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Substack Scraper — Posts, Engagement & Newsletter Analytics

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Substack Scraper — Posts, Engagement & Newsletter Analytics

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

  1. Click Run — default pulls the latest 25 posts from a major tech newsletter
  2. Swap in the publications you track (yours, competitors', your niche)
  3. 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.