Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper

Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper

📞 Turn Indiatimes into a phone lead list. Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper searches indiatimes.com by keyword and country, checks every number against the country's numbering plan, and exports de-duplicated CSV, JSON or Excel.

🔍 Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper – Overview

Looking for phone numbers on Indiatimes? Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper searches Indiatimes news and classified pages for the keywords you choose and returns each valid number as one clean dataset row. Because Indiatimes is an Indian news and entertainment network, it is a useful place to look for contact data on Indian publishers, advertisers and classified sellers.

Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper validates every number against the numbering plan of the country you select and removes duplicates. No login is required, and results export to CSV, JSON or Excel for your CRM, dialler or WhatsApp outreach. Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper suits lead generation, sales prospecting and market research.

✅ Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper at a glance

• Source: public pages on Indiatimes (indiatimes.com)
• Default country: India (+91)
• Prefilled keywords: journalist, editor
• Default limit: 5 phone numbers per keyword (maximum 10,000)
• Output: one dataset row per phone number from Indiatimes, in JSON, CSV or Excel

✨ Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper – Key Features

Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper combines wide country coverage with practical filters:

• Keyword search on Indiatimes: Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper runs one keyword or a long list, each searched separately.
• 194 countries, one or many: numbers found on Indiatimes are validated against each selected dial code and numbering plan.
• City targeting on Indiatimes: add places such as Delhi or Mumbai, each searched on its own.
• Three number modes: WhatsApp, call or booking, or any number published on Indiatimes.
• Number filters: mobile or landline, area-code prefixes, fake and premium-rate removal.
• Profile and text filters: profile pages only, follower range, include and exclude words, one number per account on Indiatimes.
• Optional extras: line type, carrier, area, formats, WhatsApp links, profile details and emails for Indiatimes leads.
• Only new leads: remember earlier runs and keep a do-not-call list, so you never pay twice for the same lead from Indiatimes.
• Cost control: per-keyword and total limits, page caps, 1 to 10 parallel searches.
• API and scheduling: run Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper through the Apify API or on a schedule.

💡 Why use Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper? One repeatable run replaces manual searching on Indiatimes: validated numbers, no duplicates, data ready for your CRM or dialler.

🚀 Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper – How to Use It

Follow these steps to run Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper from the Apify Console:

• Step 1 – Open Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper on the Apify Store and go to the Input tab.
• Step 2 – Add keywords to Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper, such as journalist or editor.
• Step 3 – Choose a country, such as India (+91), and optionally add cities like Delhi to narrow your search on Indiatimes.
• Step 4 – Pick the number mode for Indiatimes and set Max Phone Numbers.
• Step 5 – Add filters and extras for Indiatimes if you need them.
• Step 6 – Run Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper and export the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the API.

While it runs, the status message shows how many searches have finished and how many phone numbers were saved.

🔎 How to scrape Indiatimes phone numbers for a city or region?

Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper searches every keyword with every place in Cities or regions, such as Delhi and Mumbai. The selected country still decides the dial code. Two keywords and two cities make four searches, so add a total limit for long lists.

💬 Can Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper find WhatsApp or booking numbers on Indiatimes?

Yes. Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper offers three modes: WhatsApp numbers (the default), call or booking numbers, and any number without a contact word. Choose mobile numbers when you plan WhatsApp or SMS outreach.

💡 Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper – Use Cases

Typical ways to use Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper:

• Find advertisers and sellers whose numbers appear on Indiatimes pages.
• Build a media contact list for Indian campaigns.
• Collect classified contacts by keyword and city.
• Keep a refreshed call list of Indian publishers, advertisers and classified sellers by scheduling Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper and skipping numbers from earlier runs.
• Compare sellers, studios or offices on Indiatimes across several countries in one run.

📌 Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper reads public pages on Indiatimes. Review the numbers and follow local marketing and privacy rules before you contact anyone.

⚙️ Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper – Input

Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper needs only two fields: keywords and country. Everything else is optional and tunes how Indiatimes is searched.

