Fast Product Hunt Scraper — Launches, Upvotes & Makers 🚀

Ultra-fast, zero-browser Product Hunt intelligence scraper. Track daily and weekly tech launches, upvotes velocity, product rankings, maker social profiles (Twitter/X, LinkedIn), and category tags for VC deal flow and early startup scouting on 256MB RAM.

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⚡ Why Use Fast Product Hunt Scraper?

Product Hunt is the premier launchpad for frontier AI tools, developer software, indie SaaS, and tech startups. For venture capital investors, angel syndicates, growth hackers, and tech journalists, detecting trending launches within their first 24 hours yields the highest competitive edge.

This Actor reverse-engineers the best features of memo23/producthunt-scraper while running without browser overhead or expensive per-item add-on fees.

graph LR
    A[Topic or Leaderboard] --> B[Fast Product Hunt Scraper]
    B --> C[Launch Name, Tagline & Description]
    B --> D[Daily & Weekly Ranks e.g. #1 Product of the Day]
    B --> E[Upvotes Count & Discussion Threads]
    B --> F[Maker Profiles & Twitter/X Handles]
    B --> G[Clean JSON / CSV Dataset]

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🚀 Key Features

Data Field	Description	Example
Product Information	Launch title, tagline, description, Product Hunt URL	Cursor, The AI Code Editor built for pair-programming
Direct Links	Official external website redirect link	https://www.cursor.com
Community Traction	Live upvote counter and total comment discussion count	2,340 upvotes, 412 comments
Leaderboard Badges	Daily, weekly, or monthly awards	#1 Product of the Day
Maker Intelligence	Full name, username, Twitter/X handle, profile URL	Aman Sanger, @amansanger (Co-founder)
Topic Categorization	Tags indicating software niche	Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence

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📥 Input Parameters

{
  "topics": [
    "artificial-intelligence",
    "developer-tools",
    "productivity"
  ],
  "period": "daily",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "featuredOnly": true
}

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📤 Sample Output (JSON)

{
  "name": "Cursor",
  "tagline": "The AI Code Editor built for pair-programming with LLMs",
  "description": "Cursor is an engineered fork of VS Code deeply integrated with frontier LLMs for multi-file edits, codebase chat, and instant terminal debugging.",
  "productHuntUrl": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/cursor",
  "websiteUrl": "https://www.cursor.com",
  "votesCount": 2340,
  "commentsCount": 412,
  "dailyRank": "#1 Product of the Day",
  "topics": [
    "Developer Tools",
    "Artificial Intelligence",
    "Software Engineering"
  ],
  "makers": [
    {
      "name": "Aman Sanger",
      "username": "amansanger",
      "twitterUsername": "amansanger",
      "headline": "Co-founder at Anysphere (Cursor)",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.producthunt.com/@amansanger"
    }
  ],
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://ph-files.imgix.net/cursor-ai-icon.png",
  "featured": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T18:00:00.000Z"
}

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💼 Business Use Cases

• VC & Angel Deal Sourcing: Identify fast-rising early-stage software companies before mainstream funding rounds.
• Competitor Monitoring: Track when rival tools launch major version upgrades or feature releases.
• SaaS Trend Forecasting: Spot emerging categories and interface paradigms in generative AI.
• Founder & Influencer Outreach: Reach out directly to makers and hunters with verified social accounts.

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🛡️ Integration Ready

Directly export results to Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, Webhooks, Make.com, Zapier, or download via CSV/JSON. Runs on standard 256MB/512MB RAM for minimal Apify compute unit costs.