Substack Scraper — Posts, Engagement & Newsletter Analytics
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Substack Scraper — Posts, Engagement & Newsletter Analytics
Scrape any Substack publication: full post archives with likes, comments, restacks, paywall status, and optional full text. Works with custom domains. Clean JSON/CSV for newsletter research, competitive analysis, and content strategy.
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Competitive intelligence for the newsletter economy. Point this Actor at any Substack publication — including custom domains — and get the full post archive with engagement metrics and optional full text.
What you can extract:
- 📰 Full archives — every post, newest first, with title, subtitle, date, URL
- ❤️ Engagement — likes, comments, restacks per post
- 🔒 Paywall intelligence — free vs paid post mix (
audience,paywalled) - 📄 Full text (optional) — for free posts, ready for LLM analysis
- 🎙️ Podcast posts — duration included
Quick start
- Click Run — default pulls the latest 25 posts from a major tech newsletter
- Swap in the publications you track (yours, competitors', your niche)
- Schedule weekly → engagement time series for the whole niche
Sample output
{"type": "post","publication": "https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com","title": "The Pulse: Big Tech hiring is back","slug": "the-pulse-big-tech-hiring","url": "https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pulse-big-tech-hiring","postDate": "2026-07-16T16:48:53.106Z","audience": "everyone","paywalled": false,"likes": 412,"comments": 38,"restacks": 51,"wordCount": 2450}
Use cases
- Newsletter operators — benchmark cadence, length, and engagement vs competitors
- Sponsorship buyers — verify a newsletter's real activity before paying for ads
- Content strategists — what topics and formats earn likes in your niche
- Ghostwriters & agencies — research a client's niche in minutes
- LLM pipelines — full text of free posts for summarization/analysis
Pricing
Pay per post row delivered.
FAQ
Custom domains? Yes — enter the domain (e.g. newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com) and it just works.
Paywalled content? Metadata only. This Actor does not bypass paywalls.