Field	What it does
keywords	Required. Words to search for on Indiatimes, one search each. Default: journalist, editor.
perKeywordMaxContacts	Max Phone Numbers applies per keyword (off: one total for the run). Default: on.
country	Required. Dial code and numbering plan used to validate numbers. Default: India (+91).
additionalCountries	More countries searched on Indiatimes in the same run. Default: none.
locations	Cities or regions searched on Indiatimes with every keyword. Default: none.
contactIntent	whatsapp, callOrBooking or anyNumber. Default: whatsapp.
resultsFreshness	Pages on Indiatimes indexed in the past day, week, month or year. Default: any.
maxPhoneNumbers	Numbers to collect from Indiatimes, 1 to 10,000. Default: 5.
maxTotalPhoneNumbers	Hard stop for the whole run. 0 means none. Default: 0.
maxConcurrentSearches	Parallel searches, 1 to 10. Default: 5.
phoneNumberType	any, mobile or landline. Default: any.
onePhonePerProfile	Keep the first number per account on Indiatimes only. Default: off.
onlyAreaCodes	Keep only prefixes such as +44 20. Default: none.
skipFakeNumbers	Drop sequential, repeated and premium-rate numbers. Default: off.
profilesOnly	Keep only profile pages like indiatimes.com/name. Default: off.
minFollowers	Minimum followers. 0 is off. Default: 0.
maxFollowers	Maximum followers. 0 is off. Default: 0.
includeWords	Words required in the title or description. Default: none.
includeWordsMatch	any or all of the include words. Default: any.
excludeWords	Skip results from Indiatimes containing these words. Default: none.
addNumberDetails	Adds line type, carrier, area, formats and WhatsApp link. Default: off.
addProfileDetails	Adds username, page type, followers and tier. Default: off.
extractEmails	Adds emails found next to the number. Default: off.
skipPreviouslyFoundNumbers	Skip numbers saved by earlier runs. Default: off.
historyStoreName	History name: lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens. Default: indiatimes-phone-history.
excludePhoneNumbers	Do-not-call list. +4470* skips a range. Default: none.
excludeAccounts	Usernames or profile links on Indiatimes to skip. Default: none.
maxPagesPerSearch	Result pages per search. 0 is automatic. Default: 0.
stopAfterIdlePages	End a search after this many pages without new numbers. Default: 3.
proxyConfiguration	Optional. The default suits most runs. Default: automatic.

Leave the optional fields at their defaults for a first Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper run, then tighten the filters.

🧪 Sample input for Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper

This example searches journalist and editor in Delhi and Mumbai, looks for WhatsApp numbers, keeps mobile numbers only, keeps pages indexed in the past month and skips fake-looking numbers, and remembers numbers between runs.

{
  "keywords": ["journalist", "editor"],
  "country": "India (+91)",
  "locations": ["Delhi", "Mumbai"],
  "contactIntent": "whatsapp",
  "resultsFreshness": "month",
  "maxPhoneNumbers": 50,
  "maxTotalPhoneNumbers": 200,
  "phoneNumberType": "mobile",
  "skipFakeNumbers": true,
  "addNumberDetails": true,
  "skipPreviouslyFoundNumbers": true,
  "historyStoreName": "indiatimes-phone-history"
}

📦 Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper – Output and Data Fields

Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper saves one dataset row per phone number, together with the page on Indiatimes it came from. Optional fields appear only when their option is on.

Field	Meaning
phone_number	Number in international E.164 format, such as +918123456789.
country	Country the number was validated for.
dial_code	Dial code of that country.
keyword	Keyword of the search that found it.
location	City or region searched (only with Cities or regions).
title	Title of the result on Indiatimes.
description	Snippet that contained the number.
url	Link to the page on Indiatimes.
platform	Indiatimes.
proxyGroups	Technical field, filled in automatically.
phoneType	Number details: mobile, landline, voip, toll-free or unknown.
carrier	Number details: original network, when known.
numberArea	Number details: city or region of a landline, when known.
phoneInternational	Number details: such as +91 81234 56789.
phoneNational	Number details: such as 081234 56789.
whatsappLink	Number details: click-to-chat link such as https://wa.me/918123456789.
username	Profile details: account name from the address or title.
pageType	Profile details: profile (indiatimes.com/name), post, reel or other.
followersCount	Profile details: followers shown in the result, else empty.
influencerTier	Profile details: nano, micro, macro or mega.
emails	Extract emails: addresses found in the same snippet.

