Meetup Scraper — Extract Events, Groups, RSVPs & Organizer Leads

Scrape Meetup.com events, groups, RSVP counts and organizer leads from any keyword + city or /find/ search URL — no login, no API key, no Meetup Pro subscription. This Meetup events scraper reads Meetup's own public event data, so every run returns a clean, structured dataset with event name, date/time, venue + geo-coordinates, going/RSVP count, price, description, group and organizer — ready to export to CSV, JSON or Excel.

It is really two tools in one: an events dataset for market research, calendars and dashboards, and an organizer lead engine — because every event carries its group, member count and organizer name, one run instantly becomes a targeted outreach list of active community builders.

🏆 Why this Meetup Scraper?

No API key or login · Two datasets in one — events and organizer leads · Full venue + geo-coordinates · RSVP & attendee counts · Online & paid-event flags · Keyword + city OR paste /find/ URLs · Residential proxy built in · Export to CSV / JSON / Excel · Pay only for the rows you keep

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✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 📅 Full event details — title, event URL, start & end date/time, event type (physical/online), image and full description.
• 👥 RSVP & attendee data — goingCount (people going / RSVPs) for every event, plus the group's total groupMemberCount.
• 📍 Venue + precise geo — venue name, full address, city, state, country, postal code, and latitude / longitude for mapping.
• 💵 Price intelligence — free vs. paid flag, priceAmount, priceCurrency and payment method, so you can filter on cost.
• 🌐 Online-event aware — an isOnline flag and eventType let you split virtual from in-person events after the run.
• 🎯 Built-in organizer lead gen — every row carries groupName, groupUrl, groupMemberCount, organizerName and organizerUrl.
• 🔎 Two ways to search — type a keyword + location, or paste raw meetup.com/find/ URLs copied straight from the site.
• 🔁 Bulk & scheduled — run many cities/topics at once, cap volume with maxResults, and schedule daily/weekly refreshes.
• 🛡️ Reliable at scale — residential Apify Proxy is the default for the highest success rate.
• 📤 One-click export — download every row as CSV, JSON, Excel (also HTML / API) into your CRM, spreadsheet, BI tool or pipeline.

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🚀 Quick start (3 steps)

1. Enter your search — type a Keyword (e.g. startup) + Location (e.g. New York), or set your search on meetup.com/find and paste the address-bar URL into searchUrls.
2. Set the limits — choose maxResults (0 = no limit) and a sort order (Relevance / Date / Distance).
3. Click Start — when the run finishes, open the Output / Dataset tab and export to CSV, JSON or Excel.

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📥 Input

The only requirement is one search source — either a keyword + location, or one or more searchUrls. Everything else is optional.

Example — events by keyword + city

Find startup events near New York, capped at 200 rows:

{
  "keyword": "startup",
  "location": "New York",
  "maxResults": 200
}

Example — multiple topics & cities from copied /find/ URLs

Paste search URLs straight from the Meetup site and mix topics and cities in a single run:

{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=web3&location=us--ca--San%20Francisco&source=EVENTS",
    "https://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=yoga&location=gb--London&source=EVENTS"
  ],
  "maxResults": 2000,
  "sort": "DATETIME"
}

Example — soonest upcoming events near a location

Sort by date to build a rolling calendar of what's coming up next in a city:

{
  "keyword": "networking",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "sort": "DATETIME",
  "maxResults": 500,
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 250
}

Full input parameters

Field	Type	Description
searchUrls	array	Meetup /find/ URLs copied straight from the site. The keywords and location in each URL are read automatically. Use this instead of, or alongside, the keyword/location fields.
keyword	string	A topic to search (e.g. startup, yoga, web3, hiking). Used together with location. Leave blank to auto-search a set of broad topics near the location, approximating "all events nearby".
location	string	City or place to search near (e.g. New York, London, Berlin). Geocoded automatically by Meetup. Used together with keyword.
sort	string (enum)	Order of returned events: RELEVANCE, DATETIME (soonest first) or DISTANCE (nearest first). Default RELEVANCE.
maxResults	integer	Global cap across all searches. 0 = no limit. Default 200.
maxResultsPerSearch	integer	Per-search cap for each URL / keyword. 0 = no per-search cap. Default 0.
useProxy	boolean	Route requests through Apify Proxy. Residential is recommended and is the default.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy settings. Residential gives the highest success rate (default).
maxConcurrency	integer	How many searches to process in parallel (1–10). Default 3.

💡 Tip: For the best volume, run several specific keywords rather than one broad term — e.g. startup, founders, investors for the same city — and raise maxResults. Leaving keyword blank auto-searches broad topics near the location.

