Bluesky Scraper ($0.99 / 1K Results)

Bluesky Scraper 🦋

Bluesky Scraper collects posts, replies, profiles, followers, and following lists from Bluesky and hands them to you as a clean, ready-to-use dataset. Whether you are tracking a topic, researching an audience, monitoring your brand, or studying how conversations spread, this Bluesky Scraper gathers the data without any coding.

No Bluesky account is needed. Choose what you want to collect, add your keywords or handles, press Run, and download the results as a spreadsheet or JSON file.

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🚀 Why Choose This Bluesky Scraper?

Feature	What It Means for You
✅ Five Collection Modes	Works as a Bluesky search scraper, a Bluesky post scraper, a Bluesky profile scraper, and a Bluesky followers scraper, all in one tool
✅ Powerful Filtering	Narrow results by date, language, author, hashtag, linked website, and minimum engagement
✅ Replies Included	Collect the discussion under each post, not just the post itself
✅ Rich Attachments Kept	Images, video, quoted posts, and link previews all survive into your results
✅ Keywords or Links	Start from search words, Bluesky handles, or direct Bluesky links — whatever you already have
✅ Spreadsheet-Ready	Clear, well-labelled columns let you export Bluesky data to CSV, Excel, or JSON instantly

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🔑 Key Features of the Bluesky Scraper

• 🔎 Topic Search — enter any keywords and the Bluesky search scraper finds every matching post across the network
• 👤 Author Timelines — give it a handle such as alice.bsky.social and the Bluesky post scraper collects that account's posts
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Audience Lists — the Bluesky followers scraper pulls complete follower and following lists for any public account
• 📇 Profile Details — the Bluesky profile scraper returns bio, avatar, banner, follower count, and post count for each handle
• 🔗 Direct Links — paste Bluesky links to a post, profile, or search and they are collected exactly as given
• 💬 Reply Collection — switch on replies to gather the conversation beneath each post, saved as their own rows
• 📅 Date Windows — keep only posts published between two dates, so you can scrape Bluesky data for a specific campaign or event
• 🌍 Language Filter — restrict results to a single language when your research is region-specific
• 🏷️ Hashtag Filter — narrow a search to posts carrying specific hashtags
• ✍️ Author Filters — limit results to posts from a specific account, or posts that mention one
• 🌐 Link Filters — find posts that link to a particular website or share an exact link
• 📊 Engagement Thresholds — keep only posts above a minimum number of likes, reposts, or replies
• 🔁 Reply and Repost Control — include or exclude replies and reposts to keep your results focused
• 🥇 Sort Order — rank search results by newest first or by prominence
• 🔁 Repeatable Runs — save your settings once and repeat the same Bluesky data extraction whenever you need a fresh snapshot

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📝 Input

Everything can be set up with the simple form in the Apify Console. If you prefer to enter settings directly, this is what a full configuration looks like:

{
  "mode": "search_posts",
  "terms": ["climate policy", "renewable energy"],
  "count": 100,
  "startUrls": [
    "https://bsky.app/profile/alice.bsky.social"
  ],
  "sortOrder": "latest",
  "dateFrom": "2026-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-06-30",
  "language": "en",
  "fromAuthor": "alice.bsky.social",
  "mentionsAuthor": "bob.bsky.social",
  "hashtags": ["climate", "solar"],
  "domain": "nytimes.com",
  "minLikes": 10,
  "minReposts": 2,
  "minReplies": 1,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "includeReposts": false,
  "scrapeComments": true,
  "maxComments": 25
}

