Apify Creator Profile Scraper

Extract comprehensive data from any Apify developer profile including all published actors, usage statistics, ratings, reviews, and pricing information. This Actor is designed for building portfolio widgets, showcase pages, competitor analysis dashboards, and AI/MCP integrations. Fast, reliable, and cost-effective with typical execution times under 5 seconds.

Build beautiful portfolio widgets like this - showing your Apify actors with descriptions, categories, user counts, and pricing.

Why Use This Actor?

The Apify Creator Profile Scraper solves a common problem for developers and businesses: getting structured data about an Apify developer's published actors. Whether you want to showcase your own actors on your website, analyze competitor offerings, or build analytics dashboards, this Actor provides all the data you need in a clean, structured format.

Key Benefits

• 100% Reliability: Uses the official Apify Store API with zero chance of being blocked
• Lightning Fast: Typical execution completes in under 5 seconds for most profiles
• Cost Effective: Pay only $0.01 per profile + $0.002 per actor extracted
• Comprehensive Data: Get ratings, reviews, users, runs, pricing, categories, and success rates
• Multiple Output Formats: Choose between full analytics, widget-ready, or minimal data
• MCP Compatible: Perfect for AI agents and Model Context Protocol integrations

Features

Complete Actor Data Extraction

Extract all publicly available data for each actor including:

• Basic info: title, description, slug, URL, thumbnail
• Statistics: total users, runs, 7/30/90-day user counts
• Ratings: review count, average rating, bookmark count
• Pricing: model type, event charges, Apify margins
• Performance: 30-day success/failure rates

Profile Summary Analytics

Automatically calculate aggregate statistics:

• Total actors, users, and runs across the portfolio
• Average rating and total reviews
• Category distribution breakdown
• Pricing model breakdown
• Top performers by users and rating
• Portfolio-wide success rate

Flexible Output Formats

Format	Description	Best For
full	All available data including stats, pricing, run history	Analytics dashboards, detailed analysis
widget	Optimized structure with essential fields	Website widgets, portfolio pages
minimal	Basic info only (id, title, name, url, users, rating)	Quick lookups, simple integrations

Advanced Filtering & Sorting

Filter actors by:

• Minimum user count
• Minimum rating (0-5 stars)
• Specific categories (ECOMMERCE, DATA_EXTRACTION, etc.)

Sort results by:

• Most users
• Most runs
• Highest rated
• Most recently active
• Alphabetically

Data Extracted

For Each Actor

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique actor identifier
title	string	Display name
name	string	URL-friendly slug
description	string	Actor description
url	string	Direct link to actor page
pictureUrl	string	Thumbnail/icon URL
categories	array	Category tags
stats.totalUsers	number	Total unique users
stats.totalRuns	number	Total executions
stats.totalUsers7Days	number	Users in last 7 days
stats.totalUsers30Days	number	Users in last 30 days
stats.totalUsers90Days	number	Users in last 90 days
stats.rating	number	Average review rating (0-5)
stats.reviewCount	number	Number of reviews
stats.successRate30Days	number	Success percentage (last 30 days)
pricing.model	string	PAY_PER_EVENT, FREE, etc.
pricing.events	object	Event-based pricing details

Profile Summary

Field	Type	Description
totalActors	number	Total published actors
totalUsers	number	Combined users across all actors
totalRuns	number	Combined runs across all actors
averageRating	number	Average rating (reviewed actors only)
totalReviews	number	Total review count
categories	array	All unique categories
categoryBreakdown	object	Count per category
pricingModelBreakdown	object	Count per pricing model
topActorByUsers	object	Most popular actor
topActorByRating	object	Highest rated actor
averageSuccessRate30Days	number	Portfolio-wide success rate

How to Use

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
username	string	-	Apify username to scrape (e.g., "apify")
profileUrl	string	-	Alternative: full profile URL
includeStats	boolean	true	Include usage statistics
includePricing	boolean	true	Include pricing details
includeRunStats	boolean	true	Include 30-day run breakdown
sortBy	enum	totalUsers	Sort order
filterCategories	array	[]	Filter by categories
filterMinUsers	integer	0	Minimum user threshold
filterMinRating	number	0	Minimum rating threshold
outputFormat	enum	full	Output detail level
generateSummary	boolean	true	Generate profile summary
maxRetries	integer	3	API retry attempts
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	30	Request timeout

Basic Usage

Scrape all actors from a creator profile:

{
    "username": "apify"
}

Or use the full profile URL:

{
    "profileUrl": "https://apify.com/apify"
}

Widget-Ready Output

For embedding in websites:

{
    "username": "apify",
    "outputFormat": "widget",
    "sortBy": "totalUsers"
}

Filtered Analytics

Get only highly-rated e-commerce actors:

{
    "username": "apify",
    "filterCategories": ["ECOMMERCE", "DATA_EXTRACTION"],
    "filterMinUsers": 100,
    "filterMinRating": 4.0,
    "sortBy": "rating"
}

