Meetup Phone Number Scraper

Meetup Phone Number Scraper turns a keyword into a contact sheet of phone numbers published on Meetup. Give it search terms and it returns the accounts that publish a way to reach them, with the account name, handle and profile URL beside each contact.

It reads only what Meetup and Google already show a signed-out visitor. No login, no cookies, no private or partner API, no browser and no JavaScript rendering.

Read this before your first run. Meetup indexes group and event pages rather than member profiles, so rows usually identify a group rather than a person.

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What the Meetup Phone Number Scraper does

The Meetup Phone Number Scraper searches Google with a contact dork rather than a plain keyword: site:meetup.com organizer whatsapp "+44". That asks for the pages which already publish a phone number, instead of every page matching a word.

Each result block yields the account and the phone number together, in one request. Google no longer prints the target URL on most layouts, so the handle comes from what it does print: the "Meetup - handle" site label, the breadcrumb, or a Name (@handle) title.

Every row is written to the dataset the moment it is found and logged as it is written, so a run is readable while it is still going.

Phone numbers are validated by libphonenumber against the real numbering plan of the country you searched, so order numbers, dates and follower counts cannot reach the dataset. Each number is returned in E.164 form and in the national format its country uses.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Meaning
keywords	array	organizer, networking	Search terms - a niche, job title or industry.
location	string	""	Added to every query, e.g. New York.
countries	array	US, UK, India	Which countries' numbers to look for. Name, ISO code or dial code. Each one multiplies the searches.
maxEmails	integer 1-10000	20	Stop once this many unique contacts are found.
expandQueries	boolean	true	Search each keyword in several phrasings.
queryModifiers	array	per platform	Extra words combined with each keyword.
maxPagesPerQuery	integer 1-50	30	Google result pages per query.
maxConcurrency	integer 1-20	5	Queries run in parallel.
countryCode	string	""	Two-letter country for the search proxy.

Output

Every row the Meetup Phone Number Scraper writes:

Field	Meaning
network	Platform name
keyword	The keyword that found this row
query	The exact Google query used
phone	The number in E.164 form, e.g. +447590574946
phoneNational	The same number as its country writes it
phoneCountry	ISO country the number belongs to
accountName	Account label as the platform shows it
fullName	Display name where published
username	Handle
profileUrl	Canonical profile URL
url	The page the result pointed at
description	The result snippet, cleaned
foundAt	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

{
  "network": "Meetup",
  "keyword": "organizer",
  "accountName": "examplestudio",
  "fullName": "Example Studio",
  "username": "examplestudio",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.meetup.com/examplestudio/",
  "phone": "+447590574946",
  "phoneNational": "07590 574946",
  "phoneCountry": "GB"
}

How to use the Meetup Phone Number Scraper

1. Put your search terms in Keywords - the niche, job title or industry you sell to.
2. Add a Location if the list should be local.
3. Pick the Countries whose numbers you want. Every number is validated against that country's numbering plan.
4. Set Max results to cap the run, then start it.
5. Export the dataset as CSV, JSON or Excel, or pull it through the Apify API.

Use cases

Lead generation. Build a list of Meetup accounts in one niche that publish a phone number, with the handle and profile URL for context before you write.

Recruiting. Find people describing themselves with a role keyword and reach them on the contact they chose to publish.

Agency prospecting. Search a niche and a city, and get a prospect sheet with the account and the contact side by side.

CRM enrichment. Feed profileUrl and phone straight into your CRM; the keyword and query columns record where each row came from.

Limitations, stated plainly

• Only contacts already published in public Meetup pages indexed by Google. Nothing hidden from a signed-out visitor is reachable, and none is guessed from a name.
• Meetup indexes group and event pages rather than member profiles, so rows usually identify a group rather than a person.
• Coverage depends on what Google has indexed, so a narrow niche returns fewer rows than a broad one. Raising Max pages per query and adding keywords helps.
• The free Apify plan caps a run at 20 results.
• A number written without its country code can only be validated against the country you searched, so search the countries you actually sell to.

Pricing

Pay per result: you are charged for each row written to the dataset, and nothing for a run that finds nothing. Platform and proxy costs are included in that price.

Related Actors

Actor	What it collects
Meetup Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Meetup
Meetup Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Meetup
Academia.edu Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Academia.edu
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Carrd Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Carrd
Domestika Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Domestika
edX Email Scraper	Public contact emails from edX
Gumroad Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Gumroad
Kaggle Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Kaggle
Kajabi Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Kajabi
Ko-fi Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Ko-fi
Linktree Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Linktree
MasterClass Email Scraper	Public contact emails from MasterClass
Pluralsight Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Pluralsight
Preply Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Preply
ResearchGate Email Scraper	Public contact emails from ResearchGate
Skillshare Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Skillshare
Teachable Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Teachable
Udemy Email Scraper	Public contact emails from Udemy
Academia.edu Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Academia.edu
Buy Me a Coffee Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Buy Me a Coffee
Carrd Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Carrd
Domestika Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Domestika
edX Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from edX
Gumroad Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Gumroad
Kaggle Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Kaggle
Kajabi Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Kajabi
Ko-fi Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Ko-fi
Linktree Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Linktree
MasterClass Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from MasterClass
Pluralsight Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Pluralsight
Preply Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Preply
ResearchGate Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from ResearchGate
Skillshare Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Skillshare
Teachable Email and Phone Number Scraper	Emails and phone numbers from Teachable
Academia.edu Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Academia.edu
Buy Me a Coffee Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Buy Me a Coffee
Carrd Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Carrd
Domestika Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Domestika
edX Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from edX
Gumroad Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Gumroad
Kaggle Phone Number Scraper	Public phone numbers from Kaggle

FAQ

Does the Meetup Phone Number Scraper need a login or cookies?
No. It reads public search results and public Meetup pages only.

Where do the phone numbers come from?
From the public page the search result points at - the same text any visitor can read.

Are the numbers real?
Every number is checked against its country's numbering plan before it is written, so invalid strings are dropped rather than shipped.

Can I run it on a schedule?
Yes, with Apify Schedules. Progress is saved, so a migrated run continues instead of starting over.

Something is missing or wrong.
Email neurodata.apify@gmail.com.

Support

Questions, bugs or a custom build: neurodata.apify@gmail.com.