Tumblr Email Scraper

Tumblr Email Scraper

Tumblr Email Scraper

The Tumblr Email Scraper is an Apify Actor that collects publicly indexed contact emails from Tumblr blogs. Give it keywords, get back a structured dataset of artists, writers and micro-blogger leads.

Tumblr is still the home of commission artists, fan writers, zine makers, photographers and niche aesthetic blogs. Many of them publish a commissions or business address right in their blog description.

Google indexes those blog pages, and the Tumblr Email Scraper reads the search results and extracts the address. It never logs in, never opens tumblr.com, and never uses Tumblr's API.

If you have ever run site:tumblr.com "commissions open" "@gmail.com" by hand, this is that Tumblr email extractor workflow automated, expanded across dozens of phrasings, deduplicated and exported.

For illustration, fandom and independent-creative outreach, Tumblr remains an underused source of contact discovery that most lead-generation tools ignore entirely.

That is precisely the gap the Tumblr Email Scraper fills: a focused crawler for contact discovery rather than a general-purpose Tumblr scraper.

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Key Features of the Tumblr Email Scraper

Feature	What it means in practice
Google-powered data collection	Queries use the site:tumblr.com operator, fetched through the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy
Query expansion	Each keyword x email-domain pair is searched as a base query, a quoted phrase, an intitle: query, and one variant per modifier
Subdomain-aware profile URLs	Tumblr handles resolve to their canonical https://{username}.tumblr.com/ blog URL
Domain filtering	Only emails on the domains you list are kept
Global deduplication	One row per unique address across every query and page
Obfuscation handling	Parses name [at] domain [dot] com, name (at) domain, name @ domain.com, zero-width characters and the full-width ＠
Junk filter	Rejects placeholders such as email@, yourname@, test@, xxx@ and single-character locals
Boundary-correct matching	@gmail.com does not match inside @gmail.company or @gmail.com.br
Structural parser	Locates each result's <h3> and the smallest surrounding block instead of relying on Google's CSS class names
Fallback parser	A markup change degrades to "emails without account details" rather than zero results
Concurrency control	An asyncio worker pool runs queries in parallel with a shared stop signal
Retry logic	Up to 3 attempts per page, exponential backoff, fresh proxy session per request
Block detection	CAPTCHA, "unusual traffic" and consent pages are detected and retried, not treated as empty
Blocked-query requeue	Failed queries are retried once more at the end of the run
Resumable state	Input-keyed checkpoints in the key-value store, saved on PERSIST_STATE, MIGRATING and ABORTING
Streaming output	Every lead is pushed to the dataset immediately
Run summary	Pages fetched, blocked pages, retries and emails per page are logged

Tumblr blog titles are highly idiosyncratic, so the structural parser matters here. The Tumblr Email Scraper reads the block around the result rather than assuming a fixed title format.

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How the Tumblr Email Scraper Works

The Tumblr Email Scraper is a search-engine crawler, not a Tumblr client.

1. Read input. Keywords, location, email domains, caps and concurrency.
2. Build queries. site:tumblr.com plus your keyword, the quoted email domain, and any location phrase.
3. Fetch search results. Asynchronous aiohttp requests through the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy.
4. Parse structurally. Each result block is located from its <h3> title outward.
5. Extract emails. A domain-filtered regex runs over the block text, with normalisation and the junk filter applied.
6. Deduplicate and push. New addresses go into a global set and straight to the Apify dataset.

Base queries run before expanded variants, so the strongest matches land in the dataset first.

Pagination continues per query until the page cap, the email cap, or a run of pages producing nothing new. That stop rule keeps the Tumblr Email Scraper from burning compute on exhausted queries.

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What Data Does It Extract?

Each row the Tumblr Email Scraper writes is one email address plus the account context Google printed beside it.

That usually means the blog handle, a display name where the title is name-shaped, the https://{username}.tumblr.com/ blog URL, and the description snippet the address came from.

Post results are different: the title is a caption rather than a name, so fullName is left empty while accountName and the snippet still carry context.

Every row also records the keyword that produced it and the exact Google query used, which makes attribution and segmentation straightforward.

This structured-data design is what separates the Tumblr Email Scraper from a raw email list: you always know where a lead came from.

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Input Fields

All input to the Tumblr Email Scraper is set in the Apify Console form or passed as JSON via the API.

