Bluesky Posts Scraper: Search, Profiles, Feeds & Lists

Get Bluesky posts from searches, profiles, custom feeds, lists and single post links, with more than 100 fields on every post: the text, the author, likes, reposts, replies, quotes and saves, images, video and link cards, the post it answers or quotes, who may reply, and the profile's own numbers on every row of a profile. No Bluesky account needed.

Tested daily. Latest checks: Bluesky's own profile read whole, 907 of its 907 posts; 6,794 posts from two searches, a profile, a feed and a post in under five minutes.

What does this Actor do?

You give it search terms, links, or both. Each one is a source, and each source gives you one row per post:

• A search term (climate, "open source", #photography) or a search link (https://bsky.app/search?q=climate): the posts that match, newest first and back as far as Bluesky shows, or Bluesky's top posts. Narrow it to a language or to a stretch of dates.
• A profile (https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team, or just jay.bsky.team): its posts, newest first, back to its first post or your limit, with replies or without, and its reposts if you want them. Every row carries the profile's followers, bio and post count.
• A custom feed (https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/feed/whats-hot) or a list (…/lists/…): the posts it shows, in its own order, to its end.
• A post link (https://bsky.app/profile/<handle>/post/<id>): that one post.

Why use it?

• Every field Bluesky shows on a post. Counts (likes, reposts, replies, quotes, saves), the author's verification and account date, each image with its alt text and size, video, link cards, hashtags, mentions and links, the post it replies to with its text, the post, feed, list or starter pack it quotes, and its reply settings.
• Searches read far back. A newest-first search keeps going past the first page, back through Bluesky's results, to your limit or your date.
• Profiles, feeds and lists, not only search. Follow accounts, read a custom feed the way its subscribers see it, or export a list's posts.
• One price, no start fee. You pay per post saved.

How to use it

1. Type search terms into Search terms, and/or paste profiles, feeds, lists, posts or search links into Profile, feed, list, post or search links, one per line.
2. Optionally set Max posts per search or link, a date range, the search order and language, and which of a profile's posts to read.
3. Click Start. When the run ends, open the Output tab to view the posts or download them as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Run it with no input to see a sample: up to 20 posts for the search bluesky and 20 from Bluesky's own profile, charged as usual.

Input

Field	What it does	Default
Search terms (searchTerms)	Words to search posts for; each term is one search	empty
Profile, feed, list, post or search links (startUrls)	Profiles (or handles), custom feeds, lists, single posts and search links	empty
Max posts per search or link (maxPostsPerSource)	Stop each source after this many posts, from 1 to 100,000	100
Search order (sort)	latest (newest first, far back) or top (Bluesky's top posts, one page of up to 100)	latest
Language (language)	Keep only search results in this language (en, de, ja, …)	any
Only posts newer than (onlyPostsNewerThan)	A date (YYYY-MM-DD, UTC) or a period (7 days, 3 months)	any date
Only posts older than (onlyPostsOlderThan)	A date (YYYY-MM-DD, UTC); that day is left out	up to now
Profile posts (profilePosts)	posts_with_replies, posts_no_replies, posts_with_media or posts_with_video	posts_with_replies
Include reposts (includeReposts)	Also save what a profile reposted, with who reposted it and when	off

At least one search term or link is needed.

Example input:

{
  "searchTerms": ["climate", "#photography"],
  "startUrls": [
    "https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team",
    "https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/feed/whats-hot"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerSource": 500,
  "onlyPostsNewerThan": "30 days",
  "language": "en"
}

Output

One row per post. A sample row, shortened:

{
  "post_id": "3lexampleid2a",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/example.bsky.social/post/3lexampleid2a",
  "text": "A made-up post about #photography",
  "created_at": "2026-10-20T10:00:00.000Z",
  "author_handle": "example.bsky.social",
  "author_name": "Example Person",
  "like_count": 42,
  "repost_count": 5,
  "reply_count": 3,
  "quote_count": 1,
  "hashtags": ["photography"],
  "embed_type": "images",
  "images": [
    { "url": "https://cdn.example/full.jpg", "alt": "A lake at dawn", "width": 1200, "height": 800 }
  ],
  "source_type": "search",
  "source": "#photography"
}

Every field:

