# Changelog of Social Blade Scraper (`radeance/socialblade-api`) Actor - **URL**: https://apify.com/radeance/socialblade-api/changelog.md - **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/radeance/socialblade-api.md ## Changelog ### \[0.0.43] - 2026-09-28 **Improvement Update** #### Changed - Performance improvements of up to 50% faster scraping times due to optimizations in the scraping logic and data processing, resulting in quicker data retrieval and reduced wait times for users. ### \[0.0.42] - 2026-09-28 **Hotfix Update** #### Fixed - Resolved runs failing due to changes in the bot detection mechanism of the upstream API, ensuring continued functionality and reliability of our scraper. ### \[0.0.41] - 2026-09-21 **Documentation Update** #### Added - Output will be automatically streamed to the dataset as soon as the data is available, allowing for faster access and processing of the scraped data. #### Changed - Improved documentation, enhancing user experience ### \[0.0.40] - 2026-09-17 **Improvement Update** #### Added - Added two new output table views `Estimated Earnings` and `Projections` to provide users with a more organized and focused view of the scraped data - Added JSON Output schema for better data validation and easier integration with other systems, ensuring that the output data adheres to a defined structure and format ### \[0.0.39] - 2026-09-17 **Improvement Update** #### Added - Support for Pay-per-Event base pricing model, allowing users to pay for specific events or actions within the scraper, providing more flexibility and cost control #### Changed - Overhauled logs and messages to provide clearer guidance and information to users, enhancing the overall user experience - Overhauled documentation to provide clearer guidance - General stability improvements and optimizations ### \[0.0.38] - 2026-08-19 **Hotfix Update** #### Changed - General stability improvements and optimizations #### Fixed - Resolved top rankings data not being parsed correctly and no data being returned on successful runs ### \[0.0.37] - 2026-08-19 **Hotfix Update** #### Changed - General stability improvements and optimizations #### Fixed - Resolved top rankings data not being retrieved on platforms YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch and Facebook due to recent changes in the upstream API ### \[0.0.35] - 2026-07-02 **Hotfix Update** #### Changed - General stability improvements and optimizations #### Fixed - Resolved issues with creator data not being retrieved when projections are disabled - Resolved basic creator data not being retrieved on platforms YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch and Facebook due to recent changes in the upstream API ### \[0.0.34] - 2026-06-03 **Hotfix Update** #### Changed - General stability improvements and optimizations #### Fixed - Fixed fallbacks for recent proxy provider outage, ensuring continued service availability and reliability for our users ### \[0.0.32] - 2026-05-26 **Improvement Update** #### Added - Improved log messages readability - Improved documentation to provide better readability and clarity - Deprecated proxy settings in the input as the actor uses our internal proxy configuration by default now, which is optimized for stability and performance. - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.30] - 2026-05-12 **Improvement Update** #### Added - Added support for limited Actor permissions for better security and control over the Actor's access to resources - Improved log messages for better clarity on processing or missing creator data - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.29] - 2026-01-02 **Hotfix Update** #### Added - Improved log messages for better clarity on processing or missing creator data - General stability improvements #### Fixed - Resolved parsing issues for platforms TikTok, Facebook and Twitch causing incomplete or no data extraction in some cases due to partly missing creator data from the source ### \[0.0.28] - 2025-12-29 **Hotfix Update** #### Added - General stability improvements #### Fixed - Resolved parsing issues for Instagram platform causing incomplete or no data extraction in some cases ### \[0.0.26] - 2025-11-06 **Hotfix Update** #### Added - General stability improvements #### Fixed - Resolved issue of crashes for platforms youtube, instagram, twitch, tiktok and facebook during runs due to stricter rate limiting - Resolved issues with Top 100 rankings searches ### \[0.0.25] - 2025-11-05 **Hotfix Update** #### Added - General stability improvements #### Fixed - Resolved issue of crashes for platforms youtube, tiktok and facebook during runs due to major changes in the upstream API ### \[0.0.24] - 2025-10-22 **Maintenance Update** #### Added - Added user note to encourage users to open an issue for any problems or suggestions or to contact us directly for support ### \[0.0.23] - 2025-10-22 **Hotfix Update** #### Fixed - Resolved issue of crashes for platforms instagram, tiktok, twitch and facebook during runs due to recent changes in the upstream API - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.22] - 2025-10-22 **Hotfix Update** #### Fixed - Resolved issue of crashes for platform youtube during runs due to recent changes in the upstream API, other platforms to follow - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.21] - 