Weibo Hot Search Scraper

Get the live hot search chart (微博热搜) of Weibo, China's largest microblogging platform. The chart is the most watched ranking of what people in China are talking about right now.

Use it to follow public attention in China, to spot a brand or a crisis the moment it trends, or to build a history of trending topics for research.

• The whole chart in seconds. About 50 topics with rank, heat score, category and label.
• Two charts. All topics, or entertainment only.
• Made for schedules. Run it every 10 or 30 minutes and you get a time series of what trended and for how long.
• No login, no cookie and no proxy needed.
• Low price. $5 per 1,000 results, about $0.25 for a full chart.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free.
2. Click Start. No input is needed.
3. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or set up a schedule.

Input example

{
    "chart": "hotSearch"
}

Output example

{
    "type": "trend",
    "chart": "hotSearch",
    "rank": 1,
    "topic": "房贷贴息1个百分点",
    "heat": 3020516,
    "category": "财经",
    "label": "新",
    "onChartSince": "2026-09-29T10:20:21Z",
    "url": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E6%88%BF%E8%B4%B7%E8%B4%B4%E6%81%AF1%E4%B8%AA%E7%99%BE%E5%88%86%E7%82%B9%23",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T11:20:05Z"
}

label is Weibo's own tag for the topic: 新 means new, 热 means hot, 爆 means exploding. heat is Weibo's popularity score.

How much does it cost?

You pay per saved result: $5.00 per 1,000 results. There is no start fee and no monthly rental.

Run	Results	Cost
One full chart	about 50	$0.25
The chart every 30 minutes for a day	about 2,400	$12.00
Only the top 10, every hour for a day	240	$1.20

Use Max results to save only the top of the chart and lower the cost.

Limits you should know

• The chart has no history. Weibo shows only the current ranking. To get history, run the Actor on a schedule.
• Promoted entries are left out. Paid placements have no rank, so the Actor skips them.
• Posts under a topic are not included. Weibo requires login to search posts.

Related Actors

• Weibo Scraper: trending posts, post details, comments and user profiles.
• Weibo Comments Scraper: the comments under any public post.

FAQ

Is it legal? The Actor collects only the public chart that Weibo shows to every visitor. It collects no personal data.

Something is broken or missing? Open a ticket in the Issues tab. Issues are usually answered within a day.