• post_uri: The post's permanent at:// address; the key each post is saved and charged once by.
• post_id: The post's id, the last part of its link.
• cid: The id of this version of the post's content.
• url: The post on bsky.app.
• text: The post's text.
• created_at: When the author posted it.
• indexed_at: When Bluesky first saw it.
• langs: The languages the author tagged it with.
• labels: Moderation labels on the post (e.g. porn, graphic-media).
• self_labels: Content warnings the author put on it.
• author_did: The author's permanent account id.
• author_handle: The author's handle, e.g. jay.bsky.team.
• author_name: The author's display name.
• author_avatar: The author's profile picture.
• author_pronouns: The pronouns on the author's profile, when set.
• author_created_at: When the author's account was made.
• author_labels: Labels on the author's account.
• author_verified: Whether Bluesky shows the author as verified.
• author_is_trusted_verifier: Whether the author may verify other accounts.
• author_verified_by: Who verified the author.
• author_verified_at: When the author was verified.
• author_allows_messages: Who may message the author: all, following or none.
• author_allows_activity_subscriptions: Who may subscribe to the author's new posts.
• like_count: Likes.
• repost_count: Reposts.
• reply_count: Replies.
• quote_count: Quote posts.
• bookmark_count: Saves.
• is_reply: Whether the post answers another post.
• reply_to_uri: The post it answers.
• reply_to_url: The post it answers, on bsky.app.
• reply_to_author_handle: Who wrote the post it answers (profiles, feeds and lists).
• reply_to_text: The text of the post it answers (profiles, feeds and lists).
• thread_root_uri: The first post of its thread.
• thread_root_author_handle: Who started the thread (profiles, feeds and lists).
• thread_post_index: Its place in the author's own thread, when Bluesky shows it.
• thread_post_count: How many posts the author's own thread has, when Bluesky shows it.
• hashtags: Its hashtags.
• mentioned_dids: The accounts it mentions, by DID.
• links: The links in its text.
• has_media: Whether it carries images or video of its own (a quoted post's media is in quoted_media_urls).
• embed_type: What it carries: images, video, link, quote or quote_with_media.
• images: Each image: url, thumbnail_url, alt, width, height, mime_type, size_bytes.
• video_url: The video's stream (an .m3u8 playlist).
• video_thumbnail_url: The video's still.
• video_alt: The video's alt text.
• video_width: In pixels.
• video_height: In pixels.
• video_presentation: How the video is shown, e.g. gif.
• video_mime_type: The uploaded file's type.
• video_size_bytes: The uploaded file's size in bytes.
• link_card_url: The page its link card points to.
• link_card_title: The card's title.
• link_card_description: The card's text.
• link_card_thumbnail_url: The card's picture.
• quoted_type: What it quotes: post, feed, list, starter_pack, labeler, not_found, blocked or detached.
• quoted_uri: The quoted record's address.
• quoted_url: The quoted post on bsky.app.
• quoted_author_did: Who wrote or made the quoted record.
• quoted_author_handle: Their handle.
• quoted_author_name: Their display name.
• quoted_author_avatar: Their picture.
• quoted_labels: Labels on the quoted post.
• quoted_text: The quoted post's text.
• quoted_created_at: When the quoted record was made.
• quoted_langs: The quoted post's languages.
• quoted_like_count: The quoted post's (or feed's) likes.
• quoted_repost_count: The quoted post's reposts.
• quoted_reply_count: The quoted post's replies.
• quoted_quote_count: The quoted post's quotes.
• quoted_media_urls: The quoted post's images and video.
• quoted_name: The quoted feed's, list's or starter pack's name.
• quoted_description: Its description.
• quoted_list_purpose: A quoted list's kind: curatelist, modlist or referencelist.
• quoted_member_count: How many accounts a quoted list holds.
• quoted_joined_week_count: People who joined through a quoted starter pack this week.
• quoted_joined_all_time_count: People who joined through it in all.
• reply_restrictions: Set when the author limited replies: mentioned, followers, following, list_members, or nobody.
• reply_allowed_lists: The lists whose members may reply.
• hidden_reply_count: Replies the author hid.
• is_repost: True when a profile reposted it (with Include reposts on, or in a feed that shows reposts).
• reposted_by_did: Who reposted it.
• reposted_by_handle: Their handle.
• reposted_by_name: Their display name.
• reposted_by_avatar: Their picture.
• reposted_at: When.
• repost_uri: The repost's own address.
• source_type: search, profile, feed, list or post.
• source: The search term or the link it came from.
• search_result_count: Bluesky's count of matches for the search, posts it does not show included.
• profile_did: The profile read (profile links only).
• profile_handle: Its handle.
• profile_name: Its display name.
• profile_description: Its bio.
• profile_avatar: Its picture.
• profile_banner: Its banner.
• profile_created_at: When it was made.
• profile_followers_count: Its followers.
• profile_follows_count: Accounts it follows.
• profile_posts_count: Its post count, replies included.
• profile_lists_count: Lists it made.
• profile_feeds_count: Custom feeds it made.
• profile_starter_packs_count: Starter packs it made.
• profile_labels: Labels on it.
• profile_verified: Whether Bluesky shows it as verified.
• profile_pinned_post_uri: The post it pinned.
• profile_indexed_at: When Bluesky last indexed it.
• scraped_at: When this run started.

A field Bluesky has no value for is null (an empty list is null too). The profile_… fields are filled on rows read from a profile link, and empty on others.

How much does it cost?

No surcharges and no paid options; an item that fails is not charged.

