Udemy Course Scraper — Extract Any Course Data Instantly

The fastest and most affordable way to scrape Udemy course data at scale. Extract complete course information from any Udemy course URL in seconds — pricing, ratings, curriculum, reviews, instructor details, and 60+ data points — all delivered as clean, structured JSON.

No browser extensions. No manual copy-paste. No expensive APIs. Just drop in a URL and get data.

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What Is This?

The Udemy Course Scraper is a cloud-based tool that automatically extracts detailed information from any Udemy course page. Whether you need data on a single course or thousands, this scraper handles it instantly — running in the cloud so your machine stays free.

Built for:

• 📊 Market researchers tracking course pricing trends across categories
• 🧑‍💼 Educators & course creators benchmarking competitors
• 🤖 Developers building course aggregators, comparison tools, or recommendation engines
• 📈 Analysts monitoring student enrollment and rating changes over time
• 🛒 E-learning platforms enriching their catalogues with live Udemy data
• 💬 NLP / AI teams collecting review datasets for sentiment analysis

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Why Choose This Scraper?

Feature	This Scraper
⚡ Speed	Extracts a full course + 100 reviews in under 30 seconds
💰 Cost	Less than 0.01 USD per course — fraction of a cent each
📦 Data depth	60+ fields per course including reviews, curriculum, and instructor portfolio
🔄 Bulk support	Scrape hundreds of URLs in a single run
🔁 Auto-retry	Retries failed pages automatically with exponential backoff
🌍 Residential proxy	Built-in Apify proxy widget — one click to enable
☁️ Cloudflare bypass	curl_cffi Chrome TLS impersonation — no 403 blocks
🍪 Cookie injection	Logged-in scraping for personalised pricing and enrolled data
💬 Reviews API	Full student reviews with ratings, text, and instructor responses
🎓 Instructor portfolio	All courses by the instructor with ratings, enrolments, and durations
🧹 Clean output	Structured JSON — ready for Excel, BigQuery, or your database

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What Data Do You Get?

Every scraped course returns 60+ structured fields across 6 categories:

📌 Core Info

Field	Description
title	Full course title
headline	Short marketing tagline
description_short	SEO meta description
description_full	Complete course description (plain text)
image	Thumbnail image URL
language	Course language (e.g. en-US)
level	Beginner / Intermediate / Expert / All Levels
date_published	Date last updated (YYYY-MM-DD)
created_date	Original creation timestamp
is_bestseller	True if the bestseller badge is shown
is_free / is_paid	Free or paid status
category / primary_category / primary_subcategory	Full category hierarchy
topics	Topic tags with Udemy URLs
available_languages	All subtitle / caption languages
course_id	Udemy's internal numeric course ID

💰 Pricing

Field	Description
price	Current price (numeric)
price_display	Current price with currency symbol (e.g. ₹539)
original_price	Pre-discount price (numeric)
original_price_display	Pre-discount price with symbol (e.g. ₹3,469)
discount_percent	Discount percentage (e.g. 84)
currency	ISO 4217 currency code (e.g. INR, USD, BRL)

⭐ Ratings & Popularity

Field	Description
rating	Average star rating (0.0 – 5.0)
rating_count	Total number of ratings
review_count	Total written reviews
num_subscribers	Total enrolled students (all time)
num_quizzes	Number of quizzes

🎓 Curriculum

Field	Description
total_duration	Total video length (e.g. 27h 14m)
total_duration_iso	ISO 8601 duration (e.g. PT27H14M)
total_lectures	Number of individual lectures
total_sections	Number of curriculum sections
curriculum_sections	Each section with name and duration
curriculum_sections_count	Total section count
curriculum_summary	Raw header text (e.g. 33 sections • 391 lectures • 27h)
estimated_content_length_min	Total content in minutes

👨‍🏫 Instructors

Field	Description
instructors	List of instructor display names
instructors_detail	Name, job title, profile URL, avatar per instructor
instructor_stats_raw	All-time stats (total students, reviews, rating)
instructor_id	Primary instructor's numeric Udemy user ID

📚 Course Details

Field	Description
what_you_will_learn	Full list of learning objectives
requirements	Prerequisites and requirements
target_audience	Who the course is designed for

