Snapchat Profile Scraper

Scrape public Snapchat profiles by username and get structured JSON back: display name, bio, subscriber count, profile picture, active public stories, highlight albums, and Spotlight videos with view/share/comment counts. No login, no cookies, no Snapchat account needed — the actor reads only what Snapchat publishes on its public web profiles.

Built and maintained by PeekPublic, which runs the same parser in production for its free Snapchat lookup tools. When Snapchat changes its page structure, we have to notice within hours — and this actor gets the fix at the same time as our site.

What you get per profile

• Profile info — username, display name, bio, profile picture URL, subscriber count, canonical profile URL
• Stories — currently active public story posts with media URLs and timestamps
• Highlights — permanent highlight albums with per-item media URLs
• Spotlight — public Spotlight videos with title, upload date, duration, resolution, and engagement stats (views, shares, comments)
• Related profiles — accounts Snapchat associates with the profile, with their subscriber counts and content flags

Failed lookups are reported per username with a clear status (notFound, privateOrUnavailable, timeout, invalid), so bulk runs are easy to reconcile.

Input

{
	"usernames": ["fcbarcelona", "https://www.snapchat.com/add/cristiano"]
}

Plain usernames, /add/ URLs, @ profile URLs, and snapchat.com/t/... share links all work. Optional settings: maxConcurrency (1–10, default 5) and a standard proxyConfiguration (usually unnecessary).

Output example

{
	"username": "fcbarcelona",
	"status": "found",
	"found": true,
	"displayName": "FC Barcelona",
	"subscriberCount": 4060400,
	"profilePictureUrl": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/...",
	"storyCount": 3,
	"highlightAlbumCount": 5,
	"spotlightCount": 10,
	"spotlights": [
		{
			"id": "...",
			"type": "video",
			"mediaUrl": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/...",
			"title": "Training day at Camp Nou",
			"publishedAt": "2026-08-30T14:02:11.000Z",
			"viewCount": 182034,
			"shareCount": 421
		}
	],
	"relatedProfiles": [{ "username": "...", "subscriberCount": 120000, "hasStory": true }]
}

Common uses

• Creator discovery and influencer research (subscriber counts, content activity, engagement)
• Monitoring public story/Spotlight activity for brands and rights holders
• Enriching a list of handles with profile metadata
• Feeding public social data into research and analytics pipelines

Limitations — read before buying

• Public data only. Private accounts, private stories, and friends-only content are not accessible and never will be through this actor. A profile with nothing published publicly returns profile metadata only.
• Story media URLs are served by Snapchat's CDN and expire — download media promptly if you need to keep it.
• Spotlight results are limited to what Snapchat embeds on the public profile page (typically the most recent posts).
• Subscriber counts are shown for creator accounts that display them publicly; regular accounts may not expose one.

PeekPublic index contribution

By default, usernames (only usernames — none of the scraped data) of successfully found public profiles are shared with peekpublic.com, which independently re-verifies them and may list qualifying public creator profiles in its free public directory. Turn off contributeToPublicIndex to opt out.

Legal

This actor accesses only publicly available pages, the same way a logged-out browser or search engine crawler does. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with applicable laws and platform terms in your jurisdiction. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Snap Inc. or Snapchat. Profile removal requests: peekpublic.com/remove-content.