Output Example

Full Output Structure

{
    "summary": {
        "username": "apify",
        "userFullName": "Apify",
        "profileUrl": "https://apify.com/apify",
        "totalActors": 50,
        "totalUsers": 125000,
        "totalRuns": 5000000,
        "averageRating": 4.7,
        "totalReviews": 450,
        "categories": ["ECOMMERCE", "SOCIAL_MEDIA", "DATA_EXTRACTION"],
        "categoryBreakdown": {
            "ECOMMERCE": 15,
            "SOCIAL_MEDIA": 12,
            "DATA_EXTRACTION": 23
        },
        "pricingModelBreakdown": {
            "PAY_PER_EVENT": 35,
            "FREE": 15
        },
        "topActorByUsers": {
            "title": "Website Content Crawler",
            "url": "https://apify.com/apify/website-content-crawler",
            "users": 25000
        },
        "averageSuccessRate30Days": 94.5
    },
    "actors": [
        {
            "id": "abc123",
            "title": "Website Content Crawler",
            "name": "website-content-crawler",
            "username": "apify",
            "description": "Crawl websites and extract text content...",
            "url": "https://apify.com/apify/website-content-crawler",
            "pictureUrl": "https://images.apifyusercontent.com/...",
            "categories": ["DATA_EXTRACTION", "AUTOMATION"],
            "stats": {
                "totalUsers": 25000,
                "totalRuns": 500000,
                "rating": 4.8,
                "reviewCount": 120,
                "successRate30Days": 96.5
            },
            "pricing": {
                "model": "PAY_PER_EVENT",
                "events": {
                    "page-crawled": {
                        "title": "Page Crawled",
                        "priceUsd": 0.001
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "username": "apify",
        "totalActorsFound": 50,
        "actorsReturned": 50,
        "sortedBy": "totalUsers",
        "outputFormat": "full",
        "scrapedAt": "2025-01-12T10:00:00.000Z",
        "processingMs": 1250
    }
}

Use Cases

1. Developer Portfolio Widget

Display your Apify actors on your personal website or portfolio. Use the widget output format for a clean, embeddable data structure that integrates easily with any frontend framework.

2. Competitor Analysis Dashboard

Monitor competitor portfolios to understand their offerings, pricing strategies, and user adoption. Track changes over time by scheduling regular scrapes.

3. Actor Discovery & Research

Find all actors by a specific developer to understand their expertise, evaluate quality through ratings and success rates, and discover useful tools.

4. Analytics & Reporting

Build comprehensive dashboards showing actor performance metrics, category distribution, and growth trends. Perfect for Apify partners and power users.

5. MCP/AI Agent Integration

Use this Actor as a data source for AI agents that need to understand Apify actor ecosystems. The structured output is ideal for Model Context Protocol integrations.

6. Developer Showcase Pages

Create automated showcase pages that always display up-to-date information about a developer's actors, including real-time stats and ratings.

Pricing

This Actor uses transparent Pay Per Event (PPE) pricing:

Event	Price	Description
Profile Scraped	$0.01	Charged once per run
Actor Extracted	$0.002	Per actor in output

Cost Examples

Profile Size	Actors	Total Cost
Small	5	$0.02
Medium	20	$0.05
Large	50	$0.11
Very Large	100	$0.21

Integration Examples

JavaScript/Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/apify-creator-profile-scraper').call({
    username: 'apify',
    outputFormat: 'widget',
    sortBy: 'totalUsers'
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
const { summary, actors } = items[0];

console.log(`Found ${actors.length} actors with ${summary.totalUsers} total users`);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_API_TOKEN')

run = client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/apify-creator-profile-scraper').call(run_input={
    'username': 'apify',
    'outputFormat': 'widget',
    'filterMinUsers': 100
})

dataset = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId'])
items = list(dataset.iterate_items())
data = items[0]

print(f"Found {len(data['actors'])} actors")
print(f"Top actor: {data['summary']['topActorByUsers']['title']}")

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~apify-creator-profile-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"username": "apify", "outputFormat": "widget"}'

Technical Details

Specification	Value
Memory	128-512 MB
Typical Runtime	2-10 seconds
Data Source	Apify Store API
Rate Limits	None (public API)
Browser Required	No
Proxy Required	No

FAQ

How often can I run this Actor?

There are no rate limits from Apify's side. Run as frequently as needed. Data reflects real-time values from the Store API.

Why use this instead of scraping the profile page?

The Apify Store API provides structured, complete data without browser automation. This means:

• 10x faster execution
• 10x lower memory usage
• Zero chance of blocking
• More complete data fields

Can I scrape private actors?

No. This Actor only retrieves publicly published actors from the Apify Store.

What if a username doesn't exist?

The Actor returns an empty actors array with zero counts in the summary. No error is thrown.

How accurate are the statistics?

Statistics come directly from Apify's official API and reflect real-time platform data.

Is this Actor eligible for the Apify $1M Challenge?

Yes! This Actor:

• Uses PPE pricing (required)
• Targets a non-prohibited platform (Apify itself)
• Has a quality score above 65 threshold
• Was published within the challenge window

Changelog

v1.1.0 (2025-01)

• Added PPE (Pay Per Event) pricing
• Added retry logic with exponential backoff
• Added configurable request timeouts
• Improved error handling with clear messages
• Added dataset output schema
• Optimized memory usage (128MB minimum)
• Enhanced input validation

v1.0.0 (2025-01)

• Initial release
• Full, widget, and minimal output formats
• Filtering by categories, users, and rating
• Profile summary generation
• Multiple sorting options

Support

If you encounter any issues or have feature requests:

1. Check the FAQ section above
2. Review the input parameters documentation
3. Contact the developer through the Actor's page
4. Leave a review with your feedback

License

MIT License - Free to use for any purpose.

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