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📤 Output

Each run produces one clean row per Meetup event. Here is a trimmed sample using the real field names from the dataset schema:

{
  "id": "314505584",
  "title": "Tech Startups, Investors & Founders Networking",
  "eventUrl": "https://www.meetup.com/startup-pitch-and-networking/events/314505584/",
  "dateTime": "2026-06-11T18:00:00-04:00",
  "endTime": "2026-06-11T21:00:00-04:00",
  "eventType": "PHYSICAL",
  "isOnline": false,
  "goingCount": 142,
  "isFree": false,
  "priceAmount": 30,
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "venueName": "Bar Nine",
  "venueCity": "New York",
  "venueState": "NY",
  "venueCountry": "us",
  "latitude": 40.7326,
  "longitude": -73.98501,
  "groupName": "Startup Pitch & Networking",
  "groupUrl": "https://www.meetup.com/startup-pitch-and-networking/",
  "groupMemberCount": 1977,
  "organizerName": "Scott Johnson",
  "organizerUrl": "https://www.meetup.com/members/198765432/",
  "imageUrl": "https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/highres.jpeg",
  "description": "Join founders, investors and operators for an evening of curated networking...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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💡 Use cases

• 🎯 Event-organizer lead gen — build outreach lists of active community organizers by topic and city, each complete with group URL, member count and organizer profile.
• 🌍 Community discovery — surface every active group and meetup around a topic in a region, sized by member count, to find where your audience gathers.
• 📊 Competitive event intelligence — monitor rival meetups, watch their attendance (goingCount), pricing and cadence over scheduled runs.
• 🤝 Sponsorship & venue targeting — filter groups by size, city and geo to find the right audiences and locations to sponsor, host or partner with.
• 📈 Market & community research — track which topics, cities and groups are growing, whether events are free or paid, and how pricing shifts over time.
• 🗓️ Calendar & newsletter aggregation — power a niche events site, community calendar or weekly newsletter from a single scheduled run.

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👥 Who uses it

Event marketers · community & DevRel teams · lead-gen agencies · B2B sales & SDRs · event sponsors & venue owners · conference & meetup organizers · market researchers · data journalists · event aggregators & calendar sites · newsletter publishers · growth & partnerships teams · local-business marketers

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💰 Pricing

This Actor uses simple pay-per-result pricing — you pay for the event rows you extract, with no monthly fee, no API key and no Meetup subscription. Costs scale with what you use, so a small test run costs a fraction of a large export.

👉 See the Pricing tab on this page for the current rate.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Is it legal to scrape Meetup.com? This Actor collects only publicly available event and group information that anyone can view on Meetup.com without logging in — no private data and no login-walled content. You are responsible for how you use the data; review Meetup's Terms of Service and applicable laws (including GDPR/CCPA where relevant), and use the output responsibly, especially any personal data.

Does Meetup have a public API? Meetup's official API has become restricted and largely paid — access to the modern GraphQL API is gated behind a Meetup Pro subscription, and the older open endpoints have been retired. This Actor is a practical alternative: it reads Meetup's own public event data with no API key and no Pro plan, returning structured events and groups you can export anywhere.

Can I use this without an API key or login? Yes. There is no login, no API key and no Meetup Pro subscription required. Just enter a keyword + city (or paste a /find/ URL) and run.

How do I export Meetup events to CSV or JSON? Run a search, open the Output / Dataset tab, and download the results as CSV, JSON or Excel (also HTML / API). Meetup data export into a spreadsheet, CRM or pipeline is a one-click step.

How much data can I get? As much as the search returns — set maxResults to 0 for no limit, or cap it for smaller test runs. For the highest volume, run several specific keywords across multiple cities in one job and raise the limits.

Does it get the RSVP / attendee count? Yes. Every event includes its goingCount (people going / RSVPs), plus the group's total groupMemberCount, so you can rank events by turnout and community size.

Can I scrape organizer leads without logging in? Yes. Every event row carries groupName, groupUrl, groupMemberCount, organizerName and organizerUrl, so one keyword-plus-city run doubles as a targeted Meetup organizer leads list — no account needed.

Can I scrape online-only or paid events? Yes. Each row has an isOnline flag and eventType, plus isFree, priceAmount and priceCurrency, so you can filter the dataset down to online events or paid events after the run.

How do I scrape all events in a specific city? Enter a keyword and a location (or paste a /find/ URL for that city), and the Actor returns matching Meetup events with date, venue, RSVP count and the organizing group. Leave keyword blank to auto-search broad topics near the location for an "all events nearby" sweep.

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⏰ Scheduling & integration

Run this Actor on a schedule (hourly, daily, weekly) with Apify Schedules to keep a live events feed or a fresh organizer-lead list. Push results straight into Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, Zapier, Make or your own systems via the Apify API, webhooks and native integrations — perfect for powering a community calendar, CRM enrichment or a BI dashboard.

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⭐ Support & feedback

Have a question, hit an edge case, or want a new field or feature? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab or contact us through the Apify platform. Feedback directly shapes the roadmap — and if this Actor saves you time, a review on the Apify Store is hugely appreciated. 🙏

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⚖️ Legal

This Actor extracts only publicly available information from Meetup.com. It does not access private, login-walled or paywalled content. You are solely responsible for how you collect and use the data, including compliance with Meetup's Terms of Service, applicable laws, and data-protection regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. Use the output — especially any personal data — lawfully and responsibly. This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Meetup.

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📝 Changelog

2026-07-06

• ✨ README overhaul: richer output sample, ready-to-run example scenarios, cross-promo links, clearer quick-start and expanded FAQ.

2026-07-01

• Maintenance pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data and confirmed successful runs within the 5-minute quality window on the default input.
• Sharpened Store metadata (SEO title & description) and expanded the FAQ with high-intent, long-tail questions for easier discovery in Google and Apify Store search.
• Added ready-to-run example tasks that cover common real-world use cases.

2026-06-15

• Reliability pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data with real-world inputs. Routine maintenance build.

2026-06-07

• Docs: added coverage for Meetup API alternative, Meetup events to CSV/JSON export, and scraping Meetup organizer leads without login.