Substack Leaderboard Scraper

Substack Leaderboard Scraper

The Substack Leaderboard Scraper collects detailed subscription and author data at scale.

It’s designed for market research, newsletter analytics, and competitive intelligence.

🔹 Features

Author & Newsletter Details

Author name, handle, bio, photo.

Newsletter name, URL, subdomain, custom domain.

Category, language, and type (newsletter, podcast, etc.).

Founding, free, and paid subscription benefits.

Subscription Plans

Plan ID, nickname, currency, interval (monthly/yearly), amount.

Multi-currency pricing.

Founding and premium plans.

Free trial and paywall settings.

Ranking & Subscriber Metrics

Paid and free subscriber counts.

Ranking details globally and by language.

Orders of magnitude for subscriber estimates.

Podcast Integration

Podcast enabled flags.

Feed URLs, Spotify access, paid/free episode availability.

Content & Community

Community-enabled features.

Post settings, moderation, reaction faces, threads.

Sections, show links, and multiple pins.

Technical & Stripe Info

Stripe account and publishable key.

Automatic tax settings.

Theme variables and customization flags.

Metadata & Tracking

Cover photo, hero image/text, email banners.

Pixels: GA, Twitter, Facebook (optional).

Post preview limits, embed tracking, and paywall settings.

🔹 Use Cases

Substack newsletter analytics

Ranking and subscriber trend monitoring

Market research for newsletter monetization

Tracking podcast engagement and paid subscriptions

Output

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  "apex_domain": null,
  "author_id": 253367,
  "byline_images_enabled": true,
  "bylines_enabled": true,
  "chartable_token": null,
  "community_enabled": true,
  "copyright": "Alison Roman",
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  "created_at": "2018-03-20T20:44:27.151Z",
  "custom_domain_optional": false,
  "custom_domain": "anewsletter.alisoneroman.com",
  "custom_publication_theme_id": null,
  "default_comment_sort": "oldest_first",
  "default_coupon": null,
  "default_group_coupon": null,
  "default_show_guest_bios": true,
  "email_banner_url": null,
  "email_from_name": "Alison Roman",
  "email_from": null,
  "embed_tracking_disabled": false,
  "explicit": false,
  "expose_paywall_content_to_search_engines": true,
  "fb_pixel_id": null,
  "fb_site_verification_token": null,
  "flagged_as_spam": false,
  "founding_subscription_benefits": [],
  "free_subscription_benefits": [
    "its...free!"
  ],
  "ga_pixel_id": null,
  "google_site_verification_token": null,
  "google_tag_manager_token": null,
  "hero_image": null,
  "hero_text": "recipes, stories and unsolicited advice from alison roman ",
  "hide_intro_subtitle": null,
  "hide_intro_title": null,
  "hide_podcast_feed_link": false,
  "homepage_type": "magaziney",
  "id": 949,
  "image_thumbnails_always_enabled": false,
  "invite_only": false,
  "language": "en",
  "logo_url_wide": null,
  "logo_url": "https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2a9a324c-bd6b-42b1-8f9f-64909f1cac85_1006x1006.png",
  "minimum_group_size": 2,
  "moderation_enabled": true,
  "name": "a newsletter",
  "paid_subscription_benefits": [
    "access to all recipes",
    "conversation / q+a threads",
    "first to know about online classes and tour dates"
  ],
  "parsely_pixel_id": null,
  "payments_state": "enabled",
  "paywall_free_trial_enabled": true,
  "podcast_art_url": "https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5fc1b4bd-d6ad-4479-bbce-caaf27719dfd_3000x3000.png",
  "paid_podcast_episode_art_url": null,
  "podcast_byline": "Alison Roman",
  "podcast_description": "Quick episodes of questions from your perfect, lovely voicemails and answers from just Alison. Call 856-502-4816 to solicit advice on a future episode.",
  "podcast_enabled": true,
  "podcast_feed_url": null,
  "podcast_title": "Solicited Advice: Bonus Content",
  "post_preview_limit": null,
  "require_clickthrough": false,
  "rss_feed_url": null,
  "rss_website_url": null,
  "show_pub_podcast_tab": false,
  "show_recs_on_homepage": true,
  "subdomain": "alisoneroman",
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  "support_email": null,
  "theme_var_background_pop": "#FB6542",
  "theme_var_color_links": true,
  "theme_var_cover_bg_color": null,
  "trial_end_override": null,
  "twitter_pixel_id": null,
  "type": "newsletter",
  "post_reaction_faces_enabled": true,
  "is_personal_mode": false,
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      "billing_scheme": "per_unit",
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      "livemode": true,
      "metadata": {
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      },
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      "transform_usage": null,
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        },
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          "unit_amount_decimal": "91500"
        },
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        },
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          "unit_amount_decimal": "8500"
        },
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        },
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        }
      }
    },
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      "id": "monthly5usd",
      "object": "plan",
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      "metadata": {
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      },
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      "product": "prod_HU45NfRYd1ngFH",
      "tiers": null,
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      "transform_usage": null,
      "trial_period_days": null,
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        },
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          "unit_amount_decimal": "2800"
        },
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        },
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        },
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          "unit_amount_decimal": "3500"
        },
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        },
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        },
        "mxn": {
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          "unit_amount_decimal": "9500"
        },
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          "custom_unit_amount": null,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified",
          "unit_amount": 5500,
          "unit_amount_decimal": "5500"
        },
        "nzd": {
          "custom_unit_amount": null,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified",
          "unit_amount": 900,
          "unit_amount_decimal": "900"
        },
        "pln": {
