Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper

Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper - Trending Symbols & Messages

Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper pulls the current Stocktwits trending stock symbols and the market messages posted about them, and computes a sentimentScore and sentimentLabel (positive, neutral, or negative) for every message it collects.

Ranks the live Stocktwits trending-symbols list, pulls market messages from each trending symbol's stream, and scores every message's sentiment — no Stocktwits account or API key required.

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parsebird/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper on Apify. Call: ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("parsebird/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper").call(run_input={"includeTrendingSymbols":true,"maxSymbols":20,"includeNews":true,"maxNewsItems":20,"computeSentiment":true}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items for results. Key inputs: includeTrendingSymbols (boolean, default true, saves current trending-symbol records), maxSymbols (integer 1-200, default 20, Stocktwits ranks up to ~30 as trending), includeNews (boolean, default true, collects market messages from trending symbol streams — works even when includeTrendingSymbols is false), maxNewsItems (integer 1-200, default 20), computeSentiment (boolean, default true, adds sentimentScore/sentimentLabel per message), timeoutSecs (integer, default 30), maxRetries (integer, default 3), proxyConfiguration (object, optional Apify Proxy override). Output records have a "type" field of trending_symbol, news_message, or error: trending_symbol has rank/symbol/title/id/watchlist_count/raw; news_message has messageId/createdAt/symbol/body/user/likes/sentimentScore/sentimentLabel/raw; error has endpoint/error. A run summary is saved to the key-value store under OUTPUT. Full actor spec: GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parsebird~stocktwits-sentiment-scraper (Bearer TOKEN). Get token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

What is Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper?

Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper is an Apify Actor that acts as a Stocktwits API alternative for anyone tracking retail trader chatter. Stocktwits doesn't offer a public, documented API, so this actor calls the same endpoints stocktwits.com itself uses to render its trending-symbols page and per-symbol message streams, and returns the results as clean structured rows with sentiment already computed.

Use it as a Stocktwits scraper, a stock sentiment API, or a scheduled data feed for market-chatter monitoring, trading dashboards, and research pipelines. Results download as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML, or you can pull them programmatically through the Apify API.

What can Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper do?

• 📈 Collect the current Stocktwits trending symbols, ranked, with watchlist counts and company titles
• 💬 Pull market messages from each trending symbol's live message stream, with pagination to fill larger requests
• 🧮 Compute a sentimentScore (integer) and sentimentLabel (positive / neutral / negative) for every message
• 🔀 Collect messages from trending symbols even when you don't need the trending-symbol records themselves
• ⚙️ Configurable request timeout and retry count per source request, plus an optional Apify Proxy override for reliability
• 🕒 Run on demand, schedule recurring runs, or connect results to Apify integrations like Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, and webhooks
• 📤 Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or HTML from the Apify dataset

What data can you extract from Stocktwits?

Field	Record type	Description
rank / symbol / title	trending_symbol	Position and identity of a trending ticker
watchlist_count	trending_symbol	Number of Stocktwits users watching the symbol
messageId / createdAt	news_message	Message ID and original publication timestamp
body	news_message	The market message text (HTML entities decoded)
user	news_message	Author id and username when available
likes	news_message	Message like count
sentimentScore / sentimentLabel	news_message	Computed sentiment, or null when disabled or the message has no text
sourceUrl	all	The Stocktwits API endpoint the record came from
raw	all	A trimmed copy of the original source object

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
includeTrendingSymbols	boolean	No	true	Save records for the current Stocktwits trending symbols
maxSymbols	integer	No	20	Maximum number of trending symbols to save, from 1 to 200
includeNews	boolean	No	true	Collect market messages from the current trending symbol streams
maxNewsItems	integer	No	20	Maximum number of market messages to save, from 1 to 200
computeSentiment	boolean	No	true	Calculate sentimentScore and sentimentLabel for messages
timeoutSecs	integer	No	30	Maximum wait time for each source request, from 1 to 300 seconds
maxRetries	integer	No	3	Number of attempts for a source request, from 1 to 10
proxyConfiguration	object	No	—	Optional Apify Proxy configuration for collection reliability

If both includeTrendingSymbols and includeNews are false, the Actor completes without collecting either dataset category. If includeNews is enabled, the Actor can still use current trending symbols to find market messages even when trending-symbol records are not saved.

Basic collection:

{
  "includeTrendingSymbols": true,
  "maxSymbols": 20,
  "includeNews": true,
  "maxNewsItems": 20,
  "computeSentiment": true
}

Trending symbols only:

{
  "includeTrendingSymbols": true,
  "maxSymbols": 50,
  "includeNews": false
}

Message collection without sentiment:

{
  "includeTrendingSymbols": false,
  "includeNews": true,
  "maxNewsItems": 100,
  "computeSentiment": false
}

Output example

trending_symbol:

{
  "type": "trending_symbol",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-09-16T10:47:43.000Z",
  "rank": 1,
  "symbol": "RIG",
  "title": "Transocean Ltd",
  "id": 7029,
  "watchlist_count": 25068,
  "sourceUrl": "https://api.stocktwits.com/api/2/trending/symbols.json",
  "raw": {
    "symbol": "RIG",
    "exchange": "NYSE",
    "sector": "IndustrialServices",
    "trending_score": 0.352577
  }
}

news_message:

