Behance People Scraper

Behance People Scraper

Behance People Scraper searches Behance for creatives by keyword and returns full public profiles: name, occupation, location, creative fields, followers, appreciations and views, hiring availability, social links, latest projects, and freelance reviews and completed jobs.

Find designers, illustrators, photographers and other creatives on Behance by keyword, filter by any of 110 creative fields, country, state or city, sort by followers or recency, and get up to 10,000 structured profiles per search with stats, availability and client reviews.

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Behance People Scraper (Apify actor parsebird/behance-people-scraper) searches people on behance.net and returns public creative profiles. Call it with the Apify API client: client.actor("parsebird/behance-people-scraper").call(run_input={"query": "logo designer", "maxItems": 100, "country": "US", "creativeField": "199", "sort": "followed"}). Inputs: query (string, keyword matched against names, usernames and profile text; default "mockup"; empty = Behance's recommended creatives); maxItems (integer 1-10000, default 10); sort ("recommended" default, "followed", "appreciations", "views", "published_date"); creativeField (Behance creative field ID as a string, e.g. "44" Graphic Design, "48" Illustration, "73" Photography, "109" Branding, "132" UI/UX, "199" Logo Design; "" = any); country (2-letter code like "US" or English name); state (full name like "California", needs country); city (e.g. "New York", needs country); proxyConfiguration (optional). Output: one row per person with id, username, url, firstName, lastName, displayName, occupation, company, website, location, city, state, country, createdOn (unix seconds), isFeaturedFreelancer, isResponsiveToHiring, allowsContactFromAnyone, isAvailableForFreelanceServices, avatar, images (50/100/138/276 px), creativeFields (name, id, url), availabilityInfo (isAvailableFullTime, isAvailableFreelance, isLookingForRemote, isOpenToRelocation, compensationMin, currency, availabilityTimeline, hiringTimeline), stats (appreciations, views, followers, following), socialReferences (service, url, isVerified), projects.nodes (up to 4 latest projects with cover image URLs), freelanceProjectUserInfo (completedProjectCount, reviewCount, completedProjects with hirer, reviews with reviewer), creatorPro, subscriptionProduct, searchQuery, scrapedAt. API docs: https://apify.com/parsebird/behance-people-scraper/api. Get a token: https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations

What is Behance People Scraper?

Behance People Scraper turns Behance people search into a clean dataset. Behance is Adobe's portfolio network for designers, illustrators, photographers, 3D artists and other creatives. Type a keyword such as mockup, logo designer or 3d artist, and the scraper returns one structured profile per creative, with their location, creative fields, follower and appreciation counts, hiring availability, social links, latest projects and freelance client reviews.

It works as a Behance API alternative for people data: no Behance or Adobe account and no browser needed. The easiest way to try it is to keep the example keyword, click Start, and download the profiles as JSON, CSV or Excel a few seconds later.

What can Behance People Scraper do?

• 🔍 Keyword search: the same people search as behance.net, in any language (дизайн, イラスト and diseño all work).
• 🎨 Creative field filter: limit results to any of Behance's 110 creative fields, from Graphic Design and Illustration to UI/UX, Photography and 3D Art.
• 📍 Location filters: country, state or region, and city.
• ↕️ Behance's sort options: Recommended, Most followed, Most appreciated, Most viewed and Most recent.
• 💼 Hiring signals: freelance and full-time availability, remote and relocation preferences, minimum rate and hiring timeline when the creative has set them.
• ⭐ Freelance track record: completed Behance freelance projects with the hirer, and written client reviews with the reviewer.
• 🔗 Contact paths: personal website and linked social profiles (Instagram, LinkedIn, Dribbble, X, and others), each with Behance's verified flag.
• 🧹 No duplicates: Behance sometimes repeats people across pages; each creative is saved once.

As an Apify Actor it also gives you scheduling for recurring talent searches, a REST API, integrations with Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, Slack and webhooks, and exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and HTML.

What data can you extract from Behance?

