# Fast Similarweb Scraper - Traffic & Competitor Analytics (`rbbscrap/fast-similarweb-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Similarweb traffic metrics without browser overhead. Extract monthly visits, bounce rates, visit duration, global/country/category rankings, top traffic channels, and country breakdown on 256MB RAM.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rbbscrap/fast-similarweb-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Hector](https://apify.com/rbbscrap) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Fast Similarweb Scraper — Website Traffic & Competitor Analytics 📊

> **Ultra-fast, zero-browser Similarweb intelligence scraper.** Extract monthly visits, global/country/category traffic rankings, bounce rates, visit durations, top traffic acquisition channels, and country breakdowns on **256MB RAM** at millisecond speed.

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### ⚡ Why Use Fast Similarweb Scraper?

Similarweb Enterprise subscriptions cost upwards of **$15,000 to $50,000/year**. For marketing agencies, hedge funds, VCs, e-commerce brands, and SEO professionals, accessing reliable competitive traffic data on demand is critical.

This Actor reverse-engineers the best features of top store actors (`tri_angle/similarweb-scraper` & `curious_coder/similarweb-scraper`) while delivering **10x faster execution without headless browser bloat**.

```mermaid
graph LR
    A[Input Domains / URLs] --> B[Fast Similarweb Scraper]
    B --> C[Global, Country & Category Ranks]
    B --> D[Monthly Visits, Bounce & Duration]
    B --> E[Traffic Channels: Direct, Search, Social...]
    B --> F[Top 5 Countries Distribution %]
    B --> G[Clean JSON / CSV / Excel Output]
```

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### 🚀 Key Features

| Metric | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| **Global Rank** | Worldwide website ranking | `#78` |
| **Country Rank** | Local market ranking with ISO country code | `US #54` |
| **Category Rank** | Industry specific ranking | `Programming & Developer Software #1` |
| **Total Visits** | Estimated monthly visitor volume | `432,000,000` |
| **Engagement** | Bounce rate %, pages per visit, avg visit duration | `38.4% bounce, 5.8 pages, 412s duration` |
| **Traffic Channels** | Direct, Search, Social, Referrals, Mail, Display | `54.2% Direct, 32.1% Search...` |
| **Top Countries** | Top 5 visitor countries with exact percentage shares | `US (22.8%), India (12.4%)...` |
| **Social Sources** | Distribution across YouTube, Twitter/X, Reddit, LinkedIn | `YouTube (38.5%), Twitter (28.2%)...` |

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### 📥 Input Parameters

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "github.com",
    "notion.so",
    "shopify.com"
  ],
  "includeTrafficSources": true,
  "includeGeography": true,
  "includeKeywords": true
}
```

***

### 📤 Sample Output (JSON)

```json
{
  "domain": "github.com",
  "siteName": "GitHub",
  "title": "GitHub Traffic Analytics",
  "globalRank": 78,
  "countryRank": {
    "countryCode": "US",
    "rank": 54
  },
  "categoryRank": {
    "category": "Computers Electronics and Technology > Programming and Developer Software",
    "rank": 1
  },
  "monthlyVisits": 432000000,
  "bounceRatePercent": 38.4,
  "pagesPerVisit": 5.8,
  "avgVisitDurationSeconds": 412,
  "topCountries": [
    { "countryCode": "US", "countryName": "United States", "sharePercent": 22.8 },
    { "countryCode": "IN", "countryName": "India", "sharePercent": 12.4 },
    { "countryCode": "CN", "countryName": "China", "sharePercent": 8.7 },
    { "countryCode": "DE", "countryName": "Germany", "sharePercent": 4.6 },
    { "countryCode": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "sharePercent": 3.9 }
  ],
  "trafficSources": {
    "directPercent": 54.2,
    "searchPercent": 32.1,
    "referralPercent": 7.9,
    "socialPercent": 3.8,
    "mailPercent": 1.6,
    "displayPercent": 0.4
  },
  "topOrganicKeywords": [
    "github",
    "git",
    "github copilot",
    "github login"
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T18:00:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### 💼 Business Use Cases

- **M\&A & VC Due Diligence**: Validate startup traction and monthly active growth before investments.
- **Competitor Benchmarking**: Discover whether competitors get traffic via organic search or paid ads.
- **SEO & Growth Strategy**: Reverse-engineer where market leaders acquire their most profitable traffic.
- **Media Buying & Sponsorships**: Vet websites and digital publications before buying ad space or newsletter sponsorships.

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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.

# Actor input Schema

## `domains` (type: `array`):

List of domain names to scrape traffic and analytics for (e.g. 'github.com', 'shopify.com', 'notion.so').

## `websites` (type: `array`):

Optional full URLs (e.g. 'https://www.airbnb.com'). The domain will be automatically normalized.

## `includeTrafficSources` (type: `boolean`):

Extract traffic acquisition channels (Direct, Search, Social, Referrals, Mail, Display ads).

## `includeGeography` (type: `boolean`):

Extract top visitor countries and percentage traffic distribution.

## `includeKeywords` (type: `boolean`):

Extract top organic search keywords driving traffic to each domain.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Select Apify Proxy or custom proxies. Residential proxies recommended for large batches.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "github.com",
    "notion.so",
    "shopify.com"
  ],
  "websites": [],
  "includeTrafficSources": true,
  "includeGeography": true,
  "includeKeywords": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "domains": [
        "github.com",
        "notion.so",
        "shopify.com"
    ],
    "websites": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rbbscrap/fast-similarweb-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "domains": [
        "github.com",
        "notion.so",
        "shopify.com",
    ],
    "websites": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rbbscrap/fast-similarweb-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domains": [
    "github.com",
    "notion.so",
    "shopify.com"
  ],
  "websites": []
}' |
apify call rbbscrap/fast-similarweb-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rbbscrap/fast-similarweb-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/f4hqLOFL0VuNPcQx7/builds/XIq9CPQguGJVcXVHt/openapi.json