	Product Hunt URLs to scrape	-
searchTerms	array	Search queries to find products	-
topics	array	Topic slugs (e.g., "artificial-intelligence")	-
maxItems	number	Max results to return	100
maxConcurrency	number	Parallel page limit	10
debugMode	boolean	Enable verbose logging	false
proxyConfig	object	Proxy settings	Apify Proxy

Output

The actor produces a dataset with the following fields:

{
    "name": "ChatGPT",
    "tagline": "An AI-powered chatbot by OpenAI",
    "description": "ChatGPT is a conversational AI model...",
    "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/chatgpt",
    "websiteUrl": "https://chat.openai.com",
    "votesCount": 3200,
    "commentsCount": 450,
    "reviewsCount": 120,
    "rating": 4.8,
    "topics": ["Artificial Intelligence", "Productivity"],
    "makers": [
        {
            "name": "Sam Altman",
            "username": "sama",
            "profileUrl": "https://www.producthunt.com/@sama"
        }
    ],
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://ph-files.imgix.net/...",
    "launchDate": "2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "isFeatured": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Product name
tagline	string	Product tagline
description	string	Product description
url	string	Product Hunt page URL
websiteUrl	string	Product website URL
votesCount	integer	Number of upvotes
commentsCount	integer	Number of comments
reviewsCount	integer	Number of reviews
rating	number	Average rating
topics	array	Product topics/categories
makers	array	Product makers with name, username, profile URL
thumbnailUrl	string	Product thumbnail image URL
launchDate	string	Date the product was launched
isFeatured	boolean	Whether the product was featured
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Integrations

Connect Product Hunt Scraper with other tools:

• Apify API — REST API for programmatic access
• Webhooks — get notified when a run finishes
• Zapier / Make — connect to 5,000+ apps
• Google Sheets — export directly to spreadsheets

API Example (Node.js)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/product-hunt-scraper').call({
    startUrls: [{ url: 'https://www.producthunt.com/' }],
    maxItems: 100,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

API Example (Python)

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/product-hunt-scraper').call(run_input={
    'startUrls': [{'url': 'https://www.producthunt.com/'}],
    'maxItems': 100,
})
items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items

API Example (cURL)

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~product-hunt-scraper/runs" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.producthunt.com/"}], "maxItems": 100}'

Tips and tricks

• Start with a small maxItems (10-20) to test before running large scrapes
• Use topics to scrape products in specific categories like "artificial-intelligence" or "developer-tools"
• Combine search terms and topics for comprehensive data collection
• The actor automatically deduplicates products across different input sources

FAQ

Q: Does this actor require login credentials? A: No. Product Hunt product data is publicly accessible without authentication.

Q: How fast is the scraping? A: Approximately 50-100 products per minute using CheerioCrawler with default concurrency.

Q: What should I do if I get blocked? A: Switch to residential proxies in the Proxy Configuration settings and lower the concurrency.

Q: Can I scrape specific topics? A: Yes. Use the Topics input with slugs like "artificial-intelligence", "saas", "developer-tools".

Is it legal to scrape Product Hunt?

Web scraping of publicly available data is generally legal based on precedents like the LinkedIn v. HiQ Labs case. This actor only accesses publicly available data. Always review and respect the target site's Terms of Service and robots.txt. For more information, see Apify's blog on web scraping legality.

Limitations

• Product Hunt may change their page structure, which could require actor updates
• Rate limiting may apply — use proxies for large-scale scraping
• Some detailed product information may only be available on individual product pages
• Historical data beyond what's currently visible on the site is not accessible

Changelog

• v0.1 (2026-04-23) — Initial release