Zhihu Phone Number Scraper

Zhihu Phone Number Scraper

📞 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper finds phone numbers of Chinese experts, consultants and creators on zhihu.com: validated for the country you choose, free of duplicates and ready to export as CSV, JSON or Excel.

🔍 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper – Overview

Zhihu Phone Number Scraper turns Zhihu into a phone lead source. Enter keywords and a country, and it reads matching Zhihu Q&A and creator pages, extracts the phone numbers and saves them with the page link, title and description. Zhihu is a Chinese question-and-answer community, which makes it a relevant source of contacts among Chinese experts, consultants and creators.

Zhihu Phone Number Scraper validates every number against the numbering plan of the country you select and removes duplicates. Logging in to Zhihu is not required, and results export to CSV, JSON or Excel for your CRM, dialler or WhatsApp outreach. Zhihu Phone Number Scraper suits lead generation, sales prospecting and market research.

✅ Zhihu Phone Number Scraper at a glance

• Source: public pages on Zhihu (zhihu.com)
• Default country: China (+86)
• Prefilled keywords: expert, manager
• Default limit: 5 phone numbers per keyword (maximum 10,000)
• Output: one dataset row per phone number from Zhihu, in JSON, CSV or Excel

✨ Zhihu Phone Number Scraper – Key Features

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

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

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

🚀 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper – How to Use It

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

• Step 1 – Open Zhihu Phone Number Scraper on the Apify Store and go to the Input tab.
• Step 2 – Add keywords to Zhihu Phone Number Scraper, such as expert or manager.
• Step 3 – Choose a country, such as China (+86), and optionally add cities like Beijing to narrow your search on Zhihu.
• Step 4 – Pick the number mode for Zhihu and set Max Phone Numbers.
• Step 5 – Add filters and extras for Zhihu if you need them.
• Step 6 – Run Zhihu 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 Zhihu phone numbers for a city or region?

Zhihu Phone Number Scraper searches every keyword with every place in Cities or regions, such as Beijing and Shanghai. 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 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper find WhatsApp or booking numbers on Zhihu?

Yes. Zhihu 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.

💡 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper – Use Cases

Typical ways to use Zhihu Phone Number Scraper:

• Reach experts and creators who share a contact number on Zhihu pages.
• Build a niche professional list by topic keyword.
• Find company accounts that publish contact lines.
• Keep a refreshed call list of Chinese experts, consultants and creators by scheduling Zhihu Phone Number Scraper and skipping numbers from earlier runs.

⚙️ Zhihu Phone Number Scraper – Input

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

Field	What it does
keywords	Required. Words to search for on Zhihu, one search each. Default: expert, manager.
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: China (+86).
additionalCountries	More countries searched on Zhihu in the same run. Default: none.
locations	Cities or regions searched on Zhihu with every keyword. Default: none.
contactIntent	whatsapp, callOrBooking or anyNumber. Default: whatsapp.
resultsFreshness	Pages on Zhihu indexed in the past day, week, month or year. Default: any.
maxPhoneNumbers	Numbers to collect from Zhihu, 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 Zhihu 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 zhihu.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 Zhihu 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: zhihu-phone-history.
excludePhoneNumbers	Do-not-call list. +4470* skips a range. Default: none.
excludeAccounts	Usernames or profile links on Zhihu 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 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper run, then tighten the filters.

🧪 Sample input for Zhihu Phone Number Scraper

This example searches Zhihu for expert and manager in Beijing and Shanghai, looks for WhatsApp numbers, keeps mobile numbers only, adds profile details, and remembers numbers between runs.

{
  "keywords": ["expert", "manager"],
  "country": "China (+86)",
  "locations": ["Beijing", "Shanghai"],
  "contactIntent": "whatsapp",
  "maxPhoneNumbers": 50,
  "maxTotalPhoneNumbers": 200,
  "phoneNumberType": "mobile",
  "addNumberDetails": true,
  "addProfileDetails": true,
  "skipPreviouslyFoundNumbers": true,
  "historyStoreName": "zhihu-phone-history"
}

📦 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper – Output and Data Fields

Zhihu Phone Number Scraper saves one dataset row per phone number, together with the page on Zhihu it came from. Optional fields appear only when their option is on. Run totals are also saved to a SUMMARY record in the key-value store.

Field	Meaning
phone_number	Number in international E.164 format, such as +8613123456789.
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 Zhihu.
description	Snippet that contained the number.
url	Link to the page on Zhihu.
platform	Zhihu.
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 +86 131 2345 6789.
phoneNational	Number details: such as 131 2345 6789.
whatsappLink	Number details: click-to-chat link such as https://wa.me/8613123456789.
username	Profile details: account name from the address or title.
pageType	Profile details: profile (zhihu.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 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper keeps the keyword and country, so lists from different runs can be merged safely.

🧾 Sample output

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

{
  "phone_number": "+8613123456789",
  "country": "China",
  "dial_code": "+86",
  "keyword": "expert",
  "location": "Beijing",
  "title": "Example Studio - Zhihu",
  "description": "12.4K followers. Call +86 131 2345 6789 to book or ask a question - hello@example.com",
  "url": "https://www.zhihu.com/examplebrand",
  "platform": "Zhihu",
  "proxyGroups": ["<automatic>"],
  "phoneType": "mobile",
  "carrier": "China Unicom",
  "numberArea": "Yulin, Guangxi",
  "phoneInternational": "+86 131 2345 6789",
  "phoneNational": "131 2345 6789",
  "whatsappLink": "https://wa.me/8613123456789",
  "username": "examplebrand",
  "pageType": "profile",
  "followersCount": 12400,
  "influencerTier": "micro",
  "emails": ["hello@example.com"]
}

💰 Pricing

💰 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper bills per result: each phone number from Zhihu 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 Zhihu 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 Zhihu 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 Zhihu.
• Thin results? Add related keywords, switch to Any number, or raise the page depth and idle-page limits for Zhihu.
• Profile filters expect zhihu.com/name addresses. Leave Profile pages only off when pages on Zhihu use longer addresses.
• Follower filters need a visible count. Results from Zhihu without one are skipped while a follower filter is on.
• Schedule Zhihu 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 Zhihu and respect local rules.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❔ What does Zhihu Phone Number Scraper do?

Zhihu Phone Number Scraper searches public pages on Zhihu 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 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper target one country or city on Zhihu?

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

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

Yes. Switch on number details and Zhihu 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 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper need a login or API key for Zhihu?

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

📤 Can I export the phone numbers to Excel, CSV or JSON?

Yes. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Storage tab, or fetch it through the Apify API for your CRM or dialler.

⚖️ Is it legal to scrape phone numbers from Zhihu?

Zhihu Phone Number Scraper reads publicly visible text on Zhihu 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 Zhihu Phone Number Scraper? Use the Issues tab on the Actor page, or write to the address below.

• contact me by email : alphascraper69@gmail.com