Behance Profiles Extractor: scrape Behance creator profiles by username

Behance Profiles Extractor pulls public Behance creator profiles into clean JSON. Paste usernames or profile URLs and get followers, project views, appreciations, location, freelance availability, social links, and portfolio summaries without clicking through each page by hand.

This actor is built for SEO research, recruiter lead lists, agency competitor checks, and anyone who needs Behance profile data at scale.

What data does this actor extract?

For each Behance username you provide, the actor returns:

Field	Type	Description
userId	integer	Behance user ID
username	string	Behance handle
displayName	string	Public display name
firstName	string	First name when present
profileUrl	string	Full profile URL
occupation	string	Headline / occupation
company	string	Company or studio
website	string	Personal or company website
location	string	Location on the profile
avatarUrl	string	Avatar image URL
bannerImageUrl	string	Banner image URL
projectViews	integer	Total project views
appreciations	integer	Total appreciations
followers	integer	Follower count
following	integer	Following count
isAvailableFreelance	boolean	Open to freelance work
isAvailableFullTime	boolean	Open to full-time roles
isFeaturedFreelancer	boolean	Featured freelancer flag
isCreatorPro	boolean	Active Creator Pro status
canBeRecruited	boolean	Recruitable on Behance
completedFreelanceProjects	integer	Completed freelance projects
creativeFields	array	Featured creative fields
adobeTools	array	Adobe tools listed
socialLinks	array	Instagram, LinkedIn, Dribbble, etc.
workExperiences	array	Work experience entries
projects	array	Project summaries (optional)
services	array	Freelance services (optional)
memberSince	string	Account creation date (ISO-8601)
scrapedAt	string	Extraction timestamp (UTC)
error	string	Error message if that profile failed

How to use

1. Open the actor on Apify and go to Input.
2. Add Behance usernames or full profile URLs (one per line), for example jeffreydirkse or https://www.behance.net/jeffreydirkse.
3. Optionally turn off project or service summaries if you only need profile stats.
4. Set maxItems if you want a hard cap for the run.
5. Click Start, then download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

Input parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
usernames	array	(required)	Behance usernames or profile URLs
includeProjects	boolean	true	Include project name, URL, views, appreciations, cover
includeServices	boolean	true	Include freelance services with price and delivery time
maxItems	integer	100	Max profiles per run (hard max 1000)
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	60	Per-request timeout in seconds

Example input

{
    "usernames": [
        "jeffreydirkse",
        "https://www.behance.net/ramotion"
    ],
    "includeProjects": true,
    "includeServices": true,
    "maxItems": 50,
    "requestTimeoutSecs": 60
}

Example output

{
    "userId": 1721460,
    "username": "jeffreydirkse",
    "displayName": "Jeffrey Dirkse",
    "firstName": "Jeffrey",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.behance.net/jeffreydirkse",
    "occupation": "Designer",
    "company": "Freelancer",
    "website": "http://www.jeffreydirkse.com",
    "location": "Netherlands",
    "avatarUrl": "https://pps.services.adobe.com/api/profile/.../276",
    "bannerImageUrl": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/...",
    "projectViews": 1091931,
    "appreciations": 117008,
    "followers": 22512,
    "following": 349,
    "isAvailableFreelance": true,
    "isAvailableFullTime": false,
    "isFeaturedFreelancer": true,
    "isCreatorPro": true,
    "canBeRecruited": true,
    "completedFreelanceProjects": 1,
    "creativeFields": [
        {
            "name": "Branding",
            "url": "https://www.behance.net/galleries/graphic-design/branding",
            "projectCount": 6
        }
    ],
    "adobeTools": ["Adobe Photoshop", "Adobe Illustrator"],
    "socialLinks": [
        {
            "network": "Instagram",
            "url": "http://instagram.com/jeffreydirkse",
            "isVerified": true
        }
    ],
    "workExperiences": [
        {
            "position": "Freelancer",
            "organization": "Self-Employed",
            "location": null
        }
    ],
    "projects": [
        {
            "id": 252260481,
            "name": "Brand ID 26",
            "url": "https://www.behance.net/gallery/252260481/Brand-ID-26",
            "views": 1544,
            "appreciations": 151,
            "coverUrl": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/..."
        }
    ],
    "services": [
        {
            "id": 118079,
            "serviceTitle": "Branding",
            "priceFrom": 4500.0,
            "deliveryTime": "WITHIN_1_MONTH",
            "url": "https://www.behance.net/jeffreydirkse/services/118079/Branding"
        }
    ],
    "memberSince": "2012-10-17T16:47:35+00:00",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-12T09:00:00+00:00",
    "error": null
}

Use cases

• SEO and content research: map high-reach Behance creators in a niche by followers, views, and appreciations before outreach.
• Recruiter lead lists: collect designers who mark themselves available for freelance or full-time work, plus location and portfolio links.
• Agency competitor checks: compare engagement and featured fields across rival studios or freelancers.
• Talent pipelines: keep a structured dump of creative profiles you already found manually on Behance.
• Market scans: batch-check usernames from spreadsheets and see who is still active and hireable.

FAQ

Do I need full Behance URLs? No. A username like jeffreydirkse is enough. Full behance.net/username links work too.

Can this replace a Behance freelancer search scraper? This actor focuses on known profiles (handles or URLs you already have). It does not keyword-search freelancers. For search-based discovery, use a Behance freelancers search actor, then feed the usernames here for deeper profile detail.

How many Behance profiles can I scrape per run? Up to maxItems (default 100, hard max 1000). Failed profiles are written to the dataset with an error field so the rest of the run can continue.

Does it extract project images and services? Yes, when includeProjects and includeServices are enabled. Project rows include cover image URLs; service rows include title, price, and delivery time.

What formats can I export? JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and HTML from the Apify dataset tab, or via the Apify API / client libraries.

Related tools

If you need adjacent Behance workflows, look at Behance profile scrapers, Behance freelancers search scrapers, Behance images search scrapers, and general Behance scrapers on the Apify Store. This actor is the profile-focused option when you already have usernames and want clean engagement + availability data.

Run Behance Profiles Extractor whenever you need structured Behance creator data for SEO, hiring, or competitive research without copying fields from the site by hand.