Field	Type	Default	Description
keywords	array (required)	["artist", "writer"]	Search terms describing the Tumblr blogs you want
location	string	""	Optional location phrase added to every query
customDomains	array	["@gmail.com", "@yahoo.com"]	Only emails on these domains are kept; leading @ optional
maxEmails	integer (1-10000)	20	Stop once this many unique emails are collected
countryCode	string	""	Two-letter country code for the search proxy (US, GB, DE...)
expandQueries	boolean	true	Search each keyword x domain pair in 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

The defaults shipped with the Tumblr Email Scraper are creative-first. artist and writer reflect where Tumblr's indexed contact information actually concentrates.

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Output Schema

Every dataset item from the Tumblr Email Scraper contains 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 (blog handle or display name)
fullName	Display name parsed from a profile-style title; empty for post captions
username	URL-safe handle when Tumblr exposes one; otherwise null
profileUrl	Canonical https://{username}.tumblr.com/ URL when a handle is known; otherwise empty
url	Direct Tumblr link when exposed, else the profile URL
description	Blog description or post 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
foundAt	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Export the Tumblr Email Scraper dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it over the Apify API.

The output schema is identical on every run, which makes downstream CRM ingestion predictable.

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Example Input and Output

A realistic Tumblr Email Scraper configuration for commissioning illustration work.

Input

{
  "keywords": ["commission artist", "illustrator", "fan artist"],
  "location": "",
  "customDomains": ["@gmail.com", "@outlook.com"],
  "maxEmails": 200,
  "countryCode": "US",
  "expandQueries": true,
  "queryModifiers": ["email", "contact", "business inquiries", "collab", "booking"],
  "maxPagesPerQuery": 30,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}

Output

{
  "network": "Tumblr",
  "keyword": "commission artist",
  "query": "site:tumblr.com commission artist \"@gmail.com\" contact",
  "title": "inkandmothwing - Commissions open",
  "accountName": "inkandmothwing",
  "fullName": "",
  "username": "inkandmothwing",
  "profileUrl": "https://inkandmothwing.tumblr.com/",
  "url": "https://inkandmothwing.tumblr.com/",
  "description": "Digital illustration and character design. Commissions open. Contact: inkandmothwing.art@gmail.com",
  "email": "inkandmothwing.art@gmail.com",
  "emailDomain": "@gmail.com",
  "possiblyTruncated": false,
  "foundAt": "2026-08-31T13:26:47Z"
}

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How to Use the Tumblr Email Scraper

1. Open the Tumblr Email Scraper on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Replace the default keywords with your niche, for example zine maker, photographer, webcomic artist.
3. Set customDomains to the providers your audience actually uses.
4. Set maxEmails for the list size you need.
5. Optionally set location and countryCode to bias results toward one market.
6. Run it and export the dataset as CSV, or read it via the Apify API.

Tip: Tumblr's vocabulary is its own. commissions open, art blog and fic writer outperform generic marketing terms.

Tip: many Tumblr creators cross-post to other galleries. Running the Tumblr Email Scraper next to the DeviantArt Email Scraper catches artists indexed on only one of them.

Tip: if blocked pages appear in the Tumblr Email Scraper run log, lower maxConcurrency and re-run. Blocked queries are requeued once automatically.

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Use Cases

Use case	How the Tumblr Email Scraper helps
Commissioning artwork	Find illustrators and character artists with public commission emails
Fandom and IP marketing	Reach fan creators for licensed merchandise or campaign collaborations
Publishing and zine outreach	Contact writers, poets and small-press editors
Indie game art sourcing	Find pixel artists, concept artists and animators
Merch and print partnerships	Reach designers already selling prints and stickers
Music and cover-art briefs	Source cover illustrators for releases
Community and event outreach	Invite niche bloggers to conventions and online events
Creative recruiting	Source freelance illustrators and writers by style keyword
CRM enrichment	Attach a contact channel to Tumblr handles you already track
Trend research	Map which aesthetic niches are active, with metadata for segmentation

Agencies often run the Tumblr Email Scraper once per creative discipline, keeping each dataset separate for clean reporting.

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Why Use This Tumblr Email Scraper

Tumblr has no contact directory and no way to filter blogs by "has an email in the description". Manual search runs out of road quickly.

Google caps a single query at roughly 300 results. The Tumblr Email Scraper works around that with query expansion across base, quoted, intitle: and modifier variants for every keyword and domain pair.

Extraction inside the Tumblr Email Scraper is stricter than a naive regex. Obfuscated addresses are normalised, placeholders such as yourname@gmail.com are rejected, and soft-wrapped fragments are collapsed.

Because leads stream into the dataset as they are found, an aborted or migrated run still leaves you with usable data. Resumable state means a restart continues where it stopped.

