Bluesky Scraper: Posts, Profiles, Followers

Scrape Bluesky posts, user profiles, followers, following lists, user search results and full reply threads. It uses Bluesky's official open API (the AT Protocol), so runs are fast, cheap and don't break when the website changes. No login is needed for every mode except keyword post search.

What you can scrape

Mode	Input	You get
Posts from users	handles or profile URLs	Every post with text, likes, reposts, replies, quotes, hashtags, links, images and video
User profiles	handles or profile URLs	Bio, follower and post counts, avatar, plus emails and links found in the bio
Followers of users	handles	Each follower's full profile
Accounts users follow	handles	Each followed account's full profile
Search users by keyword	keywords	Matching profiles (great for finding creators, journalists or companies in a niche)
Replies to posts	post URLs	The whole reply tree with each reply's author and engagement
Search posts by keyword or hashtag	keywords, #hashtags	Matching posts, newest or top. Needs your free Bluesky app password (see below)

What people use it for

• Brand and competitor monitoring: track what's said about a product, a hashtag or a competitor.
• Lead generation: search users by niche keywords and pull emails and websites from their bios.
• Influencer research: compare follower counts and engagement across accounts.
• Audience analysis: export the followers of any account.
• Research and journalism: archive a user's posts or a whole conversation thread.

Input example

{
  "mode": "userPosts",
  "handles": ["bsky.app", "https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team"],
  "since": "2026-09-01",
  "includeReplies": false,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Set Max results to cap how much you pay for.

Output example (post)

{
  "uri": "at://did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwolmfws5k2r",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3mwolmfws5k2r",
  "text": "Happy opening day of hockey season, NHL fans! ...",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-29T19:43:14.855Z",
  "authorHandle": "bsky.app",
  "authorName": "Bluesky",
  "likeCount": 960,
  "repostCount": 136,
  "replyCount": 70,
  "quoteCount": 17,
  "languages": ["en"],
  "hashtags": null,
  "links": null,
  "images": null,
  "isReply": false,
  "isRepost": false
}

Output example (profile)

{
  "did": "did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur",
  "handle": "bsky.app",
  "displayName": "Bluesky",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app",
  "followersCount": 35150220,
  "followsCount": 15,
  "postsCount": 865,
  "emails": ["support@bsky.app"],
  "links": null
}

Searching posts by keyword

Bluesky only lets logged-in accounts search posts. To use this mode, create a free app password in Bluesky (Settings > Privacy and security > App passwords) and enter it together with your handle. App passwords can only read and post, can't change your account, and you can revoke them at any time. The password is stored as a secret input and only used to log in to Bluesky.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free (new Apify accounts get monthly free credit).
2. Fill in the input, for example to get everyone who follows a competitor's Bluesky account.
3. Click Start and download the results as Excel, CSV, JSON or HTML, or open them in Google Sheets.

How much does it cost?

You pay only for results: $1.5 per 1,000 Bluesky posts and profiles (about $0.15 for 100), plus a fraction of a cent per run. Set Max results to cap your spend. Apify's free plan credit covers a lot of test runs.

Integrations and API

Use it as a Bluesky API export tool with no coding. Run it on a schedule and send new results to Google Sheets, Slack, email, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own webhook, or call it from any language through the Apify API. It also works as a tool for AI agents through Apify's MCP server.

FAQ

Do I need proxies? No. The official API is open and doesn't block cloud servers.

Is this allowed? It only reads public data through Bluesky's documented public API.

Why do some followers show handle.invalid? That's how Bluesky shows accounts whose domain handle no longer verifies. Their DID is still included.