Linktree Email Scraper

Linktree Email Scraper - extract public creator and small-business emails from Linktree

The Linktree Email Scraper collects publicly indexed contact emails from Linktree link-in-bio pages: influencers, UGC creators, musicians, podcasters, coaches, restaurants, nonprofits and small businesses.

You supply keywords, an optional location and a list of email domains. The Linktree Email Scraper builds domain-scoped Google queries against linktr.ee, parses each result block and writes every matching address into a structured dataset.

There is no login, no Linktree API, no headless browser and no cookies. This Linktree email extractor reads only what Google has already indexed publicly.

Linktree is one of the strongest sources in this family. A link-in-bio hub exists precisely so people can reach the owner, so a business email is often right there in the page description.

In practice most parsed rows carry an account identity and a usable linktr.ee profile URL, which makes the Linktree Email Scraper unusually good at producing rows you can act on straight away.

Influencer marketing teams, UGC agencies, booking agents, local marketers and B2B prospectors use the Linktree Email Scraper for contact discovery at a scale manual browsing cannot match.

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Features of the Linktree Email Scraper

Everything below is implemented in the Linktree Email Scraper today. No roadmap items, no aspirational claims.

Feature	What it means in practice
Google site: search automation	Every query is scoped to linktr.ee, so results stay on-platform
Query expansion	Base, quoted and intitle: variants plus one variant per query modifier
Creator-tuned modifiers	Defaults are email, contact, business inquiries, collab, booking, dm
Domain-filtered extraction	Only emails on your customDomains list are kept
Global deduplication	Each unique address reaches the dataset exactly once across all queries and pages
Obfuscation-aware parser	Understands name [at] domain [dot] com, name (at) domain, name @ domain.com, domain .com
Unicode normalisation	Handles zero-width characters and the full-width at sign
Junk filter	Rejects placeholders such as email@, yourname@, test@, xxx@ and single-character locals
Boundary-correct matching	@gmail.com will not match inside @gmail.company or @gmail.com.br
Soft-wrap repair	Discards a hit that is only the tail of another email in the same result block
Concurrency control	An asyncio worker pool runs queries in parallel with a shared stop signal on maxEmails
Retry logic	Up to 3 attempts per page with exponential backoff and a fresh proxy session per request
Block detection	CAPTCHA, "unusual traffic" and consent pages are detected and retried, never scored as empty
Re-queue pass	Blocked or failed queries are retried once more at the end of the run
Resumable state	Progress persists in the key-value store, keyed by a hash of your input
Structural parsing	Result blocks are located via the <h3> title, not by Google's CSS class names
Fallback parser	A Google markup change degrades to "emails without account details", not "no emails"
Streaming dataset writes	Leads appear in the dataset immediately, so exports can begin mid-run

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How the Linktree Email Scraper works

The Linktree Email Scraper is a search-results crawler. It never opens linktr.ee, never follows the outbound links on a page and never renders JavaScript.

1. Read input. Keywords, location, email domains, page caps and concurrency are validated first.

2. Build queries. Queries use the site: operator, for example: site:linktr.ee fitness coach "@gmail.com" "Austin".

3. Expand queries. With expandQueries on, each keyword and domain pair is issued as a base query, a quoted variant, an intitle: variant and one variant per entry in queryModifiers. Base queries always run first.

4. Fetch pages. The Linktree Email Scraper fetches result pages asynchronously with aiohttp through the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy, paginating up to maxPagesPerQuery.

5. Parse result blocks. The parser locates the <h3> title, then the smallest surrounding block, so titles, snippets and site labels stay attached to the correct record.

6. Extract and normalise. A domain-filtered regex pulls candidates from the block text, normalises them, and removes junk, tails and boundary mismatches.

7. Deduplicate and store. Every new address is deduplicated globally and pushed straight into the Apify dataset as structured data.

The Linktree Email Scraper run summary logs pages fetched, blocked pages, retries and emails per page, so you can judge a keyword set on evidence rather than instinct.