You pay for what you get:

• $1.50 per 1,000 posts ($0.0015 a post). Each post is charged once per run.
• No start fee, and nothing per search or link.

So 500 posts from each of 4 sources cost $3. If you set a maximum cost for a run, the Actor stops when it reaches it and keeps every post saved so far.

How long does a run take?

About 1,500 posts a minute in all. In a test, 6,794 posts from five sources took four and a half minutes, and a whole 907-post profile a minute and a half.

Good to know

• Search shows what Bluesky shows a visitor. Bluesky's own count of matches (search_result_count) also counts posts it does not show without an account, so a search can end below it. Top search is one page of up to 100 posts.
• A profile's post count includes its replies. profile_posts_count matches what a whole read with Profile posts on its default returns; the other choices, a date range or your limit return fewer.
• Feeds have their own order and end. A feed such as What's Hot is read until it has nothing more to show, or until Bluesky stops serving more of it (about 1,500 to 1,900 posts for What's Hot), which may be well before its oldest post.
• Only posts older than reads past newer posts on a profile, feed or list. A search asks Bluesky for that stretch of time directly; a profile, feed or list is read from its newest post, and the newer ones are skipped, not saved or charged. Such a source reads at most about 200 posts for each post of your limit, so a profile with far more newer posts than that can end with none: set a higher limit, or search for the stretch instead.
• One source that cannot be read does not stop the run. A profile, feed or post that does not exist, or is not shown, ends with a message; the others carry on.
• A post can turn up under two sources. It is saved and charged once per run, on the first source that found it.
• Counts move. Likes, reposts and followers are the numbers at the moment the post was read.

Not included: the replies under a post, follower and following lists, profile search, and posts that need a Bluesky account to see.

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Use it from an AI agent or the API

One call starts a run and returns its items (Apify waits up to 300 seconds; for a longer run, start it with POST /v2/acts/…/runs and read its dataset):

POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/luzivanlt~bluesky-posts-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>

With the sample input as its JSON body:

{
  "searchTerms": ["bluesky"],
  "startUrls": ["https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app"],
  "maxPostsPerSource": 20,
  "sort": "latest",
  "profilePosts": "posts_with_replies",
  "includeReposts": false
}

Its inputs, in the order of the input form:

Input	What it takes	Default
searchTerms (Search terms)	Words to search Bluesky posts for, as you would type them in Bluesky's search box, e.g. climate, "open source" or #photography.	—
startUrls (Profile, feed, list, post or search links)	Bluesky pages to read: a profile (https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team, or just the handle jay.bsky.team) gives its posts, newest first; a custom feed (https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/feed/whats-hot) or a list (…/lists/…) gives its posts in the feed's own order; a post link gives that one post; a search link (https://bsky.app/search?q=climate) is read like a search term.	—
maxPostsPerSource (Max posts per search or link)	Stop reading a search, profile, feed or list after this many posts.	100
sort (Search order)	Latest reads a search newest first and keeps going back through Bluesky's results, as far as Bluesky shows them, to your limit or your date.	"latest"
language (Language)	Keep only search results in this language, written as a language code: en, de, ja, pt, es, pt-BR and so on.	—
onlyPostsNewerThan (Only posts newer than)	Keep only posts from this date on: a date (YYYY-MM-DD, UTC) or a period such as "7 days", "2 weeks", "3 months" or "1 year".	—
onlyPostsOlderThan (Only posts older than)	Keep only posts from before this day (YYYY-MM-DD, UTC; the day itself is left out).	—
profilePosts (Profile posts)	Which of a profile's posts to read: all of them, replies included (the default); posts without replies; only posts with images or video; or only posts with video.	"posts_with_replies"
includeReposts (Include reposts)	Also save the posts a profile reposted, each with who reposted it and when (reposted_by_handle, reposted_at).	false

Apify's MCP server, https://mcp.apify.com, lists it as luzivanlt/bluesky-posts-scraper. To give an AI agent this Actor as a tool, add the server to the agent's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=luzivanlt/bluesky-posts-scraper"
    }
  }
}

The client signs in with OAuth, or add "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" }.

Charged per post delivered; the sample input above costs at most $0.06.

FAQ

Do I need a Bluesky account? No. The Actor reads what anyone can see on Bluesky without signing in.

Can I search for a hashtag? Yes: type it as a search term, such as #photography.

Does it read the replies to a post? No, only the post itself (and, for a reply, the post it answers).

Can I run it from my own code, on a schedule, or with other apps? Yes. Like any Apify Actor, you can start it through the Apify API, run it on a schedule, and connect it to other apps with Apify's integrations and webhooks.

Is it legal to scrape Bluesky?

This Actor reads only public posts that anyone can see. Posts and profiles hold personal data, such as names, handles and pictures: check Bluesky's terms and the laws that apply to you (such as the GDPR) before you use the data. If you are unsure, ask a lawyer.

Support

Found a problem or missing a feature? Open an issue on the Issues tab and include the run's link.

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