🕵️‍♂️ Social Media & Website Contact Discovery Scraper

Turn social profiles and search queries into highly targeted, verified B2B lead lists. This Actor automatically scrapes profiles from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, follows "link in bio" pages (like Linktree or Beacons), crawls target websites, and extracts verified emails, phone numbers, and social handles.

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🚀 Key Features

• Multi-Platform Input: Input direct social media links (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube), raw business websites, or search queries to discover leads.
• Search-Engine-Based Discovery: Type keywords like "fitness coach Munich" or "fashion brand Berlin" to automatically discover matching profiles across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
• Advanced Login-Wall Bypass (Stealth): Uses double-redundancy search engine indexing (Google + Bing fallbacks) to scrape bio details and websites without getting blocked by direct login walls.
• Bio-Link Aggregator Expansion: Automatically detects and expands Linktree, Beacons, Shorby, and other bio-link pages to find the actual target websites.
• Deep Website Crawler: Crawls target websites up to 2-3 levels deep, prioritizing high-value contact pages (Contact, About Us, Impressum, Team, Imprint) to extract contact details.
• Email Obfuscation Solver: Solves obfuscated emails like info [at] company (dot) com or those hidden in scripts/footer templates.
• Active Email Verification (DNS MX Check): Performs domain MX-record checks against live mail servers to verify if the email address is valid and active, keeping your bounce rate low.
• B2B Context Enrichment: Extracts company names, descriptions, logos, and additional social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest) linked on the website.

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💡 Why Choose This Scraper?

1. Ultra-Low Running Cost: Built using Crawlee's lightweight HTTP engine rather than running a heavy headless browser. It consumes up to 90% less bandwidth and memory, meaning you can scrape thousands of profiles for a few cents in proxy traffic.
2. Double Redundancy: Fallbacks between Google and Bing ensure the scraper keeps running even if one search engine rate-limits requests.
3. High-Quality Leads: The built-in DNS email verification ensures you only export deliverable emails, protecting your sender reputation.

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🛠️ How to Use

1. Direct URLs (Optional): Enter a list of Instagram/TikTok/YouTube profile URLs or direct business website links.
2. Search Queries (Optional): Enter search keywords (e.g., "dentist Zurich", "marketing agency Hamburg").
3. Select Platforms: Choose which platforms to search (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube).
4. Crawl Settings:
   • Set Max website crawl depth (default 2 is recommended to find Contact/Imprint pages).
   • Keep Verify Emails via MX check toggled ON to validate email deliverability.
5. Proxy Configuration: Always use Residential Proxies for best results on social media networks.
6. Click Run: Download your clean list as JSON, CSV, Excel, or hook it to a webhook.

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📊 Output Data Structure

The Actor outputs clean, structured JSON format for easy import into CRMs (HubSpot, Salesforce, etc.):

{
  "platform": "instagram",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nikegolf/",
  "username": "nikegolf",
  "fullName": "Nike Golf",
  "biography": "1.2M Followers. Check out our golf gear at nikegolf.com or email contact@nikegolf.com",
  "followersCount": 1200000,
  "linkInBio": "https://nikegolf.com",
  "resolvedWebsiteUrl": "https://nikegolf.com/",
  "contacts": {
    "emails": [
      "contact@nikegolf.com"
    ],
    "verifiedEmails": [
      {
        "email": "contact@nikegolf.com",
        "isValidSyntax": true,
        "hasMxRecords": true,
        "status": "valid"
      }
    ],
    "phones": [
      "+1-800-806-6453"
    ],
    "socialLinks": {
      "twitter": "https://twitter.com/nikegolf",
      "youtube": "https://youtube.com/c/nikegolf",
      "facebook": "https://facebook.com/nikegolf"
    },
    "companyName": "Nike Golf - Official Store",
    "companyDescription": "Shop the latest golf shoes, apparel, and equipment from Nike Golf.",
    "companyLogo": "https://nikegolf.com/images/logo.png"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-23T12:53:27.060Z"
}

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🛡️ Best Practices & Tips

• Residential Proxies: Direct scraping of social networks without proxies will trigger instant login blocks. Always enable Residential proxies in the run settings.
• Session Cookies: For heavy scraping, you can optionally provide session cookies in the advanced input settings to simulate an authenticated browser session.