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What data does the Linktree Email Scraper extract?

Each row is one email paired with the account metadata Google exposed alongside it.

You get the address, the matched domain, the account label, a parsed display name, the handle and profile URL, a cleaned bio snippet and full provenance.

Provenance is the underrated part. The keyword and query fields tell you which phrasing surfaced a creator, which is exactly what you tune on the next lead generation run.

Because every Linktree page is keyed by handle, the Linktree Email Scraper resolves username and rebuilds profileUrl as https://linktr.ee/<handle> on the large majority of parsed results.

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Input schema for the Linktree Email Scraper

Every Linktree Email Scraper input field is listed below with the exact name, type and default from the Actor input schema.

Field	Type	Default	Description
keywords	array (required)	["creator", "small business"]	Search terms describing the Linktree accounts you want (niche, job title, industry)
location	string	""	Optional location phrase added to every query, e.g. "New York"
customDomains	array	["@gmail.com", "@yahoo.com"]	Only emails ending with one of these domains are collected; leading @ optional
maxEmails	integer 1-10000	20	Stop once this many unique emails have been collected
countryCode	string	""	Two-letter country code for the search proxy (US, GB, DE). Empty for any
expandQueries	boolean	true	Search each keyword and domain pair with several phrasings
queryModifiers	array	["email", "contact", "business inquiries", "collab", "booking", "dm"]	Extra words combined with each keyword when expansion is on
maxPagesPerQuery	integer 1-50	30	Page cap per query
maxConcurrency	integer 1-20	5	How many queries run in parallel

Input example

{
  "keywords": ["ugc creator", "fitness coach", "makeup artist"],
  "location": "",
  "customDomains": ["@gmail.com", "@outlook.com"],
  "maxEmails": 500,
  "countryCode": "US",
  "expandQueries": true,
  "queryModifiers": ["email", "contact", "business inquiries", "collab", "booking", "dm"],
  "maxPagesPerQuery": 30,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

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Output schema of the Linktree Email Scraper

Every dataset item the Linktree Email Scraper produces carries all fourteen fields below.

Field	Meaning
network	Platform name
keyword	The keyword that produced the lead
query	The exact Google query used
title	Raw result title
accountName	Account label Google prints (handle or display name)
fullName	Display name parsed from a profile-style title; empty for generic page titles
username	URL-safe handle when Linktree exposes one; otherwise null
profileUrl	Canonical account URL when a handle is known; otherwise empty
url	Direct Linktree link when exposed, else the profile URL
description	Bio or page snippet, cleaned of labels and engagement counters
email	Lower-cased email address
emailDomain	The matched domain, e.g. @gmail.com
possiblyTruncated	true when Google's snippet ellipsis touched the email - verify before sending
foundAt	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Output example

{
  "network": "Linktree",
  "keyword": "ugc creator",
  "query": "site:linktr.ee ugc creator \"@gmail.com\" business inquiries",
  "title": "Priya Raman | UGC Creator | Linktree",
  "accountName": "priyacreates",
  "fullName": "Priya Raman",
  "username": "priyacreates",
  "profileUrl": "https://linktr.ee/priyacreates",
  "url": "https://linktr.ee/priyacreates",
  "description": "UGC and short-form video for beauty and wellness brands. Portfolio, rates and past work. Business inquiries: priya.ugc@gmail.com",
  "email": "priya.ugc@gmail.com",
  "emailDomain": "@gmail.com",
  "possiblyTruncated": false,
  "foundAt": "2026-08-31T13:26:41.075Z"
}

The Linktree Email Scraper dataset exports as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML from the Apify console, or streams through the Apify API into your CRM, influencer platform or outreach tool.

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How to use the Linktree Email Scraper

Step 1 - describe the niche the way a bio does. Linktree titles and descriptions read like UGC Creator | Beauty & Wellness. Keywords such as ugc creator, fitness coach, tattoo artist, wedding photographer or food truck match that language.