{
  "type": "news_message",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-08-02T08:30:00.000Z",
  "messageId": 123456789,
  "createdAt": "2026-08-02T08:28:41Z",
  "symbol": "NVDA",
  "body": "Investors are watching the next earnings update for guidance on data-center demand.",
  "user": {
    "id": 987654,
    "username": "marketwatcher"
  },
  "likes": 12,
  "sentimentScore": 2,
  "sentimentLabel": "positive",
  "sourceUrl": "https://api.stocktwits.com/api/2/streams/symbol/NVDA.json",
  "raw": {
    "id": 123456789,
    "body": "Investors are watching the next earnings update for guidance on data-center demand."
  }
}

If a collection source fails after its configured maxRetries attempts, the dataset receives an error record instead, and a run summary is saved to the key-value store under OUTPUT with item counts and an errors array.

Download in JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel from the dataset page, or fetch rows programmatically through the API.

How to scrape Stocktwits sentiment data

1. Open Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Leave includeTrendingSymbols and includeNews on to collect both trending symbols and their message streams, or turn one off.
3. Adjust maxSymbols and maxNewsItems for the volume you need, and set computeSentiment if you want scored messages.
4. Start the run and wait for the dataset to populate — most runs finish in seconds.
5. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, XML, or RSS, or open them straight in Google Sheets.
6. Automate it with Apify scheduling, integrations, or the Apify API.

How to use the Stocktwits API in Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("parsebird/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper").call(run_input={
    "includeTrendingSymbols": True,
    "maxSymbols": 20,
    "includeNews": True,
    "maxNewsItems": 20,
    "computeSentiment": True,
})

items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items[:2])

How to use the Stocktwits API in JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('parsebird/stocktwits-sentiment-scraper').call({
    includeTrendingSymbols: true,
    maxSymbols: 20,
    includeNews: true,
    maxNewsItems: 20,
    computeSentiment: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Use cases

• Trading dashboards — Feed the current trending-symbols list and message sentiment into a live dashboard
• Sentiment monitoring — Track how bullish or bearish chatter shifts for specific tickers over time
• Market research — Compare which symbols are trending on Stocktwits against your own watchlist
• Alerting — Schedule recurring runs and trigger alerts when sentiment for a tracked symbol turns negative
• Dataset building — Build a labeled dataset of retail trader messages and sentiment for further analysis

How it works

1. Calls Stocktwits' trending-symbols endpoint to get the current ranked list of trending tickers
2. Saves each trending symbol as a trending_symbol record when includeTrendingSymbols is enabled
3. Calls the per-symbol message-stream endpoint for each trending symbol, paginating as needed to fill maxNewsItems
4. Decodes and cleans each message body, then scores it for sentiment using a lexicon-based scorer (boosted by Stocktwits' own Bullish/Bearish tag when a user set one)
5. Pushes records to the dataset and stops early once the configured limits or your spending limit are reached

How much does it cost to scrape Stocktwits?

Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing — you pay per trending-symbol or market-message record saved to the dataset, not per API call made internally.

Event	Price per event	Price per 1,000
record-collected	$0.00099 (Free) / $0.00089 (Bronze) / $0.00079 (Silver) / $0.00069 (Gold)	$0.99 / $0.89 / $0.79 / $0.69

A basic-collection run (20 trending symbols + 20 messages) costs under $0.04 on the Free plan. error records are not charged.

Is it legal to scrape Stocktwits data?

Stocktwits Sentiment Scraper extracts publicly available trending-symbol rankings and market messages from the same endpoints Stocktwits' own website uses to render its pages. Scraping publicly accessible data is generally lawful, but you're responsible for how you use the results — always review Stocktwits' Terms of Service and Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping before running large or automated workloads. This actor does not provide investment advice, and its sentiment score is a lexicon-based heuristic, not a financial signal.

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FAQ

Do I need a Stocktwits account or API key? No. Stocktwits doesn't offer a public, documented API. This actor calls the same endpoints the Stocktwits website itself uses, so no credentials are required.

How is sentimentScore calculated? The actor runs a lexicon-based scorer over each message body, counting bullish vs. bearish market terms. When a Stocktwits user tags their own message as Bullish or Bearish, that tag boosts the score. The result is a heuristic signal, not investment advice.

Why did I get fewer trending symbols than my maxSymbols value? Stocktwits typically ranks up to about 30 symbols as trending at any given time. Setting maxSymbols above that just means every currently trending symbol gets saved.

Can includeNews collect messages without saving trending symbols? Yes. Set includeTrendingSymbols to false and includeNews to true — the actor still uses the live trending list internally to find symbols to pull messages from, it just doesn't save trending_symbol records.

Can I schedule recurring runs? Yes. Use Apify scheduling to run hourly, daily, or at any interval, then connect the dataset to integrations or webhooks.

Does this actor require a proxy? No. Stocktwits' public API doesn't require a proxy for normal use. The proxyConfiguration input is available if you want to route requests through Apify Proxy for extra reliability.

How do I report a problem or request a field? Open an issue from the Actor page in Apify Console and include the run ID and input used.