# Kick Channel Scraper (`parseforge/kick-channel-scraper`) Actor

Surface creator and stream records from Kick Channel with channel name, follower count, viewer count, category, language and direct links. Perfect for influencer discovery, brand partnerships and audience research. Run on demand or on a recurring schedule and feed every row into your favourite an.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/parseforge/kick-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ParseForge](https://apify.com/parseforge) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

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## 🟢 Kick Channel Scraper

> 🚀 **Pull Kick.com channels in seconds.** Production ready, real time data with no manual collection.

> 🕒 **Last updated.** 2026-05-27 · **📊 12 fields** per record · **Real time data** · **Public source**

Scrape Kick.com channel profiles, live stream status, follower counts, recent categories and recent videos for streaming analytics and creator research.

| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Data analysts | Build dashboards, monitor changes |
| Compliance teams | Risk screening and audit trails |
| Journalists | Investigative research and reporting |
| Developers | Pipe data into apps via Apify API |

### 📋 What this Scraper does

- Connects to the official public source in real time
- Returns clean, deduplicated records
- Auto paginates through the upstream API or HTML feed
- Normalizes dates, identifiers and codes
- Outputs every record with a `scrapedAt` ISO timestamp
- Supports up to 1,000,000 items per run for paid users

> 💡 **Why it matters.** save engineering hours, get a clean dataset in one run.

### 🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

### ⚙️ Input

````

{
"maxItems": 10
}

````

> ⚠️ **Good to Know.** free plan runs are capped at 10 items as a preview. Upgrade to a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 records.

### 📊 Output

| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| `imageUrl` | text |
| `title` | text |
| `slug` | text |
| `url` | text |
| `id` | text |
| `isLive` | text |
| `followersCount` | text |
| `bio` | text |
| `recentCategories` | text |
| `recentVideos` | text |
| `scrapedAt` | text |
| `error` | text |

### ✨ Why choose this Actor

- 100% public data, no auth required
- Standardized field naming across all ParseForge actors
- Real time, no cached output
- Pay per event pricing, pay only for actual records returned

### 📈 How it compares to alternatives

| Alternative | Caveat |
|---|---|
| Manual collection | Slow, error prone |
| Build your own scraper | Maintenance burden |
| **Kick Channel Scraper** | One click, always up to date |

### 🚀 How to use

1. [Create a free account w/ $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=vmoqkp)
2. Open the Kick Channel Scraper in the Apify Console
3. Fill the input or use the prefill
4. Click **Start**
5. Open the dataset in your spreadsheet tool of choice

### 💼 Business use cases

#### Competitive intelligence
Monitor changes to the upstream source on a daily schedule.

#### Research and journalism
Investigate trends with a structured dataset.

#### Compliance and due diligence
Use the output to feed risk screening pipelines.

#### Marketing and enrichment
Enhance your CRM with up to date public records.

### 🔌 Automating Kick Channel Scraper

Trigger runs from Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive, AWS Lambda or any HTTP client through the Apify API.

### 🌟 Beyond business use cases

#### Research
Academic studies on the upstream domain.

#### Personal projects
Build a personal dashboard or alert system.

#### Non profit
Civic tech, transparency and watchdog initiatives.

#### Experimentation
Train ML models on real world data.

### 🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Paste the input and output schema into ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity to design your downstream pipeline.

### ❓ Frequently Asked Questions

**Q. Do I need an account on the upstream source?**
A. No. The data is publicly available.

**Q. How fresh is the data?**
A. Pulled at run time, so always current.

**Q. Can I filter the output?**
A. Yes, see the Input section.

**Q. Is this affiliated with the source?**
A. No. Independent tool.

**Q. How many records can I extract?**
A. Free. 10 records. Paid. up to 1,000,000.

**Q. Does it support pagination?**
A. Yes, fully automated.

**Q. How is pricing handled?**
A. Pay per event, only for records returned.

**Q. Can I schedule recurring runs?**
A. Yes, via Apify Schedules.

**Q. Does it work with webhooks?**
A. Yes, Apify supports webhooks on run completion.

**Q. Can I run from the Apify API?**
A. Yes, every actor is fully programmable.

### 🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, n8n, Airbyte, Slack, Discord, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, AWS, GCP, Azure, GitHub, Webhooks, REST API, MCP.

### 🔗 Recommended Actors

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [OurAirports Global Airport Database Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/ourairports-scraper) | Every airport worldwide |
| [openFDA Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/openfda-scraper) | US FDA adverse events |
| [SEC EDGAR Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/sec-edgar-scraper) | US public company filings |

> 💡 **Pro Tip.** browse the complete [ParseForge collection](https://apify.com/parseforge).

**🆘 Need Help?** [Open our contact form](https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA)

> **⚠️ Disclaimer.** independent tool, not affiliated with the upstream source. Only publicly available data is collected.

# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

List of Kick channel slugs or full URLs (e.g. 'xqc' or 'https://kick.com/xqc'). One channel per item.
## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000
## `includeVideos` (type: `boolean`):

Also push each channel's recent videos as separate dataset items.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "xqc",
    "trainwreckstv",
    "adinross"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "includeVideos": false
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Records produced by Kick Channel Scraper.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channels": [
        "xqc",
        "trainwreckstv",
        "adinross"
    ],
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("parseforge/kick-channel-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "channels": [
        "xqc",
        "trainwreckstv",
        "adinross",
    ],
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("parseforge/kick-channel-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channels": [
    "xqc",
    "trainwreckstv",
    "adinross"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call parseforge/kick-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=parseforge/kick-channel-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Kick Channel Scraper",
        "description": "Surface creator and stream records from Kick Channel with channel name, follower count, viewer count, category, language and direct links. Perfect for influencer discovery, brand partnerships and audience research. Run on demand or on a recurring schedule and feed every row into your favourite an.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "bEfKXyiBXWpmghwoO"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/parseforge~kick-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-parseforge-kick-channel-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~kick-channel-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-parseforge-kick-channel-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/parseforge~kick-channel-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-parseforge-kick-channel-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "channels": {
                        "title": "Channel slugs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of Kick channel slugs or full URLs (e.g. 'xqc' or 'https://kick.com/xqc'). One channel per item.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max Items",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Free users: Limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000"
                    },
                    "includeVideos": {
                        "title": "Include recent videos",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Also push each channel's recent videos as separate dataset items.",
                        "default": false
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```