Meetup Events Scraper - Groups, Venues, RSVPs & Organisers

Export Meetup events by keyword and city, or straight from group pages. Returns date, venue, RSVP count, hosts, group rating and description. Reads the data layer directly, so no browser and no login.

✨ What this Actor does

• Find every tech event in a city this month, with venue and expected turnout.
• Build a list of community organisers to sponsor or speak to, with group size.
• Track which topics are actually drawing attendance in a given market.
• Watch a competitor's user-group activity without joining anything.

🚀 Quick start

1. Fill in the input below — the example is already prefilled, so you can just press Start.
2. Watch the log: it names every source it reaches and how many rows each returned.
3. Export from the Storage tab as JSON, CSV, Excel or feed it straight into your own tools.

📥 Input

{
  "keywords": "python",
  "location": "gb--London",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Every field is documented in the input form. Nothing here needs an API key or a login.

📤 Output

One row per record, with these columns:

Field	Type	Description
eventId	string	Meetup's identifier for the event.
title	string	Event title.
dateTime	string	Start time with the group's UTC offset.
endTime	string	Scheduled end, where the organiser set one.
eventType	string	PHYSICAL or ONLINE.
eventStatus	string	ACTIVE, CANCELLED and so on, where published.
isOnline	boolean	Whether the event is held online.
rsvpState	string	Whether RSVPs are open, closed or need approval.
rsvpCount	number	How many people have RSVP'd.
maxTickets	number	Attendee limit, where the organiser set one.
isFree	boolean	Whether the event has no fee settings attached.
venueName	string	Venue as published.
venueAddress	string	Street address of the venue.
venueCity	string	City of the venue.
venueState	string	State or region of the venue.
venueCountry	string	Country code of the venue.
groupId	string	Identifier of the hosting group.
groupName	string	Name of the hosting group.
groupUrlname	string	URL name of the hosting group.
groupTimezone	string	Timezone the group schedules in.
groupOrganizer	string	Name of the group's organiser.
groupMemberCount	number	How many members the group has.
groupCity	string	City the group is based in.
groupCountry	string	Country code the group is based in.
groupRatingAverage	number	Average event rating for the group.
groupRatingCount	number	How many ratings that average is built on.
description	string	Event description as plain text.
photoUrl	string	Featured event photo.
eventUrl	string	Public event page.
groupUrl	string	Public group page.
source	string	Which search or group produced the row.
scrapedAt	string	When this row was collected.

A column that is empty means the source did not publish that value for that record — it is never a silent substitute for zero or for "unknown".

❓ Frequently asked questions

Do I need an API key or an account? No. This Actor reads a public feed.

What happens if the source blocks the run? A refused exit IP is replaced within a quarter of a second, up to five times, before the Actor tries anything else. If nothing gets through, the run fails with the reason — it never reports success with zero rows, because "there is no such data" and "the source would not answer" are very different answers and you should not have to guess which one you got.

How do I schedule this? Use the Schedules tab. Daily is usually enough; the sources here do not change by the minute.

Can I get the results into Google Sheets or a database? Yes — use the dataset export, or the Apify API and integrations. Every run writes a SUMMARY record to the key-value store with the outcome and counts, which is handy for monitoring an automated pipeline.

💰 Pricing

Pay per result. You are charged for the rows you receive and nothing else, so a run that finds nothing costs nothing.

⚖️ Legal

This Actor collects publicly available information only. It does not log in, does not bypass access controls, and collects no private data. You are responsible for using the output in line with the source's terms and with applicable law, including GDPR where personal data is involved.

⭐ Support

Found something wrong, or want a field that is not here? Open an issue on the Actor's page — include the run ID and I will look at it.

How much Meetup data can you extract in one run?

A single run returned 370 events in 52 seconds on the example input. That example is deliberately narrow; the result limit and the input list are both yours to widen. That is roughly 426 events a minute.

There is no hard ceiling built into this Actor. What bounds a run is the result limit you set, the breadth of the input you give it, and how much Meetup itself publishes. Because billing is per result, a wider run costs proportionally more and a narrow one costs almost nothing — so it is worth starting small and scaling once the output looks right.

Meetup scraping — frequently asked questions

Do I need a Meetup API key, account or login?

No. This Actor reads publicly available pages and feeds, so there is nothing to register for and no credentials to manage.

How do I export Meetup data to CSV, Excel, JSON or Google Sheets?

Open the Storage tab after a run and pick the format you want — CSV, Excel, JSON, XML or an HTML table. For Google Sheets, Airtable or a database, use the dataset URL or the Apify API so the sheet refreshes itself on every run.

Can I schedule this Meetup scraper to run daily or hourly?

Yes. Use the Schedules tab and pick a cadence. Daily is enough for most tracking work; pick hourly only if the events you care about really do change that fast.

How many events can I get, and what does it cost?

See the volume section above for a measured figure. Billing is per result, so you pay for the rows you actually receive and a run that finds nothing costs nothing.

Is scraping Meetup legal?

This Actor collects only information that Meetup publishes publicly. It does not log in, does not defeat access controls and does not touch private data. You remain responsible for how you use the output, including under GDPR and similar rules where personal data is involved.

What happens if Meetup blocks the run or changes its layout?

A refused exit IP is swapped for a fresh one within a quarter of a second and retried, and rate limiting is waited out rather than fought. If nothing gets through, the run fails with the reason instead of reporting success with zero rows — so an empty result always means "no matches", never "the source would not answer".

Can I use this with an AI agent, LangChain or an MCP client?

Yes. The Actor is callable over the Apify API and through Apify's MCP server, so an agent can run it and read the dataset back as a tool call.

Who uses this Meetup scraper, and what for

• Market and pricing analysts tracking how events on Meetup move week to week.
• Sales and growth teams building prospect lists from what Meetup publishes.
• Data and ML teams who need a structured corpus rather than screenshots.
• Researchers and journalists who need a dataset they can cite and re-run.
• Operations teams feeding events into a CRM, a warehouse or a dashboard on a schedule.

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📝 Changelog

2026-09-25

• First release.