Step 2 - pick email domains that fit independents. @gmail.com is by far the most common on link-in-bio pages. Add others only when your segment justifies it.

Step 3 - start small. Run the Linktree Email Scraper with maxEmails at 20 to 50 to confirm the keyword set surfaces the right creator tier, then scale.

Step 4 - keep the creator-tuned modifiers. business inquiries, collab and booking are the exact phrases creators put next to their address on a Linktree page.

Step 5 - use location for local segments. Local businesses and service providers often name a city, so a location phrase works well for that half of the audience and less well for global creators.

Step 6 - clean before you send. Filter out rows where possiblyTruncated is true, then put the remaining Linktree Email Scraper results through your normal email-verification step.

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Use cases for the Linktree Email Scraper

Use case	Who runs it	Typical keywords
Influencer and UGC campaign sourcing	Brand and influencer marketing teams	ugc creator, beauty, fitness coach
Creator partnership pipelines	Agencies and creator platforms	creator, podcast, streamer
Local small-business prospecting	Web agencies and local marketers	bakery, salon, photographer
Music and event booking	Bookers, promoters and venues	dj, band, producer
Coaching and services lead generation	Course sellers and lead-gen agencies	life coach, nutritionist, consultant
Affiliate and referral recruitment	Affiliate program managers	deals, review, discount code
Nonprofit and community outreach	Fundraisers and community teams	nonprofit, charity, mutual aid
Creator-economy market research	Analysts studying link-in-bio adoption	any niche keyword, varied by location

Because a link hub is a contact page by design, the Linktree Email Scraper generally returns a higher share of rows with a real handle and profile URL than platforms where Google prints only a display name.

Creators who point their hub at a paid page will also appear in the Ko-fi Email Scraper and the Buy Me a Coffee Email Scraper, while people who built a one-page site instead of a link hub are covered by the Carrd Email Scraper.

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Why choose this Linktree Email Scraper

Building an outreach list by hand means searching, opening a page, reading the bio, copying an address and repeating. The Linktree Email Scraper automates the loop and returns a deduplicated dataset.

Every row is auditable. The query and keyword fields show exactly how a lead was found, so unproductive keyword sets are easy to prune.

The extraction layer is deliberately conservative. Junk filtering, boundary-correct domain matching and soft-wrap repair mean far fewer garbage rows to clean downstream.

Long Linktree Email Scraper runs survive interruption. State persists in the key-value store and saves fire on Apify's PERSIST_STATE, MIGRATING and ABORTING events.

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Worked example: a UGC creator shortlist

You run influencer marketing for a skincare brand and want 500 UGC creators with a published business email.

Set keywords to ["ugc creator", "skincare", "beauty creator"], customDomains to ["@gmail.com"], countryCode to "US" and maxEmails to 500, leaving expandQueries on.

The Linktree Email Scraper issues base, quoted and intitle: variants plus one query per modifier, paginating each independently and streaming leads as they are found.

Export the Linktree Email Scraper dataset to CSV, drop possiblyTruncated rows, group by keyword to see which niche performed best, then push the rest into your campaign tool.

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Limitations you should know before running

The Linktree Email Scraper is deliberately transparent about its boundaries. Read these before planning a large data collection run.

Only publicly indexed emails. The Linktree Email Scraper returns addresses that already appear in Google's index. A creator who put their address only inside a button label Google never indexed will not surface.

No link following. The Actor reads Google's result blocks, not the destinations behind a Linktree page's outbound buttons.

Google's per-query ceiling. A single query caps out at roughly 300 results. Query expansion exists to work around that ceiling, which is why it defaults to on.

possiblyTruncated. When Google's snippet ellipsis touches an address, this field is true and the email may be incomplete. Verify those rows before sending.

Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy required. The Linktree Email Scraper cannot run without Apify proxy credentials that include the GOOGLE_SERP group.

Free-plan cap. Running the Linktree Email Scraper on a free Apify plan limits results to 100 emails per run. Paid plans are uncapped.

