Patreon Scraper 🎨 — Creators, Tiers, Patrons & Posts

Extract Patreon creator data as clean, structured JSON — without writing code and without logging in. Discover creators by keyword, or scrape specific creators, and get their full profile: membership tiers and prices, patron counts, "is creating" description, social links, goals — and recent posts.

Fast and reliable: built on Patreon's own data layer, so it returns complete, structured data — no flaky page-rendering, no missing fields.

💡 Two superpowers: (1) Creator discovery — find every creator matching a keyword like "philosophy", "gaming" or "podcast". (2) Lead-gen — every creator ships their social links (Twitter/X, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, …) and patron counts for influencer outreach and market research.

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📋 Table of contents

• What does it do?
• Use cases
• How to use it
• Input parameters
• Input examples
• Output — data fields
• Sample output record
• Creator discovery & lead generation
• Tips & best practices
• Frequently asked questions
• Changelog

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What does it do?

Patreon hosts millions of creators across video, podcasts, art, music, writing, gaming and more. This actor turns Patreon into a structured dataset you can export to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or pull from the Apify API.

Three ways to scrape:

• 🔎 Discover by keyword — search a topic and scrape every matching creator.
• 🔗 Specific creators — by vanity handle (PhilosophyTube) or full URL.
• 🧾 With posts — optionally pull each creator's recent public posts.

For every creator you get the name, "is creating" description, summary, monthly/per-creation model, currency, patron count, paid-member count, avatar & cover images, pledge URL, social links, goals, and the full list of membership tiers (title, price, benefits, post count, limited-seat info). Optionally, each creator's recent posts (title, type, likes, comments, date, URL).

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Use cases

📈 Influencer & creator-economy research

• Map who's creating what, how many patrons they have, and how they price tiers.
• Benchmark tiers and patron counts across a niche.
• Track the growth of creators over time.

📇 Sales & lead generation

• Build lists of creators in a niche with their social profiles for outreach.
• Find sponsorship and partnership targets by category and audience size.
• Feed creator leads into your CRM.

🎯 Marketers & agencies

• Discover creators to sponsor or collaborate with.
• Analyse pricing strategies and membership benefits across competitors.

🤖 Data & AI teams

• Power creator-discovery tools, dashboards and newsletters.
• Build datasets of creators, tiers and posts.

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How to use it (step by step)

No coding required.

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Choose how to scrape:
   • Creators — add handles like PhilosophyTube or full URLs.
   • Search queries — add keywords like philosophy, gaming, art to discover creators.
3. Optionally enable Include recent posts and set Max posts per creator.
4. Set Max creators.
5. Click Save & Start, then export the results.

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Input parameters

Field	Type	Description
creators	array	Creator vanity handles or full URLs.
searchQueries	array	Keywords to discover creators.
startUrls	array	Patreon creator page URLs (alternative to Creators).
includePosts	boolean	Also scrape each creator's recent posts. Default false.
maxPostsPerCreator	integer	Recent posts per creator when enabled. Default 20.
maxItems	integer	Max creators. 0 = no limit. Default 100.
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings. Default: Apify Proxy on.
maxConcurrency	integer	Max parallel requests. Default 5.

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Input examples

1) Specific creators

{
  "creators": ["PhilosophyTube", "https://www.patreon.com/kurzgesagt"],
  "maxItems": 50
}

2) Discover creators by keyword

{
  "searchQueries": ["philosophy", "history podcast"],
  "maxItems": 200
}

3) Creators + their recent posts

{
  "creators": ["PhilosophyTube"],
  "includePosts": true,
  "maxPostsPerCreator": 30
}

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Output — data fields

Creator records (recordType: "creator"):

Field	Description
campaignId	Patreon campaign ID
name	Creator / page name
vanity	Vanity handle
url	Creator page URL
creationName	"Creating …" description
oneLiner	Short tagline
summary	About / description (plain text)
isMonthly	Monthly vs per-creation billing
isNsfw	NSFW flag
currency	Currency code
payPerName	Billing unit (e.g. "month")
patronCount	Number of patrons (when public)
paidMemberCount	Paid members (when public)
creationCount	Number of posts/creations
publishedAt / createdAt	Dates
pledgeUrl	Join/pledge URL
avatarUrl / coverUrl	Images
mainVideoUrl	Intro video
creator	Creator person: name, vanity, url, about, imageUrl
socials	Map of social links (twitter, youtube, twitch, facebook, …)
tiers	Array of membership tiers (see below)
tierCount	Number of tiers
goals	Array of { title, amountCents, completedPercentage }
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp

Each tier in tiers[]: title, amount, amountCents, currency, description, postCount, remaining, requiresShipping, isFreeTier, discordRoleIds, imageUrl, url.

Post records (recordType: "post", when includePosts is on): campaignId, creatorVanity, postId, title, teaserText, publishedAt, isPublic, postType, likeCount, commentCount, url.

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Sample output record

{
  "recordType": "creator",
  "campaignId": "114875",
  "name": "Philosophy Tube",
  "vanity": "PhilosophyTube",
  "url": "https://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube",
  "creationName": "Creating Philosophy Videos",
  "summary": "Video essays about philosophy, politics and culture.",
  "isMonthly": true,
  "currency": "USD",
  "payPerName": "month",
  "patronCount": 15557,
  "paidMemberCount": 5157,
  "creationCount": 814,
  "avatarUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/...",
  "creator": { "name": "Abigail Thorn", "vanity": "PhilosophyTube", "url": "https://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube" },
  "socials": { "twitter": "PhilosophyTube", "youtube": "https://youtube.com/..." },
  "tiers": [
    { "title": "Supporter", "amount": 2, "amountCents": 200, "currency": "USD", "description": "Early access + Discord", "postCount": 120 },
    { "title": "Patron", "amount": 5, "amountCents": 500, "currency": "USD", "description": "All rewards + name in credits" }
  ],
  "tierCount": 2,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-04T16:00:00.000Z"
}

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Creator discovery & lead generation

Combine search queries with the rich creator output to build targeted lists — e.g. "every philosophy creator with 1,000+ patrons and their Twitter/YouTube". Each creator ships patron/paid-member counts, tier pricing, and social links, which is exactly what influencer-marketing, sponsorship and market-research workflows need.

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Tips & best practices

• 🔎 Use search queries to discover creators you don't already know; use Creators for specific handles.
• 🧪 Start with maxItems: 25 to confirm your inputs.
• ⚡ Leave includePosts off for fast creator discovery; turn it on when you need post-level engagement data.
• 🧱 Use several search queries to widen coverage across a niche.
• 💾 Use the Apify API / integrations to push results into Google Sheets, a database, or a webhook, and schedule runs to track creators over time.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need to log in or provide cookies? No. This actor scrapes public creator data without any login.

Can I find creators by topic? Yes — add keywords to Search queries and the actor discovers and scrapes matching creators.

Are patron counts included? Yes, when the creator makes them public (patronCount / paidMemberCount).

Can I get tier prices and benefits? Yes — every creator record includes the full tiers array.

Can I scrape posts? Enable Include recent posts to get each creator's recent public posts. Patron-only content is not accessible.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML table, RSS — plus the Apify API and integrations.

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Changelog

0.1.0

• Initial release: creator scraping by handle/URL, keyword discovery, and optional recent posts.
• Full profile output: tiers, patron counts, socials, goals, images.
• Fast, no-login, cursor-paginated.