2025-10-17 **Hotfix Update** #### Added - Enabled projections by default again after upstream API performance has improved #### Fixed - Resolved issue of crashes for platforms instagram, tiktok, twitch and facebook during runs due to recent changes in the upstream API - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.20] - 2025-10-17 **Hotfix Update** #### Fixed - Resolved issue of crashes for platform youtube during runs due to recent changes in the upstream API - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.19] - 2025-10-14 **Maintenance Update** #### Added - Revamped Documentation to provide better readability and clarity #### Fixed - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.18] - 2025-09-17 **Hotfix Update** #### Fixed - Resolved issue on creators not meeting the minimum requirements of Social Blade to display data resulting in a unexpected error - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.17] - 2025-08-18 **Maintenance Update** #### Fixed - Resolved issue on automated tests - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.16] - 2025-08-17 **Maintenance Update** #### Added - Improved logs and general error handling #### Fixed - General stability improvements ### \[0.0.14] - 2025-08-07 **Improvement Update** #### Added - Added support for cross social media searches, allowing users to scrape data across multiple platforms simultaneously. - Added support for excluding specific platforms during scraping, allowing users to focus on desired platforms only for cross social media searches. ### \[0.0.13] - 2025-08-07 **Issue Resolution Update** #### Fixed - Resolved some edge case parsing issues on YouTube creators newly on Social Blade without enough data points, ensuring more reliable data extraction. ### \[0.0.12] - 2025-07-29 **Maintenance Update** #### Added - Added higher timeouts (600s \[previously 300s]) to avoid actor crashes due to slow responses from the Social Blade API on projections #### Fixed - Social Blade API is slow for projections. We have disabled projections by default to improve performance. Users can enable it if needed but should excpect slower response times ### \[0.0.10] - 2025-07-03 **Major Improvement Update** #### Added - Added support for Instagram, Twitch and Facebook - Added option to enable earnings data scraping - Added Top 100 Rankings for all supported platforms - Added Top 100 Rankings Filters - Introduced new usage limits (for more information look into Usage Limits on the improved Documentation) - Improved general stability & availability of the service ### \[0.0.8] - 2025-05-28 **Bug Fix Update** #### Added - Improved general stability & availability of the service #### Fixed - Resolved issue causing actor crashes when connecting to the data source ### \[0.0.8] - 2025-05-28 **Improvement Update** #### Added - Added estimated earnings: quarterly average (paid only), half-yearly average (paid only) ### \[0.0.7] - 2025-05-26 **Major Improvement Update** #### Added - Added estimated earnings: daily earnings for 14 days (3 days for free users), daily average, weekly average, monthly average (paid only), yearly average (paid only) - Added more creator channel specific data - Cleaned output format #### Fixed - Improved actors general stability ### \[0.0.6] - 2025-05-10 **Issue Resolving Update** #### Fixed - Resolved actor crashing when username / creator not found ### \[0.0.5] - 2025-04-25 **Improvement Update** #### Added - Actor is now strict about proxy-only use - Improved logging messages ### \[0.0] - 2025-04-22 **Initial Release** #### Added - Extracts rich creator insights such as: - creator\_id - creator\_handle - platform (YouTube, TikTok, etc.) - profile\_url - profile\_image - verified\_status - subscriber\_3, subscriber\_7, subscriber\_14, subscriber\_30, subscriber\_60, subscriber\_90 - views\_3, views\_7, views\_14, views\_30, views\_60, views\_90 - total\_subscribers - total\_views - total\_uploads - estimated\_earnings\_daily, estimated\_earnings\_monthly - daily\_avg\_views, monthly\_avg\_views - socialblade\_ranks (subscriber rank, video view rank, country rank) - linked\_socials (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc.) - account\_type, channel\_type, and other Social Blade metadata - Outputs dataset as JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML for easy integration and analysis. - Provides a clean and structured data output for further processing or direct use.
- **🛠️ Error Handling and Logging:** - Comprehensive error handling to manage site-specific issues and changes. - Detailed logging to assist in debugging and tracking scraping activities. - Initial release with all core features and functionalities fully tested. #### Changed - Users are encouraged to provide feedback for further improvements. - Future updates will focus on continuing to improve and enhance searching capabilities. #### Fixed - Resolved initial bugs #### Notes: - Users are encouraged to provide feedback for further improvements. - Future updates will focus on continuing to improve and enhance searching capabilities. For any issues or suggestions, please open up an issue on the platform. *** This changelog entry documents the initial release of the Social Blade Scraper actor, detailing its core features, functionalities, and initial bug fixes.