Input Settings

Setting	Type	Default	What It Does
mode	text	search_posts	What to collect: search_posts, author_feed, followers, following, or profile_details.
terms	list	—	Your keywords (for searching) or Bluesky handles (for the other modes).
count	number	—	The most results to collect for each keyword or handle.
startUrls	list	—	Direct Bluesky links to a post, profile, or search page.
sortOrder	text	—	Rank search results by newest first or by prominence.
dateFrom / dateTo	text	—	Keep only posts published inside this date range (YYYY-MM-DD).
language	text	—	Keep only posts written in this language, e.g. en.
fromAuthor	text	—	Keep only posts written by this handle.
mentionsAuthor	text	—	Keep only posts that mention this handle.
hashtags	list	—	Keep only posts carrying these hashtags, with or without the #.
domain	text	—	Keep only posts linking to this website.
exactUrl	text	—	Keep only posts sharing this exact link.
minLikes	number	—	Keep only posts with at least this many likes.
minReposts	number	—	Keep only posts with at least this many reposts.
minReplies	number	—	Keep only posts with at least this many replies.
includeReplies	yes/no	—	When off, posts that are replies to someone else are skipped.
includeReposts	yes/no	—	When off, posts that appeared only because someone reposted them are skipped.
scrapeComments	yes/no	—	Also collect the replies under each post, saved as separate rows.
maxComments	number	—	The most replies to collect per post.

💡 Tip: filters stack together. A Bluesky keyword search combined with a date range, a language, and a minimum like count turns a huge topic into a short, genuinely useful list.

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📦 Output

The Bluesky Scraper writes one row per record. Each row is a post, a comment, a profile, or a follower entry, marked by the kind column. That makes results simple to separate and export Bluesky data to CSV. Here is one post row:

[
  {
    "kind": "post",
    "query": "renewable energy",
    "id": "3kv2xq7ab2c",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:abc123/app.bsky.feed.post/3kv2xq7ab2c",
    "cid": "bafyreih4example",
    "authorHandle": "alice.bsky.social",
    "authorDid": "did:plc:abc123",
    "authorName": "Alice Nguyen",
    "authorAvatar": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/alice.jpg",
    "text": "Solar just passed 20% of national generation for the first time.",
    "createdAt": "2026-03-14T08:41:02.000Z",
    "indexedAt": "2026-03-14T08:41:05.112Z",
    "languages": ["en"],
    "labels": [],
    "replyCount": 42,
    "repostCount": 318,
    "likeCount": 1904,
    "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:abc123/post/3kv2xq7ab2c",
    "embed": {
      "type": "images",
      "images": [
        {
          "alt": "Chart showing solar generation over time",
          "thumb": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/thumb/chart.jpg",
          "fullsize": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/full/chart.jpg"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
]

Post and Comment Columns

Column	Type	What It Contains
kind	text	post, comment, profile, follower, or following
query	text	The keyword, handle, or link that produced this row
id	text	The post's short identifier
uri	text	Bluesky's full internal reference for the post
cid	text	The post's content fingerprint
url	text	A clickable link to the post on Bluesky
authorHandle	text	The poster's handle, e.g. alice.bsky.social
authorDid	text	Their permanent account identifier, which never changes even if the handle does
authorName	text	Their display name
authorAvatar	text	Their profile picture
text	text	What the post actually says
createdAt	text	When the author published it
indexedAt	text	When Bluesky recorded it
languages	list	The languages the post is tagged with
labels	list	Any moderation labels applied to the post
replyCount	number	How many replies it received
repostCount	number	How many times it was reposted
likeCount	number	How many likes it received
facets	list	Links, mentions, and hashtags detected inside the text
embed	object	Attached images, video, linked pages, or a quoted post
repost	object	Who reposted it, when the post appeared because of a repost
sourcePostId	text	For reply rows: which post it belongs to
sourcePostUrl	text	For reply rows: a link to the original post
sourcePostAuthorHandle	text	For reply rows: who wrote the original post
commentDepth	number	For reply rows: how deep in the conversation it sits

Profile and Follower Columns

Column	Type	What It Contains
kind	text	profile, follower, or following
id / uri	text	The account's permanent identifier
authorHandle	text	The account handle
authorName	text	The display name
text	text	The account's bio
avatar	text	Their profile picture
banner	text	Their profile header image
followersCount	number	How many accounts follow them
followsCount	number	How many accounts they follow
postsCount	number	How many posts they have published
createdAt	text	When the account was created
labels	list	Any moderation labels on the account
url	text	A clickable link to their profile

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🚀 How to Use the Bluesky Scraper (Step by Step)

1. Sign in — go to console.apify.com and open the Actors tab.
2. Open the actor — search for Bluesky Scraper and click its card.
3. Choose your mode — searching by topic, collecting one account's posts, pulling followers, or fetching profile details.
4. Add your targets — keywords for search mode, or Bluesky handles for the other modes. You can also paste direct links.
5. Set your size — choose how many results per keyword or handle. Start small to review the output.
6. Narrow it down — add date ranges, a language, hashtags, or minimum engagement to sharpen your results.
7. Add replies — switch on reply collection if you want the full conversation.
8. Refine and repeat — check the first results, then tighten your filters and run the Bluesky keyword search again.
9. Press Run and download — open the OUTPUT tab and save as CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, or RSS.

