Behance Project Search Extractor

Turn any Behance keyword into a clean, structured dataset of projects and the creators behind them. Enter a search term like designer, branding, or logo design, set how many projects you want, and the actor collects them with full stats, cover images, and creator profile details ready to export.

Built for designers, recruiters, marketers, and researchers who need Behance data in a spreadsheet instead of an endless scroll.

Why use this actor

Behance is one of the largest showcases of creative work online, but the site gives you no way to export what you find. You scroll, you open tabs, you copy links by hand. This actor does that work for you. Point it at a keyword and get back a table you can sort by views, filter by country, or drop straight into your own tools.

• No account or setup on your side. Just type a keyword and run it.
• Real project stats. Views and appreciations come straight from Behance, not estimated.
• Creator details included. Every row tells you who made the project and whether they are open for work.
• Export anywhere. JSON, CSV, Excel, or the Apify API.

What it does

You give the actor a search term and a maximum number of projects. It reads Behance's search results for that keyword and keeps paginating until it has collected the number of projects you asked for or runs out of matches. Each project becomes one row in the dataset.

You can also paste one or more full Behance search URLs if you already have filters applied on the site, and the actor will scrape those too.

Data you get for every project

Project

• Project ID, title, slug, and gallery URL
• View count and appreciation (like) count
• Cover image plus every other preview image size Behance provides
• Dominant color of the cover, as a hex value
• Publish date and last modified date
• Whether the project is marked premium

Creator

• Username, display name, and profile URL
• Profile image
• Location, city, state, and country
• Whether they are open to freelance work
• Whether they are open to full time work

Run context

• The search term the project was found under
• The source URL it came from
• The timestamp it was scraped

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
search	string	Yes*	The keyword to search Behance projects for, such as designer.
searchUrls	array	No	Optional full Behance search URLs to scrape in addition to the keyword.
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum projects to return per run. Default 20.
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	No	Per request timeout in seconds. Default 30.

*You need either a search term or at least one searchUrls entry.

Example input

{
    "search": "logo design",
    "maxItems": 50
}

Example input with a filtered URL

{
    "search": "branding",
    "searchUrls": [
        "https://www.behance.net/search/projects?search=illustration&sort=appreciations&time=month"
    ],
    "maxItems": 100
}

Output

Each item in the dataset looks like this:

{
    "projectId": "230023507",
    "url": "https://www.behance.net/gallery/230023507/Finding-my-Designer-Voice",
    "name": "Finding my Designer Voice.",
    "slug": "Finding-my-Designer-Voice",
    "isPremium": false,
    "publishedOn": "2025-07-10T05:51:18+00:00",
    "modifiedOn": "2026-09-06T08:53:56+00:00",
    "views": 30978,
    "appreciations": 3189,
    "dominantColor": "#ff0000",
    "coverImage": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/808/40d87d230023507.jpg",
    "images": [
        "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/original/40d87d230023507.jpg",
        "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/404/40d87d230023507.jpg"
    ],
    "imageCount": 8,
    "ownerUsername": "maxshirko",
    "ownerDisplayName": "Max Shirko",
    "ownerUrl": "https://www.behance.net/maxshirko",
    "ownerImage": "https://pps.services.adobe.com/api/profile/.../276",
    "ownerLocation": "Bucha, Ukraine",
    "ownerCity": "Bucha",
    "ownerState": "",
    "ownerCountry": "Ukraine",
    "availableForFreelance": false,
    "availableFullTime": false,
    "searchQuery": "designer",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.behance.net/search/projects?search=designer",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-12T10:00:00+00:00"
}

The dataset also ships with an Overview table view, so you can scan project titles, views, likes, creator, country, and cover thumbnails right in the Apify console.

How to use it

1. Open the actor and type a keyword into the Search term field.
2. Set Max items to how many projects you want.
3. Click Start.
4. When the run finishes, open the Dataset tab and export to CSV, JSON, or Excel.

You can also run it on a schedule from the Apify console, or call it from the API and integrations to feed the results into Google Sheets, Airtable, a database, or your own app.

Popular use cases

• Design research. Pull the top projects for a style or keyword and study what is getting attention.
• Talent sourcing. Build a list of creators working in a niche and see who is open for freelance or full time work.
• Competitor and market tracking. Watch which studios and designers rank for the terms you care about.
• Trend spotting. Compare view and appreciation counts across keywords to see what is heating up.
• Content and moodboards. Collect cover images and links for inspiration boards or reports.
• Lead generation. Find active designers by location and specialty for outreach.

Tips

• For a broad sweep, raise maxItems. The actor pulls the most popular and most recent projects first, so lower limits still return the strongest results.
• Use specific keywords like packaging design or motion graphics for tighter, more relevant results.
• Paste a filtered Behance search URL into searchUrls when you want a specific sort order or time window.

Notes and limits

• The actor reads Behance's public search results. It does not log in and does not access private projects.
• Very large limits take longer because the actor gathers projects across several result pages.
• Behance updates its results often, so running the same search on different days can return different projects.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a Behance account? No. The actor works with public search results only.

Can I search more than one keyword? Each run takes one search term. To cover several keywords, run the actor once per keyword, or schedule multiple runs.

What formats can I export? JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML table, RSS, and XML, plus direct access through the Apify API.

Is the data live? Yes. Every run fetches current results from Behance at the time it runs.