Field	Description
displayName, firstName, lastName, username	Creative's name and Behance username
url	Behance profile URL
occupation, company	Job title and company as written on the profile
website	Personal website link
location, city, state, country	Location from the profile
creativeFields	Up to 3 creative fields with name and ID
stats	Total appreciations, project views, followers and following
availabilityInfo	Freelance / full-time availability, remote, relocation, minimum rate, currency, hiring timeline
isFeaturedFreelancer, isResponsiveToHiring, isAvailableForFreelanceServices	Behance hiring badges
socialReferences	Linked social accounts with the verified flag
projects.nodes	Up to 4 latest projects with title, URL and cover images (202, 404 and 808 px, JPG and WebP)
freelanceProjectUserInfo	Completed freelance projects (with hirer), review count and review texts (with reviewer)
creatorPro	Whether the creative has Behance Pro, and since when
avatar, images	Profile picture URLs in 50, 100, 138 and 276 px
createdOn	Account creation time (Unix seconds)

How to scrape Behance people

1. Open Behance People Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Enter a Search query, for example packaging designer.
3. Optionally pick a Creative field, Country and City, and a Sort by order.
4. Set Maximum number of profiles, for example 100.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish (under a minute for 1,000 profiles in our tests).
6. Download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML from the Output tab, or fetch them through the API.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	No	mockup	Keyword to search Behance people for. Empty returns Behance's recommended creatives
maxItems	integer	No	10	Maximum unique profiles to save (1 to 10,000)
sort	string	No	recommended	recommended, followed, appreciations, views or published_date
creativeField	string	No	any	Behance creative field ID, chosen from a list in the Console
country	string	No	—	2-letter code (US, DE, IN) or English country name
state	string	No	—	State or region in full (California). Works together with country
city	string	No	—	City name (New York). Works together with country
proxyConfiguration	object	No	none	Optional proxy. Not needed in normal use

Example input:

{
    "query": "logo designer",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "sort": "followed",
    "creativeField": "199",
    "country": "US"
}

Output example

Each Behance profile is one dataset item. The example below is shortened to one project, one completed project and one review; real items contain up to 4 projects and every completed project and review Behance returns.

{
    "__typename": "User",
    "id": 1508873,
    "username": "shirazanddaryan",
    "url": "https://www.behance.net/shirazanddaryan",
    "firstName": "shirāz &",
    "lastName": "dāryān",
    "displayName": "shirāz & dāryān",
    "occupation": "Shiraz & Daryan Creative Home",
    "company": "Branding / Art & Creative Direction",
    "website": "http://shirazanddaryan.com",
    "location": "Stockholm, Sweden",
    "city": "Stockholm",
    "state": "",
    "country": "Sweden",
    "createdOn": 1345704966,
    "isFeaturedFreelancer": true,
    "isResponsiveToHiring": true,
    "allowsContactFromAnyone": true,
    "isAvailableForFreelanceServices": true,
    "images": {
        "size_276": {
            "url": "https://pps.services.adobe.com/api/profile/E5D23137509ECDFA0A490D44@AdobeID/image/6ecc7e65-95a2-44ea-8b5a-174e4f9e9951/276",
            "width": 276,
            "height": 276
        }
    },
    "creativeFields": [
        { "name": "Graphic Design", "id": "44", "url": "/search?field=44" },
        { "name": "Branding", "id": "109", "url": "/search?field=109" },
        { "name": "Photography", "id": "73", "url": "/search?field=73" }
    ],
    "availabilityInfo": {
        "isAvailableFullTime": true,
        "isOpenToRelocation": false,
        "isLookingForRemote": true,
        "isAvailableFreelance": true,
        "compensationMin": null,
        "currency": "USD",
        "availabilityTimeline": null,
        "buttonCTAType": "hire_me",
        "hiringTimeline": null
    },
    "stats": {
        "appreciations": 116653,
        "views": 1076751,
        "followers": 25980,
        "following": 127
    },
    "socialReferences": [
        { "socialService": "Instagram", "url": "http://instagram.com/shirazanddaryan", "isVerified": true }
    ],
    "projects": {
        "nodes": [
            {
                "id": 246399759,
                "name": "LOGO PORTFOLIO - Badge & Emblem, Neo-Vintage",
                "url": "https://www.behance.net/gallery/246399759/LOGO-PORTFOLIO-Badge-Emblem-Neo-Vintage",
                "slug": "LOGO-PORTFOLIO-Badge-Emblem-Neo-Vintage",
                "covers": {
                    "size_404": { "url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/404/afd8cb246399759.Y3JvcCwzMDAwLDIzNDYsMCwyMg.jpg" },
                    "size_808": { "url": "https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/808/afd8cb246399759.Y3JvcCwzMDAwLDIzNDYsMCwyMg.jpg" }
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "freelanceProjectUserInfo": {
        "completedProjectCount": 34,
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "completedProjects": [
            {
                "id": 1244699,
                "modifiedOn": 1773939793,
                "status": "COMPLETE",
                "hirer": {
                    "username": "karimatassi3",
                    "displayName": "Karim Atassi",
                    "id": 71242923,
                    "url": "https://www.behance.net/karimatassi3"
                }
            }
        ],
        "reviews": [
            {
                "review": "Smart, precise, reliable, creative - what else? :)",
                "id": 933,
                "freelanceProject": { "id": 5039, "status": "COMPLETE", "modifiedOn": 1708527349 },
                "reviewer": {
                    "id": 1773079247,
                    "username": "clemenslukas",
                    "displayName": "Clemens Lukas",
                    "url": "https://www.behance.net/clemenslukas"
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "creatorPro": {
        "initialSubscriptionDate": "2026-06-08 17:43:07",
        "isActive": true
    },
    "avatar": "https://pps.services.adobe.com/api/profile/E5D23137509ECDFA0A490D44@AdobeID/image/6ecc7e65-95a2-44ea-8b5a-174e4f9e9951/138",
    "searchQuery": "mockup",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-08T13:26:49.414Z"
}

Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML from the Output tab, or read it through the dataset API.

How to use the Behance People Scraper API

Run the scraper from your own code with the Apify API client. Get your token from Apify Console → Integrations.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("parsebird/behance-people-scraper").call(run_input={
    "query": "illustrator",
    "maxItems": 200,
    "sort": "followed",
    "country": "DE",
})
for person in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(person["displayName"], person["url"], person["stats"]["followers"])

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('parsebird/behance-people-scraper').call({
    query: 'ui designer',
    maxItems: 200,
    creativeField: '132',
    country: 'US',
    city: 'San Francisco',
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((p) => console.log(p.displayName, p.url, p.availabilityInfo?.isAvailableFreelance));

See the API tab for the REST endpoints, including running the scraper and getting the dataset in one call.

Use cases

• Recruiting and talent sourcing: build shortlists of designers available for freelance or full-time work in a specific city or field.
• Agency and studio scouting: find creatives with strong followings and a proven Behance freelance record, with client reviews to read first.
• Creator marketing: find illustrators, 3D artists or photographers with large audiences for brand collaborations.
• Market research: compare how many creatives work in a field by country, and how their audiences and availability differ.
• Lead generation for creative tools: build lists of professionals in a niche, with their websites and linked social profiles.
• Portfolio monitoring: schedule a search and track new creatives or follower growth over time.

How it works

1. The scraper opens a visitor session on behance.net, the same way a browser does.
2. It sends your keyword, filters and sort order to Behance's people search, 48 profiles per page, the same page size the website uses.
3. Each profile is saved with its stats, availability, social links, latest projects and freelance history; people Behance repeats across pages are skipped.
4. It stops at your maximum, when Behance has no more results, or when your spending limit is reached.

How much does it cost to scrape Behance?

Behance People Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. You pay per profile saved to the dataset, and nothing else.

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
profile-scraped, per 1,000 profiles	$2.99	$2.79	$2.59	$2.29

For example, 1,000 Behance profiles cost $2.99 on the Free plan, and the default 10-profile run costs about $0.03. Compute and proxy costs are included in the event price. You can set a maximum spend per run in Apify Console, and the scraper stops when it is reached.

FAQ

How many people can I get from one search? Behance shows at most about 10,000 people per search, and often fewer: the keyword mockup gave 3,952 unique profiles in our tests. To collect more, run several searches with different keywords, creative fields or countries.

Does it scrape Behance projects? It returns each person's 4 latest projects with title, URL and cover images, as on the Behance search page. It does not open every project in a portfolio.

Why are some fields empty or null? They are empty on the creative's Behance profile. For example, availabilityInfo is null for people who have never set their hiring availability, and city is empty when the profile lists only a country.

Do State and City work on their own? No. Behance applies them only together with a Country. Without a country they are ignored and the scraper logs a warning.

Does it get email addresses? No. Behance does not show email addresses publicly. You get the profile URL, personal website and linked social accounts.

Do I need a Behance account or a proxy? No. The scraper reads public Behance data without logging in, and no proxy is needed in normal use.

How fast is it? About 45 seconds for 1,000 profiles and about 3.5 minutes for 4,000 profiles on the Apify platform in our tests.

Can I run it on a schedule or connect it to other tools? Yes. Use Apify schedules for recurring runs and integrations to send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make or your own webhook.

Something is missing or not working? Open an issue on the Issues tab and we will look into it.

Is it legal to scrape Behance?

Our scrapers are ethical and do not extract any private user data, such as email addresses, gender, or location. They only extract what the user has chosen to share publicly. We therefore believe that our scrapers, when used for ethical purposes by Apify users, are safe. However, you should be aware that your results could contain personal data. Personal data is protected by the GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers. You can also read our blog post on the legality of web scraping.

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