Hugging Face Scraper

Scrape the Hugging Face Hub — models and datasets — by keyword or top-by-sort, with downloads, likes, tags, pipeline, library, and dates. Built on the public Hub API: no API key or setup needed.

Search a topic, a model family, or an author and get a clean, structured feed you can export to CSV, Excel, or JSON — great for AI/ML trend research and model monitoring.

Features

• Official, public source — reads the public Hugging Face Hub API.
• Models and datasets — pick either resource type and search or list the top items.
• Rich sorting — order by downloads, likes, last modified, or created date.
• Model monitoring — schedule it on your model family or author and track downloads and likes over time.

Use cases

• AI/ML trend research — track the most-downloaded models or datasets on any topic.
• Model / author monitoring — follow a family (e.g. llama, whisper) and watch its stats.
• Dataset discovery — find datasets by keyword with tags and popularity.
• Datasets — build structured Hub metadata for analysis or pipelines.

Input

Field	Type	Description
resourceType	enum	models or datasets.
searchQueries	string[]	Search terms. Leave empty to list top items by sort.
sortBy	enum	downloads, likes, lastModified, or createdAt.
maxItems	integer	Max items per query. Default 100.

Example

{
  "resourceType": "models",
  "searchQueries": ["llama", "whisper"],
  "sortBy": "downloads",
  "maxItems": 200
}

Output

{
  "type": "model",
  "id": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct",
  "author": "meta-llama",
  "downloads": 9198251,
  "likes": 1562,
  "pipelineTag": "text-generation",
  "libraryName": "transformers",
  "tags": ["transformers", "safetensors", "llama", "text-generation"],
  "createdAt": "2024-09-18T15:12:47.000Z",
  "lastModified": "2024-10-24T15:07:51.000Z",
  "gated": "manual",
  "private": false,
  "url": "https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct",
  "query": "llama",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-11T19:00:00.000Z"
}

Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, or pull it via the Apify API.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.01 per run start (per GB of run memory) plus $0.50 per 1,000 items. You only pay for items actually returned. See the Pricing tab for current rates.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. This Actor uses the public Hugging Face Hub API — no key, no auth.

How do I get the top models without searching? Leave searchQueries empty and set sortBy (e.g. downloads).

Can I scrape datasets instead of models? Yes — set resourceType to datasets.

Can I monitor a model family? Yes — schedule the Actor with the family name as the query and sortBy: lastModified.

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial Actor. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hugging Face. It uses the public Hugging Face Hub API and returns publicly available content. You are responsible for how you use the data.