Weibo Scraper – Hot Search, Trending Posts, Comments & Profiles

Weibo Scraper – Hot Search, Trending Posts, Comments & Profiles (微博)

Scrape Weibo (Sina Weibo, 微博), China's biggest public social network, without login, cookies or account. Get the hot search board (微博热搜) with heat scores, trending posts from 38 channels, comments of any post with all their replies, post details and user profiles. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API.

What you can scrape

Mode	What you get
Hot search board (微博热搜)	rank, topic, heat score, label (新/热/爆), category – real-time board + entertainment board
Trending posts by channel	38 channels (tech, finance, stocks, cars, beauty, gaming, food, travel…): full text (long posts expanded), likes, comments, reposts, images, video URL & views, topics, author, location
Comments of posts	comments as Weibo shows them to visitors (top comments first, then the newest, going back in time): text, likes, replies, date, commenter location, commenter followers & verification – plus all replies (option)
Post details	full post data from a list of URLs
User profiles	followers, following, posts, verification, bio, company, school, IP location, account creation date, influence labels

Why this scraper

• ✅ No login, no cookies to paste – works out of the box with Weibo's anonymous visitor access.
• ✅ Full reply threads – not only the 2–3 replies shown under a comment.
• ✅ Long posts expanded – full text, not the truncated preview.
• ✅ Clean data – ISO dates, locations without the "来自/发布于" prefix, full-size image URLs.
• ✅ Price – $10 per 1,000 results.

Use cases

• China social listening: what people say about a brand, product, celebrity or event.
• Trend monitoring: track the hot search board every hour with a schedule.
• KOL research: profile data and influence indicators of Weibo creators.
• Sentiment analysis of comments and replies (with location of commenters).
• News & media monitoring in China.

Input examples

Hot search board:

{ "mode": "hot_search" }

All comments and replies of posts:

{
  "mode": "post_comments",
  "postUrls": ["https://weibo.com/1904228041/RnpQ25pIY"],
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 1000,
  "includeReplies": true
}

Profiles (URL, UID or screen name):

{ "mode": "profiles", "profiles": ["https://weibo.com/u/1669879400", "人民日报"] }

Output example (comment)

{
  "type": "comment",
  "text": "震中在龙门山中央断裂…",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-19T11:06:37.000Z",
  "likes": 46,
  "replies": 5,
  "location": "河南",
  "userName": "风云梦远",
  "userFollowers": 1539163,
  "userVerified": true,
  "postUrl": "https://weibo.com/1904228041/RnpQ25pIY"
}

Pricing

$10 per 1,000 results (hot topic, post, comment, reply or profile), with discounts on higher Apify plans. No extra fees.

Notes & limits

• Only data visible to an anonymous visitor is collected. Keyword search and a user's own timeline require a Weibo login, so they are not included.
• Without login, Weibo serves comments slowly: about 40 comments per minute (~2,400 per hour). The Actor first takes the ~300 top comments, then continues with the newest ones (tested: 1,480+ unique comments on a post with 366,000). For very big posts, set Max comments per post to what you really need. Replies are collected on top (option).
• Weibo hides some low-quality or folded comments from visitors; the comment counter of a post also includes replies, so you will usually get fewer rows than that number.
• Trending channels show what Weibo is recommending right now; run on a schedule to build a history.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

You can call this Actor from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any other MCP client through the Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com), using the Actor ID rt-solutions/weibo-scraper. For example: "Get the current Weibo hot search board and translate the top 20 topics into English with their heat scores." It also works through the Apify API, Make, n8n and Zapier.

FAQ

How do I scrape Weibo without login? Pick a mode (hot search, trending channel, post comments, post details or profiles) and click Start. The Actor uses Weibo's anonymous visitor access — no account or cookies to paste.

Can I search Weibo by keyword? No. Keyword search and a user's own timeline require a Weibo login, so they are not included.

How much does it cost to scrape 10,000 Weibo comments? $100 at $10 per 1,000 results (comments, replies, posts, hot topics or profiles count the same), with discounts on higher Apify plans.

How long does it take to collect 10,000 comments? Without login Weibo serves about 40 comments per minute, so roughly 4 hours. Set Max comments per post to what you really need.

Why do I get fewer comments than the post's counter? The counter also includes replies, and Weibo hides some low-quality or folded comments from visitors.

Can I track the hot search board over time? Yes — schedule the hot search mode (for example every hour) to build your own history.

Is it legal to scrape Weibo? Only data visible to an anonymous visitor is collected. Use it in line with the data-protection laws that apply to you, especially for commenter names and locations.

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