Skool Community Finder

Search and discover Skool communities by keyword — no login or cookies required.

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Quick Start

Paste this into the Input tab and click Run:

{
  "keywords": ["cold email", "agency growth"],
  "limit": 20
}

Results appear in the Dataset tab within 1–2 minutes.

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What you get

Each result is a flat JSON object with all fields always present:

{
  "slug": "cold-email-community",
  "url": "https://www.skool.com/cold-email-community",
  "group_id": "abc123",
  "name": "Cold Email Community",
  "description": "The #1 community for cold email practitioners...",
  "member_count": 15234,
  "online_members": 142,
  "access": "free_open",
  "price_usd": 0.0,
  "has_survey": false,
  "total_posts": 4821,
  "num_courses": 3,
  "activity_ratio": 0.3164,
  "last_post_date": "2026-06-03",
  "days_since_last_post": 1,
  "source": "ddg:cold email",
  "_meta": {
    "actor": "skool-community-finder",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "scraped_at": "2026-06-04T09:00:00+00:00",
    "total_found": 47,
    "run_id": "xyz789"
  }
}

Field reference:

Field	Description
slug	Community URL slug (unique identifier)
url	Direct link to the community
name	Display name
description	Community description (up to 400 chars)
member_count	Total member count
online_members	Members currently online
access	free_open, free_survey, paid, invite_only, or public
price_usd	Monthly price in USD (0 = free)
has_survey	Whether joining requires a questionnaire
total_posts	All-time post count
num_courses	Number of classroom courses
activity_ratio	total_posts / member_count — higher = more active per member
last_post_date	Date of most recent visible post (null if community is private)
days_since_last_post	Days since last post (null if not visible)
source	How the community was discovered (ddg:keyword or suggested)

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Cost calculator

Pricing is pay-per-result — you only pay for what you get.

Results	Approximate cost
10 (try it)	~$0.05
50 (default)	~$0.25
100	~$0.50
200 (max)	~$1.00

On Apify's free plan ($5/month credit) you get approximately 1,000 communities.

Note: residential proxy traffic is included in the above estimates.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
keywords	string[]	—	Search terms. Each runs a separate DuckDuckGo search. Required.
limit	integer	50	Max communities to return (1–200). Controls cost.
minMembers	integer	0	Skip communities with fewer members.
requestTimeout	integer	30	Seconds per page (increase for slow connections).
proxyConfiguration	object	Residential	Proxy settings. Residential required for Skool.

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How it works

1. Keyword search — runs site:skool.com <keyword> on DuckDuckGo and extracts community slugs from results
2. Community probe — fetches each community page and parses the __NEXT_DATA__ JSON embedded in the HTML (no browser needed)
3. Suggested harvest — collects additional communities from each page's suggestedCommunities list, then probes those too
4. Results are streamed to the Dataset as they are found — you can see them before the run completes

No authentication required. All data comes from publicly accessible community pages.

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Limitations

• Public communities only. Private and invite-only communities are detected and skipped with a clear access: "invite_only" label.
• days_since_last_post is null for communities where the post feed is not publicly visible.
• DuckDuckGo occasionally rate-limits searches. If all keywords return 0 slugs, the actor fails with a clear message — try again in a few minutes.
• Member count and post count reflect what Skool shows on the public page, which may lag behind real-time data by a few hours.

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Use cases

1. Lead generation — find active communities in your niche and reach out to members or admins
2. Market research — survey the Skool landscape before launching your own community
3. Competitor analysis — monitor competitor community growth and activity over time (run on a schedule)
4. Partnership prospecting — identify large free communities for cross-promotion opportunities
5. AI pipeline input — feed results into Make/Zapier or an LLM agent for automated outreach or analysis

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FAQ

Do I need a Skool account or cookies? No. This actor scrapes publicly accessible community pages without any login.

Why am I getting 0 results? DuckDuckGo may be temporarily blocking the search. Wait 2–3 minutes and try again. Also try broader keywords like "online course" or "community". If the issue persists, check the Issues tab.

How fresh is the data? Data is scraped in real time — as fresh as the moment you run it.

Can I run this automatically every week? Yes. In Apify Console → Schedules, set up a recurring run with your keywords. Results accumulate in the Dataset across runs.

What does activity_ratio mean? It's total_posts / member_count. A ratio of 0.3 means members have posted on average 0.3 times each. Higher values indicate more active communities.

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Related actors

• Skool Lookalike Finder — given a community, find other communities with overlapping members
• Skool Posts Scraper — scrape posts, comments, and author LinkedIn/social contacts
• Skool Community Profiler — deep activity stats, top posters, admin detection