# Weibo Scraper – Hot Search, Trending Posts, Comments & Profiles (`rt-solutions/weibo-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Weibo (微博) without login: hot search board (微博热搜) with heat, trending posts from 38 channels, all comments of any post, post details and user profiles (followers, verification, IP location). $1.50 per 1,000 results.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rt-solutions/weibo-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [RT SOLUTIONS](https://apify.com/rt-solutions) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.05 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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.

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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

## 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.
- ✅ **Low price** – **$1.50 per 1,000 results**, about 20× cheaper than the popular alternative.

### 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:

```json
{ "mode": "hot_search" }
```

All comments and replies of posts:

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

Profiles (URL, UID or screen name):

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

### Output example (comment)

```json
{
  "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

**$1.50 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.

### Other scrapers by RT Solutions

Bilibili Scraper · AliExpress Scraper · App Store & Google Play Reviews + AI Insights · Google News Scraper · Google Ads Transparency Scraper · SEEK Jobs Scraper

### Related scrapers

Other ready-to-use Actors by RT Solutions:

- [Bilibili Scraper](https://apify.com/rt-solutions/bilibili-scraper)
- [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/rt-solutions/google-news-scraper)
- [Substack Scraper](https://apify.com/rt-solutions/substack-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Hot search board, trending posts of a channel, comments of posts, post details or user profiles.

## `channel` (type: `string`):

Weibo trending channel.

## `postUrls` (type: `array`):

For comments or post details, e.g. https://weibo.com/1904228041/RnpQ25pIY

## `profiles` (type: `array`):

Profile URLs (https://weibo.com/u/1669879400), UIDs or screen names (人民日报).

## `commentSort` (type: `string`):

Order of comments.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Max hot topics or trending posts.

## `maxCommentsPerPost` (type: `integer`):

Comments to collect for each post.

## `includeReplies` (type: `boolean`):

Also collect the replies under each comment (one row per reply).

## `maxRepliesPerComment` (type: `integer`):

Replies to collect under each comment.

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

Apify Proxy is used by default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "hot_search",
  "channel": "hot",
  "commentSort": "hot",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "maxCommentsPerPost": 200,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "maxRepliesPerComment": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All scraped rows.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rt-solutions/weibo-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rt-solutions/weibo-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 '{}' |
apify call rt-solutions/weibo-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rt-solutions/weibo-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/cbJTEWqDtXu4dIYZ6/builds/3bqGDuOANJZZeEnJE/openapi.json