Handle availability. username and profileUrl are populated only when Google's result exposes a Linktree handle. Linktree performs well here, but some rows will still carry accountName and fullName with an empty username and profileUrl, which is a Google limitation, not a bug.

No guaranteed volume. Linktree Email Scraper yield varies with keywords, domains and location. No result count is promised.

The Linktree Email Scraper is not affiliated with, endorsed by or officially supported by Linktree.

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Related Actors

Every Actor below runs the same engine as the Linktree Email Scraper, with identical input fields and an identical output schema; only the target platform differs.

Actor	What it collects
Linktree Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Linktree
Linktree Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Linktree
Academia.edu Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Academia.edu
Buy Me a Coffee Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Buy Me a Coffee
Carrd Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Carrd
Domestika Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Domestika
edX Email Scraper	Public contact emails from edX
Gumroad Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Gumroad
Kaggle Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Kaggle
Kajabi Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Kajabi
Ko-fi Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Ko-fi
MasterClass Email Scraper	Public contact emails from MasterClass
Meetup Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Meetup
Pluralsight Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Pluralsight
Preply Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Preply
ResearchGate Email Scraper	Public contact emails from ResearchGate
Skillshare Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Skillshare
Teachable Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Teachable
Udemy Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Udemy
Academia.edu Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Academia.edu
Buy Me a Coffee Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Buy Me a Coffee
Carrd Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Carrd
Domestika Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Domestika
edX Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from edX
Gumroad Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Gumroad
Kaggle Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Kaggle
Kajabi Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Kajabi
Ko-fi Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Ko-fi
MasterClass Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from MasterClass
Meetup Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Meetup
Pluralsight Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Pluralsight
Preply Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Preply
ResearchGate Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from ResearchGate
Skillshare Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Skillshare
Teachable Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Teachable
Academia.edu Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Academia.edu
Buy Me a Coffee Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Buy Me a Coffee
Carrd Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Carrd
Domestika Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Domestika
edX Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from edX
Gumroad Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Gumroad
Kaggle Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Kaggle

FAQ about the Linktree Email Scraper

What is the Linktree Email Scraper?

It is an Apify Actor that extracts publicly indexed contact emails from Linktree pages by running domain-scoped Google searches and parsing the resulting search-result blocks.

Does the Linktree Email Scraper open linktr.ee pages?

No. It never loads a Linktree page, never runs JavaScript and never logs in. It reads Google's indexed titles, snippets and site labels only.

Does it follow the links on a Linktree page?

No. The Linktree Email Scraper reads search-result blocks, so it does not visit the Instagram, YouTube or shop links a creator lists.

Why is Linktree a good source for creator emails?

A link-in-bio hub is where creators consolidate contact details, so a business address very often appears in the indexed page description.

Why is username empty on some rows?

Google does not always print a handle in the result. Those rows still carry accountName and fullName, but username is null and profileUrl is empty. On Linktree this is the minority case.

What does possiblyTruncated: true mean?

Google's snippet ellipsis touched the address, so it may be cut off. Verify those rows before contacting anyone.

How many emails will one run of the Linktree Email Scraper return?

maxEmails accepts 1 to 10000, but free Apify plans are capped at 100 emails per run and paid plans are uncapped. Real volume depends on keywords, domains and location.

Is a proxy required?

Yes. The Linktree Email Scraper requires the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy and cannot run without Apify proxy credentials.

Should I leave expandQueries on?

Almost always. Google returns roughly 300 results per query, and expansion multiplies your reachable surface through base, quoted, intitle: and modifier variants.

Can I target a specific country or city?

Yes. Set countryCode for the search proxy and add a location phrase. Location works best for local businesses and service providers.

What happens if my run is interrupted or migrated?

State persists in the key-value store keyed by a hash of your input, with throttled saves plus saves on PERSIST_STATE, MIGRATING and ABORTING, so an interrupted run resumes instead of restarting.

Can I email everyone in the dataset immediately?

Treat the Linktree Email Scraper output as raw lead data. Deduplication is automatic, but verification, consent and compliance with GDPR, CAN-SPAM and Linktree's terms remain your responsibility.

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