          "custom_unit_amount": null,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified",
          "unit_amount": 2100,
          "unit_amount_decimal": "2100"
        },
        "sek": {
          "custom_unit_amount": null,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified",
          "unit_amount": 5500,
          "unit_amount_decimal": "5500"
        },
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          "tax_behavior": "unspecified",
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          "unit_amount_decimal": "500"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "founding10000usd",
      "name": "founding10000usd",
      "nickname": "founding10000usd",
      "active": true,
      "amount": 10000,
      "currency": "usd",
      "interval": "year",
      "interval_count": 1,
      "metadata": {
        "substack": "yes",
        "founding": "yes",
        "no_coupons": "yes",
        "short_description": "for those who share ",
        "short_description_english": "for those who share ",
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          "cad": 7000,
          "chf": 4400,
          "dkk": 34500,
          "eur": 4600,
          "gbp": 3900,
          "mxn": 102000,
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          "nzd": 8500,
          "pln": 20000,
          "sek": 54000,
          "usd": 5000
        }
      },
      "currency_options": {
        "aud": {
          "unit_amount": 15500,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "brl": {
          "unit_amount": 58000,
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        },
        "cad": {
          "unit_amount": 14000,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "chf": {
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          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "dkk": {
          "unit_amount": 68500,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "eur": {
          "unit_amount": 9500,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "gbp": {
          "unit_amount": 8000,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "mxn": {
          "unit_amount": 203500,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "nok": {
          "unit_amount": 110000,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "nzd": {
          "unit_amount": 17000,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "pln": {
          "unit_amount": 40000,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "sek": {
          "unit_amount": 107500,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        },
        "usd": {
          "unit_amount": 10000,
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "stripe_user_id": "acct_1Gv5gsE0sgc3cZ9a",
  "stripe_country": "US",
  "stripe_publishable_key": "pk_live_wVuVF2sW4kL7o4DY2LaV96bT00vcm1I5Hb",
  "automatic_tax_enabled": false,
  "author_name": "Alison Roman",
  "author_handle": "alisoneroman",
  "author_photo_url": "https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cc7de7f-707f-43ab-a30c-1f2905ff4886_1773x1773.jpeg",
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  "twitter_screen_name": "alisoneroman",
  "twitter_share_on_publish_opt_in": false,
  "has_custom_tos": false,
  "has_custom_privacy": false,
  "theme": {
      //truncated for example
  },
  "threads_v2_settings": {
    //truncated for example
  },
  "default_group_coupon_percent_off": null,
  "pause_return_date": null,
  "has_posts": true,
  "has_recommendations": false,
  "first_post_date": "2020-06-17T21:53:23.345Z",
  "has_podcast": true,
  "has_free_podcast": false,
  "has_subscriber_only_podcast": true,
  "has_community_content": true,
  "twitter_permissions": "write",
  "rankingDetail": "Tens of thousands of paid subscribers",
  "rankingDetailFreeIncluded": "Hundreds of thousands of subscribers",
  "rankingDetailOrderOfMagnitude": 10000,
  "rankingDetailFreeIncludedOrderOfMagnitude": 100000,
  "rankingDetailFreeSubscriberCount": "Over 306,000 subscribers",
  "rankingDetailByLanguage": {
    "de": {
      "rankingDetail": "Zehntausende von Paid-Abonnenten",
      "rankingDetailFreeIncluded": "Hunderttausende von Abonnenten",
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      "rankingDetailFreeIncludedOrderOfMagnitude": 100000,
      "rankingDetailFreeSubscriberCount": "Über 306,000 Abonnenten",
      "freeSubscriberCount": "306,000",
      "freeSubscriberCountOrderOfMagnitude": "306K+"
    },
    //truncated for example
  },
  "freeSubscriberCount": "306,000",
  "freeSubscriberCountOrderOfMagnitude": "306K+",
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  "disable_monthly_subscriptions": false,
  "disable_annual_subscriptions": false,
  "hide_post_restacks": false,
  "notes_feed_enabled": true,
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  "no_follow": false,
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  "navigationBarItems": [],
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  ],
  "threads_v2_enabled": true,
  "viralGiftsConfig": {
    //truncated for example
  },
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  "no_index": false,
  "can_set_google_site_verification": true,
  "can_have_sitemap": true,
  "founding_plan_name_english": "for those who share ",
  "draft_plans": [
      //truncated for example
  ],
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  "hostname": "anewsletter.alisoneroman.com",
  "is_on_substack": false,
  "show_links": [
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      "id": "13319",
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      "platform": "spotify"
    },
    {
      "id": "13320",
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      "section_id": null,
      "url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5TWLMCn5j5miy75uUKD8N8",
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    }
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    "section_id": null,
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    "spotify_uri": "spotify:show:5TWLMCn5j5miy75uUKD8N8",
    "spotify_podcast_title": null,
    "created_at": "2024-04-11T19:59:23.113Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-04-23T13:16:04.261Z",
    "currently_published_on_spotify": true,
    "feed_url_for_spotify": "https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/spotify/c27b8e9c-db6f-4127-950f-39db2e0af620/949.rss",
    "spotify_show_url": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5TWLMCn5j5miy75uUKD8N8"
  },
  "podcastPalette": {
    //truncated for example
  },
  "pageThemes": {
    "podcast": null
  },
  "multiple_pins": true,
  "live_subscriber_counts": false,
  "category": "Top in Food & Drink",
  "category_url": "https://substack.com/home/category/13645"
}

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