💬 Reviews & Sentiment

Field	Description
reviews	Full array of review objects (see below)
reviews_scraped_count	Number of reviews collected in this run
reviews_total_count	Total reviews available on the course
reviews_with_response	Reviews that include an instructor reply
avg_rating_scraped	Mean rating of the collected batch
rating_distribution	Star breakdown: {"5": 199100, "4": 60629, ...}
rating_distribution_pct	Star breakdown as percentages: {"5": 70.0, "4": 21.3, ...}
top_keywords	Top 20 most frequent words from all review text

Each review object contains:

Field	Description
id	Unique review ID
rating	Star rating given (1.0 – 5.0)
content	Plain-text review body
content_html	HTML version of the review body
created	ISO 8601 creation timestamp
created_formatted	Human-readable (e.g. "3 months ago")
reviewer_name	Reviewer's public display name
reviewer_image	Reviewer avatar URL (50×50)
reviewer_initials	Initials fallback
has_instructor_response	True if the instructor replied
instructor_response	Instructor reply (plain text)
instructor_response_date	When the instructor replied

🎓 Instructor Portfolio (optional)

Field	Description
instructor_profile	Full profile: name, job title, rating, students, reviews, courses
instructor_courses	All courses by the instructor
instructor_courses_total	Total published courses
instructor_courses_fetched	Courses collected in this run

Each instructor course contains: id, title, url, avg_rating, num_reviews, num_lectures, estimated_length_min, last_update_date, level, locale, caption_languages, is_practice_test, num_coding_exercises.

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How to Use

Step 1 — Open the Actor

Go to the Actor page on Apify and click Try for free.

Step 2 — Add Your URLs

Paste one or more Udemy course URLs into the Course URLs field:

https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-saa-c03/
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-development-bootcamp/

Step 3 — Configure Options (optional)

All settings have sensible defaults. Toggle reviews, instructor courses, and proxy on/off as needed.

Step 4 — Click Run

The Actor runs in the cloud. Results stream into the Dataset tab in real time.

Step 5 — Export

Download as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, or connect via the Apify API.

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Input Options

Field	Type	Default	Description
Course URLs	URL list	—	(Required) One or more Udemy course page URLs
Scrape Reviews	Toggle	On	Collect student reviews via Udemy's reviews API
Max Reviews	Number	100	Max reviews per course (0 = all available)
Scrape Instructor Courses	Toggle	Off	Fetch all courses by the course instructor
Browser Cookies	JSON array	[]	Logged-in session cookies for personalised pricing
Max Retries	Number	3	Retries per URL before marking failed
Min Delay (ms)	Number	1500	Minimum pause between requests
Max Delay (ms)	Number	4000	Maximum pause between requests
Proxy Configuration	Proxy widget	Residential	Apify proxy picker — datacenter, residential, or custom
Headless	Toggle	On	Headless browser mode (disable only for local debugging)

Cookie Injection (for Logged-In Data)

Providing cookies lets the scraper access your personalised Udemy prices and enrolled course data. The cookies are also used to authenticate the reviews and instructor courses APIs.

1. Log in to Udemy in Chrome
2. Install the EditThisCookie extension
3. Visit any Udemy course page
4. Click the extension → Export
5. Paste the JSON array into the Browser Cookies field

Note: cf_clearance and session cookies expire after ~30 minutes of inactivity. Re-export if you see 403 errors on the APIs.

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Input Example

{
    "start_urls": [
        { "url": "https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-saa-c03/" },
        { "url": "https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-development-bootcamp/" }
    ],
    "scrape_reviews": true,
    "max_reviews": 100,
    "scrape_instructor_courses": false,
    "max_retries": 3,
    "min_delay_ms": 1500,
    "max_delay_ms": 4000,
    "proxy_configuration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

