🚀 Product Hunt Scraper — Daily Launches, Makers, Upvotes & Trending Products

Bulk-extract product launches and maker data from Product Hunt: daily / weekly / monthly leaderboards, product name, tagline, full description, upvote count, comment count, makers, hunters, topics + categories, launch date, website URL, alternative-to relationships, and pricing model. A pay-per-result alternative to BuiltWith, SimilarWeb, Apollo's product database, and Crunchbase Pro — built for VC analysts hunting early-stage breakouts, dev-tool founders tracking competitor launches, marketing teams sourcing influencer + maker leads, and content creators surfacing newest tools.

Why Product Hunt Scraper Beats BuiltWith, SimilarWeb, Apollo & Crunchbase Pro

Feature	NexGenData Product Hunt Scraper	BuiltWith	SimilarWeb	Apollo	Crunchbase Pro
Cost	$1 per 1K products, pay-per-event	$295-995 / month	$199-499 / month	$49-119 / seat / month	$99-249 / user / month
Product Hunt launch coverage	Yes — daily archive back to 2014	No	No	No	Limited
Maker + hunter data	Yes	No	No	Limited	Limited
Upvote + comment counts	Yes	No	No	No	No
Topic / category filter	Yes	Limited	No	No	Limited
Pricing model / "alternative-to" tags	Yes	No	No	No	No
Bulk export	JSON / CSV / Excel	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Plan-gated	Plan-gated
Auth	Apify token	Account + plan	Account + plan	Account + seat	Account + seat
Monthly minimum	None	$295+	$199+	$49+	$99+

Most early-stage VCs + dev-tool teams pick this actor instead of Crunchbase Pro for the very-early discovery layer because Crunchbase lags Product Hunt launches by weeks — this is a drop-in alternative that surfaces breakouts on launch day, cheaper than BuiltWith for "show me every new HR-tech tool" workflows, and an effective replacement for manually scrolling Product Hunt daily.

What You Get Per Product

Each dataset item is a flat record:

• name, tagline, description
• slug, product_hunt_url, website
• launch_date, launched_in — daily / weekly / monthly group
• upvotes, comments, reviews_count
• daily_rank, weekly_rank, monthly_rank
• topics[] — Product Hunt category tags
• makers[] — {name, username, profile_url, twitter, role}
• hunters[] — {name, username, profile_url, follower_count}
• pricing_model — Free / Freemium / Paid / Subscription
• platforms[] — iOS / Android / Web / Chrome / Mac / etc.
• alternative_to[] — comparable products users reference
• media[] — gallery + video URLs
• featured_status — was this a Product of the Day / Week / Month?
• comments_top[] — top 5 comments sample

Use Cases

• VC analysts — daily watchlist of products with >500 upvotes in their thesis category
• Dev-tool founders — early-warning for competitor launches; auto-Slack on any new "code review" launch
• PR / outreach teams — source maker leads + email-discovery starting from PH profiles
• Content creators / newsletter writers — weekly top-launch roundup auto-generated from data
• Investors at later stage — backlog of breakout products from 2-3 years ago to gauge Series A pipeline
• Marketplaces / app stores — partner-acquisition list filtered by pricing_model: Free + platforms

Quick Start

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/product-hunt-scraper").call(run_input={
    "since": "2026-04-01",
    "until": "2026-05-01",
    "topics": ["developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence"],
    "minUpvotes": 100
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["launch_date"], item["name"], item["upvotes"])

Pricing

Pay-per-event:

• Actor Start: small fixed charge per run (memory-scaled)
• Per product: $1 per 1,000 products returned

No subscription, no minimum.

Related NexGenData Actors

Use case	Actor
Indie Hackers product launches	indie-hackers-products-tracker
Hacker News scraper	hacker-news-scraper
HN Who's Hiring scraper	hn-whos-hiring-scraper
Startup funding tracker	startup-funding-tracker
Crunchbase news scraper	crunchbase-news-scraper
GitHub trending repositories	github-trending-repos
GitHub repository deep-stats	github-repo-stats
SaaS pricing tracker	saas-pricing-tracker

FAQ

How far back does the archive go? Product Hunt was founded in late 2013; data is reliable from 2014 onward.

Can I filter by minimum upvotes? Yes — set minUpvotes and the actor only returns products clearing the threshold.

Are makers + hunters always returned? Yes — every product page lists at least one maker (the submitter) and a hunter (often the same person).

Output formats? JSON, CSV, Excel, and the Apify dataset API.

Is this legal? Yes — Product Hunt pages are publicly accessible and intentionally indexed by search engines.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes 260+ buyer-intent actors covering SEC filings, YC alumni, lead generation, competitive intelligence, stock fundamentals across 30+ exchanges, and more. All pay-per-result. Browse the full catalog at https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b

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How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

• Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
• Result / item: charged per item written to the default dataset
• No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData referral link — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

• Apify console — point-and-click run
• Apify API — REST + webhooks
• Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
• Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
• MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
• Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
• Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

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