500px Popular Photo & Photographer Scraper
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500px Popular Photo & Photographer Scraper
Scrape trending photos from 500px — title, category, pulse score, rating, views, votes, EXIF data (camera, lens, aperture, ISO), location, and photographer profile. Supports Popular, Fresh, Upcoming, and Editors Choice feeds. Ideal for gear-usage analytics and talent discovery.
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Extract trending and popular photo data from 500px — including EXIF metadata, pulse scores, photographer profiles, and engagement metrics — from any of the platform's four discovery feeds: Popular, Fresh, Upcoming, and Editors Choice.
What data you get
Each record contains:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
photo_id | Unique 500px photo ID |
title | Photo title |
description | Caption or description |
category | Category name (e.g. Landscapes, People, Abstract) |
photographer_username | Photographer's 500px username |
photographer_display_name | Photographer's full display name |
photographer_profile_url | Direct link to the photographer's 500px profile |
pulse_score | 500px highest pulse score — the platform's popularity metric (0–100) |
rating | Photo rating out of 100 |
votes_count | Total votes received |
views_count | Total view count |
exif_camera | Camera make and model |
exif_lens | Lens used |
exif_focal_length | Focal length in mm |
exif_aperture | Aperture (f-stop) |
exif_iso | ISO sensitivity |
exif_shutter_speed | Shutter speed |
location | Location where the photo was taken |
taken_at | Date/time the photo was captured (ISO 8601) |
uploaded_at | Date/time the photo was uploaded to 500px (ISO 8601) |
photo_page_url | Canonical 500px URL for the photo page |
editors_choice | Whether the photo was selected as Editor's Choice |
Use cases
- Gear-usage analytics — Discover which camera bodies and lens combinations produce the highest-rated photos on the Popular feed. Identify winning gear combinations by category.
- Trend research — Track which photography styles, subjects, and categories are gaining traction over time.
- Talent discovery — Find photographers whose work consistently reaches the Popular or Editors Choice feeds.
- Training datasets — Build labeled datasets of high-quality photography with rich metadata (no image bytes downloaded — page URLs only).
- Competitive analysis — Understand engagement benchmarks: average pulse, votes, and views for top-performing content.
Input configuration
| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
feature | popular | Which feed to scrape: popular, fresh, upcoming, or editors_choice |
maxItems | 0 (default 100) | Maximum records to retrieve. Leave at 0 for the default of 100. |
Feed descriptions
- popular — Currently trending photos ranked by real-time engagement (views, votes, pulse).
- fresh — Recently uploaded photos, ordered by upload time.
- upcoming — Photos with growing engagement signals, ranked by momentum.
- editors_choice — Hand-picked selections by the 500px editorial team.
Notes
- Metadata only: This actor collects photo page URLs, EXIF data, scores, and photographer profiles. It never downloads image binaries — fully copyright-safe.
- No account required: The 500px public API does not require authentication.
- EXIF availability: EXIF fields are present when the photographer has enabled "Show EXIF data" on their upload. Missing values appear as
null. - Pulse score: The pulse score reflects the photo's highest-ever popularity score. A score above 95 is in the top tier of the platform.