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Output Example

{
    "url": "https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-saa-c03",
    "scrape_status": "success",
    "course_id": 2196488,
    "title": "Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2026",
    "headline": "Full Practice Exam | Learn Cloud Computing | Pass the AWS SAA-C03 Certification!",
    "language": "en-US",
    "level": "All Levels",
    "date_published": "2026-03-01",
    "is_bestseller": true,
    "is_free": false,
    "rating": 4.7,
    "rating_count": 284429,
    "num_subscribers": 1200000,
    "price": 539,
    "price_display": "₹539",
    "original_price": 3469,
    "original_price_display": "₹3,469",
    "discount_percent": 84,
    "currency": "INR",
    "total_duration": "27h 14m",
    "total_lectures": 391,
    "total_sections": 33,
    "instructors": ["Stephane Maarek"],
    "instructor_id": 16122994,
    "primary_category": "IT & Software",
    "primary_subcategory": "AWS Certification",
    "what_you_will_learn": [
        "Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification",
        "Full Practice Exam with Explanations included",
        "Perform Real-World Solution Architecture on AWS"
    ],
    "curriculum_sections": [
        { "name": "IAM & AWS CLI", "duration": "56m" },
        { "name": "EC2 Fundamentals", "duration": "1h 38m" }
    ],
    "reviews_scraped_count": 100,
    "reviews_total_count": 284429,
    "reviews_with_response": 12,
    "avg_rating_scraped": 4.83,
    "rating_distribution": { "5": 199100, "4": 60629, "3": 14221, "2": 5480, "1": 4999 },
    "rating_distribution_pct": { "5": 70.0, "4": 21.3, "3": 5.0, "2": 1.9, "1": 1.8 },
    "top_keywords": [
        { "word": "excellent", "count": 42 },
        { "word": "detailed", "count": 38 },
        { "word": "recommend", "count": 31 }
    ],
    "reviews": [
        {
            "id": 38291047,
            "rating": 5.0,
            "content": "Excellent course! Stephane explains everything clearly with real-world examples.",
            "created": "2026-03-10T14:22:00Z",
            "created_formatted": "1 week ago",
            "reviewer_name": "Ravi Kumar",
            "reviewer_image": "https://img-c.udemycdn.com/user/50x50/anonymous_3.png",
            "reviewer_initials": "RK",
            "has_instructor_response": true,
            "instructor_response": "Thank you Ravi! Best of luck on your exam!",
            "instructor_response_date": "3 days ago"
        }
    ]
}

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Pricing & Speed

This scraper is engineered to be the most efficient Udemy scraper on the platform:

• 🏎️ ~20–30 seconds per course (including 100 reviews)
• 💵 Less than 0.01 USD per course on the Apify Free plan
• 📦 100 courses ≈ 1–2 Compute Units
• 🆓 Free tier — Apify gives you $5 in free credits every month

No subscriptions. No per-seat fees. Pay only for what you use.

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Use Cases

🔍 Competitor Research

Monitor how rival instructors price their courses, what topics they cover, and how their ratings evolve over time. Use the instructor portfolio feature to see their entire catalogue at once.

📉 Price & Discount Tracking

Track Udemy's flash sales and discount patterns. Know exactly when your target courses hit their lowest price.

🗂️ Course Catalogue Building

Populate your own database or e-learning platform with rich, structured Udemy course metadata including full curriculum breakdowns.

📊 Market Analysis

Understand demand signals — which categories have the most students, highest-rated instructors, and most competitive pricing.

💬 Sentiment & Review Analysis

Collect thousands of student reviews to run NLP sentiment analysis, identify recurring pain points, or discover what makes top-rated courses stand out. The top_keywords field gives you an instant word frequency map across all scraped reviews.

🤖 AI & Recommendation Engines

Feed structured course data into ML pipelines, recommendation systems, or LLM-powered course advisors.

🧑‍🏫 Instructor Intelligence

Use the instructor portfolio feature to pull all 72+ courses by an instructor in one run — complete with ratings, student counts, lecture counts, and last-updated dates.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a Udemy account to use this? No. The scraper works on public course pages without an account. Cookies are optional — they enable personalised pricing and unlock the reviews and instructor APIs.

Why do I need cookies for reviews? Udemy's reviews API requires an authenticated session. Export your browser cookies after logging in and the scraper handles everything automatically.

How many URLs can I scrape at once? No hard limit. Pass hundreds or thousands of URLs in a single run.

Will it work during a Udemy sale? Yes. The scraper reads the live price shown at the time of the run, including any active discounts.

What happens if a page fails to load? The scraper retries automatically up to the configured number of times with exponential backoff. If all retries fail, the URL is recorded with scrape_status: failed — the rest of the run continues uninterrupted.

Why residential proxies? Udemy's API uses Cloudflare which checks the IP address against the cf_clearance cookie. Residential proxies ensure the browser and API calls share the same IP, preventing 403 blocks.

Can I schedule this? Yes. Use Apify's built-in scheduler to run daily, weekly, or on any cron schedule from the Console.

Can I export to Excel or Google Sheets? Yes. Export as CSV from the Dataset tab and open directly in Excel or import into Google Sheets.

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Support

Found a bug or need a custom feature? Open an issue on the Actor page or contact support via the Apify Console.