No coding required — the Bluesky Scraper gives you a complete dataset in minutes.

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🎯 What Makes This Bluesky Scraper Different

• 🎛️ One Tool Instead of Five — search, timelines, followers, following, and profiles are all handled by the same Bluesky Scraper
• 🔍 Filters That Actually Narrow — combining date, language, hashtag, author, and engagement filters turns a huge topic into a workable list
• 🧵 Conversations, Not Just Posts — replies keep a link back to the post that started them, so your Bluesky data extraction preserves real context
• 🆔 Stable Account IDs — every row carries the permanent account identifier alongside the handle, so your records stay accurate even when someone renames themselves
• 🖼️ Rich Attachments Kept — images, video, quoted posts, and link previews are all preserved rather than flattened away
• 📈 Engagement Included — likes, reposts, and replies arrive with every post, ready for ranking and analysis
• 🎚️ You Control the Volume — set a limit per target and the Bluesky Scraper stops exactly there, so runs stay predictable
• 🔎 Traceable Rows — each result records which keyword or handle produced it, so combined runs stay easy to untangle

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💡 Best Use Cases for the Bluesky Scraper

• 🗣️ Brand and Reputation Monitoring — use the Bluesky Scraper for ongoing Bluesky social listening on your product or company name
• 📊 Audience Research — pull follower lists to understand who is really engaging with an account in your niche
• 📰 Journalism and Fact-Finding — follow how a story spreads, with exact timestamps and engagement counts
• 🔬 Academic Research — scrape Bluesky data for defined date ranges to build datasets you can repeat and cite
• 🤝 Influencer Discovery — perform a Bluesky handle lookup across a topic to find the accounts driving real conversation
• 📈 Campaign Measurement — track hashtag performance before, during, and after a launch
• 🛎️ Competitor Watch — point the Bluesky Scraper at rival accounts for continuous Bluesky social listening on what they announce
• 🔗 Community Mapping — run a Bluesky handle lookup across follower lists to see which accounts overlap between communities
• 📅 Event Coverage — run a Bluesky keyword search across the exact days of a conference, launch, or news event
• 📥 Reporting and Dashboards — export Bluesky data to CSV and load it straight into your reporting tool

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🔧 Good to Know

A few practical notes before you run the Bluesky Scraper:

• What you can start from
  • Search keywords and phrases
  • Bluesky handles, such as alice.bsky.social
  • Direct Bluesky links to a post, profile, or search
• What each mode needs
  • Search mode expects keywords; all other modes expect handles
• Download formats
  • CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, and RSS
• Please note
  • ❌ Private or deactivated accounts cannot be collected
  • ❌ Posts that have been deleted are no longer available
  • ℹ️ Engagement counts are a snapshot from the moment of collection, so they keep changing after your run finishes
  • ℹ️ Very broad keywords return large result sets, so combine filters to keep runs fast and focused

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🤝 Support & Feature Requests

Need a hand, or have an idea for the Bluesky Scraper?

• 💡 Feature Requests — want list collection, scheduled monitoring runs, or alerting on new matches? Just ask.
• 📧 Contact — email us at scrapershub@gmail.com.

Your feedback shapes what we build next and helps keep this the most useful Bluesky Scraper on the Apify Store.

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Start today with the most complete Bluesky Scraper available — posts, replies, profiles, and audiences in one run.

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Disclaimer

This Bluesky Scraper collects information only from publicly available sources. It does not access private accounts, direct messages, or any password-protected content. You are responsible for following applicable data privacy laws and for respecting Bluesky's terms of service and community guidelines when using what you collect.

For data removal requests, please contact scrapershub@gmail.com. Always use these tools responsibly, ethically, and for legitimate purposes only.