Creative audiences spread widely. Run this alongside the Behance Email Scraper and the Dribbble Email Scraper for commercial design portfolios.

For writers specifically, the Medium Email Scraper and the Substack Email Scraper cover the same authors in a longer-form context.

Membership-funded creators are often easiest to reach through the Patreon Email Scraper.

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Limitations

Read these before your first Tumblr Email Scraper run. They are honest and structural.

• Publicly indexed emails only. If an address is not visible in Google's index, the Tumblr Email Scraper cannot find it. There is no login, no API and no private data.
• Google's result cap. A single query returns roughly 300 results maximum. Query expansion mitigates this but does not remove it.
• possiblyTruncated. true means Google's snippet ellipsis touched the address. Verify those rows before sending.
• Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy required. The Tumblr Email Scraper cannot run without Apify proxy credentials.
• Free-plan cap. Free Apify plans are limited to 100 emails per run. Paid plans are uncapped.
• Handle availability. username and profileUrl populate only when Google exposes a handle. Some rows carry accountName and fullName with an empty username/profileUrl. That is a Google limitation, not a bug.
• Variable yield. Results depend on keywords, domains and location. No volume is guaranteed.

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Related Actors

The same engine behind the Tumblr Email Scraper ships for every major network.

Actor	What it collects
Tumblr Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Tumblr
Tumblr Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Tumblr
Behance Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Behance
Bigo Live Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Bigo Live
Bluesky Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Bluesky
Bumble Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Bumble
Clubhouse Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Clubhouse
Dailymotion Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Dailymotion
DeviantArt Email Scraper	Public contact emails from DeviantArt
Discord Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Discord
Dribbble Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Dribbble
Facebook Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Facebook
Goodreads Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Goodreads
Hinge Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Hinge
Instagram Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Instagram
KakaoTalk Email Scraper	Public contact emails from KakaoTalk
Kick Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Kick
Lemon8 Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Lemon8
Likee Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Likee
LINE Email Scraper	Public contact emails from LINE
LinkedIn Email Scraper	Public contact emails from LinkedIn
Mastodon Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Mastodon
Medium Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Medium
Mixcloud Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Mixcloud
Patreon Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Patreon
Pinterest Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Pinterest
Quora Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Quora
Reddit Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Reddit
Rumble Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Rumble
Snapchat Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Snapchat
SoundCloud Email Scraper	Public contact emails from SoundCloud
Substack Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Substack
Telegram Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Telegram
Threads Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Threads
TikTok Email Scraper	Public contact emails from TikTok
Tinder Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Tinder
Twitch Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Twitch
Vimeo Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Vimeo
VK Email Scraper	Public contact emails from VK
WeChat Email Scraper	Public contact emails from WeChat
Weibo Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Weibo
X Email Scraper	Public contact emails from X

FAQ

What is the Tumblr Email Scraper?

An Apify Actor that collects publicly indexed contact emails from Tumblr-related Google search results and returns them as structured data.

Does the Tumblr Email Scraper log into Tumblr or use its API?

No. No login, no cookies, no browser, no API. Everything comes from public Google search results.

Where do the emails the Tumblr Email Scraper returns come from?

From indexed titles, snippets and site labels, usually blog descriptions and post text where the blogger published an address themselves.

Do I need a proxy to run the Tumblr Email Scraper?

Yes. It requires the Apify GOOGLE_SERP proxy and cannot run without Apify proxy credentials.

Can I filter by email domain?

Yes, via customDomains. Matching is boundary-correct, so @gmail.com never matches @gmail.company.

How many emails can one Tumblr Email Scraper run return?

Free Apify plans are capped at 100 emails per run. Paid plans are uncapped, bounded by maxEmails and by how much Google has indexed.

Why is username sometimes null?

Google does not always print a handle. When it does not, you still get accountName, fullName and the snippet, but username and profileUrl stay empty.

What does possiblyTruncated: true mean?

Google's snippet ellipsis touched the address, so it may be cut off. Verify those rows before adding them to a campaign.

Are the emails verified or deliverable?

No. The Tumblr Email Scraper extracts addresses exactly as published. Verify deliverability yourself before a send.

Which keywords work best on Tumblr?

Community-native ones. commissions open, art blog, fic writer and zine return far more than broad category words.

Should I leave query expansion on?

Yes. Google caps a single query at roughly 300 results, and expansion is how the Tumblr Email Scraper reaches past that ceiling.

Can I resume an interrupted Tumblr Email Scraper run?

Yes. Progress is checkpointed in the key-value store, keyed by an input hash, and restored on restart or migration.

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