# Naver Webtoon Scraper - Ratings, Followers & Genres (`loopchips/korea-webtoons`) Actor

Scrape Korea's largest webtoon platform. Every series by publication day with rating, follower count, genres, tags, age rating, synopsis, creators and cover art. Built for IP scouting, licensing research and tracking what is climbing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/loopchips/korea-webtoons.md
- **Developed by:** [Loopchips](https://apify.com/loopchips) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 webtoon series

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Naver Webtoon Scraper

Korea's webtoon industry is where a growing share of global film, drama and
animation IP now starts. Naver Webtoon is its largest platform. This Actor turns
the catalogue into structured rows you can sort, filter and track.

### What you get

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `title` | Series name |
| `writers` / `artists` | Credits split out, not just a combined line |
| `originalNovelAuthors` | Present when the series adapts a novel |
| `rating` | Reader score |
| `favoriteCount` | Followers - the real popularity signal |
| `genres` / `tags` | Genre and editorial tags |
| `ageRating` | Age classification |
| `synopsis` | Official description |
| `weekday` / `publishDays` | Publication schedule |
| `isCompleted` / `onHiatus` / `isNew` | Series status |
| `thumbnailUrl` / `url` | Cover art and link |
| `scrapedAt` | Timestamp, so runs stack into a history |

### Example input

```json
{
  "days": ["mon", "tue", "wed"],
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxTitlesPerDay": 100,
  "requestDelayMs": 250
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "titleId": 570503,
  "title": "소녀의 세계",
  "authorLine": "모랑지",
  "writers": "모랑지",
  "rating": 9.9237,
  "favoriteCount": 1122872,
  "genres": "드라마",
  "ageRating": "전체연령가",
  "publishDays": "Monday",
  "isCompleted": false,
  "url": "https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list?titleId=570503",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-11T10:44:02.118Z"
}
```

### What people use it for

- **IP scouting and licensing** - find series with large followings before they
  are optioned
- **Market research** - what genres are growing, which days are crowded
- **Competitive tracking** - run on a schedule and watch follower counts move
- **Recommendation and catalogue building** - genres, tags and synopses in one place

### Options

- `includeDetails` on adds follower count, genres, tags, age rating and synopsis
  by fetching one extra page per series. Turn it off for a fast, light run that
  returns the line-up and ratings only.

### Pricing

Pay per result. You are charged only for series actually returned.

### Notes

- `originalNovelAuthors` is empty for series that are not novel adaptations.
  That is the source's own data, not a gap.
- This Actor reads publicly published catalogue pages. It does not access
  episode content, paid chapters or any account.

# Actor input Schema

## `days` (type: `array`):

Which weekday line-ups to scrape. Series publish on fixed days.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetches one extra page per series to add follower count, genres, tags, age rating and synopsis. Turn off for a faster, lighter run.

## `maxTitlesPerDay` (type: `integer`):

Cap how many series to take from each weekday line-up.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Pause between detail lookups so the source is not hit too quickly.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "days": [
    "mon"
  ],
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxTitlesPerDay": 100,
  "requestDelayMs": 250
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "days": [
        "mon"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("loopchips/korea-webtoons").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "days": ["mon"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("loopchips/korea-webtoons").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "days": [
    "mon"
  ]
}' |
apify call loopchips/korea-webtoons --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,loopchips/korea-webtoons"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ww6WGSyhh1ZSJtuHy/builds/sr0EA1AT5q0i2sm0B/openapi.json