Weibo Scraper - Hot Search, Trending Posts & Comments (微博热搜)

Export Weibo Hot Search (热搜榜), trending posts by category, post details, comments and public profiles to JSON, CSV or Excel. Built for China trend monitoring, brand and market research, news tracking, sentiment analysis and AI training data. No login, no cookies, no browser. Pay only per result.

What you get

• Hot Search: rank, topic, heat score, label (新 / 热 / 沸 / 爆), category, time it entered the list, and a link. Ads are removed.
• Trending posts (热门微博) from 35 channels (finance, stocks, tech, society, international, celebrities, movies, sports and more):
  • full text, likes, comments, reposts, publish time
  • region (IP属地), topics (#话题#), images and video
  • author name and verification (follower counts come with comments and profiles)
• Specific posts: paste any post URL to get full long text and all counters.
• Comments: text, likes, reply count, region, author, and optional reply previews.
• Profiles: name, bio, followers, following, post count and verification for public accounts.

Sample output

{
  "type": "hotSearch",
  "rank": 1,
  "keyword": "接到网贷催收电话统一说不认识",
  "heat": 1095425,
  "label": "新",
  "category": ["社会"],
  "onboardAt": "2026-10-18T10:41:00.000Z",
  "searchUrl": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E6%8E%A5%E5%88%B0...%23",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T11:00:00.000Z"
}

{
  "type": "post",
  "postId": "5355108059580071",
  "url": "https://weibo.com/1234567890/Rn7BXEcdh",
  "text": "…",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-17T12:38:37.000Z",
  "likes": 182,
  "comments": 7,
  "reposts": 7,
  "region": "北京",
  "topics": ["…"],
  "images": ["https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/…jpg"],
  "video": null,
  "authorName": "…",
  "authorVerified": true,
  "category": "finance",
  "source": "trending"
}

How to use (3 steps)

1. Tick Hot Search, and/or pick trending categories, and/or paste post URLs or user IDs.
2. Optionally turn on Include comments.
3. Click Start. Then download JSON, CSV or Excel, or call the Actor via API / MCP. Schedule it hourly to build your own Weibo trend history.

Input

Field	What it does	Example
includeHotSearch	Real-time Hot Search list	true
trendingCategories	Trending post channels	["finance","tech"]
maxPostsPerCategory	Posts per channel	100
postUrls	Specific posts	["https://weibo.com/1642634100/Rn7BXEcdh"]
includeComments / maxCommentsPerPost	Comments of the posts above	true / 50
userIds	Public profiles	["1642634100"]
maxItems	Hard cap for the whole run	1000

Every row has a type field (hotSearch, post, comment or profile), so you can filter rows in Excel or code.

Pricing in plain words

You pay about $3 per 1,000 results, plus a tiny start fee of $0.00005 per run. Hourly Hot Search monitoring (50 topics × 24 runs) costs about $3.60 a month. Higher Apify plans get automatic discounts, and there is no monthly rental.

FAQ

Do I need a Weibo account or cookies? No. The Actor uses the same anonymous guest access a browser gets before login. It collects only publicly visible data.

Can I search Weibo by keyword or get all posts of a user? Weibo now requires login for keyword search and user timelines, and this Actor never logs in. Instead, use the Hot Search list, trending categories, or paste the post URLs you need.

How do I track Hot Search history? Schedule the Actor (for example hourly) with only Hot Search on, then merge the datasets by rank and scrapedAt.

Why is a post skipped? It was deleted, made private, or is visible to logged-in users only. The run continues with the rest.

Is it legal? It collects publicly visible data only. Use it in line with Weibo's terms and the privacy laws in your country (GDPR, PIPL), and don't profile private individuals.

Use via API / MCP

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/kodenova~weibo-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"includeHotSearch":true,"trendingCategories":["finance"],"maxPostsPerCategory":30}'

AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) can call it through the Apify MCP server: https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=kodenova/weibo-scraper.

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