Bluesky Scraper — Posts & Profiles

What does Bluesky Scraper do?

Bluesky Scraper enables you to extract data from Bluesky using the public AT Protocol API without requiring login credentials.

Bluesky Scraper can scrape:

• User profiles (bio, follower count, avatar, display name)
• Individual posts and threads
• Search results (posts and profiles)
• Post metadata (likes, reposts, replies, timestamps)
• User feed data

Why scrape Bluesky?

Bluesky is a rapidly growing decentralized social network with thousands of active users sharing content daily. It's an excellent source of data for social listening, trend analysis, and content research.

Here are just some of the ways you could use Bluesky data:

• Monitor conversations and trends in your industry
• Analyze user sentiment and engagement patterns
• Research competitor activity and audience
• Build datasets for natural language processing and AI training
• Track hashtag trends and viral content
• Gather contact information from professional profiles

If you would like more inspiration on how scraping Bluesky could help your business or organization, check out our industry pages.

How to scrape Bluesky

It's easy to scrape Bluesky with Bluesky Scraper. Just follow these few steps and you'll get your data in minutes.

1. Click on Try for free.
2. Enter a Bluesky handle (e.g., username.bsky.social), search term, or post URL.
3. Configure additional options like maximum posts to scrape or search filters.
4. Click on Run.
5. When Bluesky Scraper has finished, preview or download your data from the Dataset tab.

How much will it cost to scrape Bluesky?

Apify gives you $5 free usage credits every month on the Apify Free plan. Depending on your scraping needs, you can gather substantial amounts of data completely free.

But if you need to scrape Bluesky regularly or at scale, we recommend our $49/month Starter plan for consistent access to fresh data.

For large-scale scraping operations, the Scale plan offers even more value with higher monthly allowances.

Results

The actor returns data in JSON format:

{
  "handle": "username.bsky.social",
  "displayName": "Example User",
  "description": "Bio text here",
  "followersCount": 1234,
  "followsCount": 567,
  "postsCount": 890,
  "avatar": "https://...",
  "posts": [
    {
      "uri": "at://...",
      "text": "Post content",
      "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "likeCount": 42,
      "replyCount": 5,
      "repostCount": 8,
      "author": {
        "handle": "username.bsky.social",
        "displayName": "Example User",
        "avatar": "https://..."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Tips for scraping Bluesky

• No login required — the public AT Protocol API is freely accessible
• Respect rate limits to avoid temporary blocks
• Use specific handles or search terms to get more relevant results
• Posts and profiles are easier to scrape than real-time feeds due to API availability
• Combine multiple searches to build comprehensive datasets on specific topics

Is it legal to scrape Bluesky?

Note that personal data is protected by GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers. We also recommend that you read our blog post: is web scraping legal?.