🚀 Product Hunt Scraper - Track Trending Products & Startups

Automatically scrape trending products from Product Hunt and get structured data for market research, competitor analysis, and startup tracking.

✨ What This Scraper Does

This Actor extracts trending products from Product Hunt and returns clean, structured data including:

• 📛 Product Name - The name of the product
• 💬 Tagline - Short product description
• 👍 Upvotes - Number of upvotes (popularity metric)
• 🔗 Product URL - Direct link to the product page
• 🏷️ Topics - Categories/tags associated with the product
• 📅 Timestamp - When the data was scraped

🎯 Perfect For

Use Case	How It Helps
Market Research	Discover what products are gaining traction in your industry
Competitor Analysis	Track when competitors launch new products
Startup Scouting	Find promising startups for investment or partnership
Trend Analysis	Identify emerging trends in tech and SaaS
Lead Generation	Find potential customers launching new products
Content Creation	Discover trending topics for blog posts and social media

⚙️ Input Options

Parameter	Description	Default
maxProducts	Number of products to scrape (1-100)	20
timeframe	daily, weekly, or monthly	daily
includeDetails	Get extra details from product pages	false

Example Input

{
    "maxProducts": 50,
    "timeframe": "weekly",
    "includeDetails": true,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
}

📊 Sample Output

{
    "rank": 1,
    "name": "AI Coding Assistant",
    "tagline": "Write code 10x faster with AI",
    "upvotes": 1547,
    "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/ai-coding-assistant",
    "topics": ["Developer Tools", "Artificial Intelligence", "Productivity"],
    "timeframe": "daily",
    "scrapedAt": "2024-12-10T08:30:00.000Z"
}

💰 Pricing

This Actor uses a Pay Per Result model:

• $0.01 per product scraped
• No monthly fees - only pay for what you use
• Free trial available

🔄 Integrations

Export your data to:

• Google Sheets
• Airtable
• Slack notifications
• Webhooks
• Email alerts
• And 100+ more via Zapier/Make

❓ FAQ

Q: How often can I run this scraper? A: As often as you need! Schedule it hourly, daily, or weekly.

Q: Will this work if Product Hunt changes their website? A: We actively maintain this scraper. If it breaks, we'll fix it ASAP.

Q: Can I get historical data? A: This scraper gets current trending products. Run it daily and store results for historical tracking.

🆘 Support

Having issues? Contact us through Apify or open an issue on GitHub.

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