Every row from Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper keeps the keyword and country, so lists from different runs can be merged safely.

🧾 Sample output

Sample record from Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper with every option switched on (illustrative values):

{
  "phone_number": "+918123456789",
  "country": "India",
  "dial_code": "+91",
  "keyword": "journalist",
  "location": "Delhi",
  "title": "Example Studio - Indiatimes",
  "description": "12.4K followers. Call +91 81234 56789 to book or ask a question - hello@example.com",
  "url": "https://www.indiatimes.com/examplebrand",
  "platform": "Indiatimes",
  "proxyGroups": ["<automatic>"],
  "phoneType": "mobile",
  "carrier": "Tata Docomo",
  "numberArea": null,
  "phoneInternational": "+91 81234 56789",
  "phoneNational": "081234 56789",
  "whatsappLink": "https://wa.me/918123456789",
  "username": "examplebrand",
  "pageType": "profile",
  "followersCount": 12400,
  "influencerTier": "micro",
  "emails": ["hello@example.com"]
}

💰 Pricing

💰 Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper bills per result: each phone number saved to the dataset is one result. Numbers removed by a filter, skip list, history or limit are not saved and not charged. See the Pricing tab on the Actor page for the current rate.

Free Apify accounts receive up to 20 rows per run with Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper. Max Phone Numbers, the total limit and the maximum cost per run keep spending predictable, and the run stops cleanly when a limit is reached.

🛠️ Tips and Best Practices

• Start small with Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper. Keep the default of 5 numbers per keyword for a test run, then raise Max Phone Numbers.
• Match mode and type. Pair WhatsApp mode with mobile numbers, and call or booking mode with landlines when you search Indiatimes.
• Thin results? Add related keywords, switch to Any number, or raise the page depth and idle-page limits for Indiatimes.
• Profile filters expect indiatimes.com/name addresses. Leave Profile pages only off when pages on Indiatimes use longer addresses.
• Follower filters need a visible count. Results from Indiatimes without one are skipped while a follower filter is on.
• Schedule Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper. Turn on Skip phone numbers found in earlier runs to receive only new leads.
• Large runs. Raise the run timeout in Run options. The default is 3,600 seconds.
• Review before outreach. Snippets can be cut off, so check numbers from Indiatimes and respect local rules.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❔ What does Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper do?

Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper searches public pages on Indiatimes for phone numbers that match your keywords and country, validates them and saves them as dataset rows. Export the data as CSV, JSON or Excel.

🌍 Can Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper target one country or city on Indiatimes?

Yes. Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper accepts one of 194 countries, optionally more, and a list of cities. Each combination is searched separately, and numbers found on Indiatimes are validated for the country they belong to.

📱 Can Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper add WhatsApp links to the numbers it finds on Indiatimes?

Yes. Switch on number details and Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper adds a click-to-chat link to each row, plus line type, carrier and area when known. The link opens a chat but does not prove that the number has a WhatsApp account.

🔐 Does Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper need a login or API key for Indiatimes?

No. Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper works without logging in to Indiatimes, so you need no cookies, passwords or API keys. You only need an Apify account.

📊 How many phone numbers can I collect from Indiatimes per run?

Max Phone Numbers accepts up to 10,000, per keyword by default, and the total limit caps the whole run. Free Apify accounts receive up to 20 rows per run.

⚖️ Is it legal to scrape phone numbers from Indiatimes?

Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper reads publicly visible text on Indiatimes only, but phone numbers can be personal data. Check the rules that apply to you, such as GDPR, PECR or do-not-call registries. This is not legal advice.

🤝 Support

Questions, feature ideas or a custom version of Indiatimes Phone Number Scraper? Use the Issues tab on the Actor page, or write to the address below.

• contact me by email : alphascraper69@gmail.com