Snapchat Scraper - Profiles, Stories, Spotlight & Leads

Extract public Snapchat data at scale - profiles, subscriber counts, public Stories, Spotlight & Curated Highlights, AR Lenses and related-account creator leads - by username or profile URL. No login, no API key, no browser. Fast structured JSON/CSV/Excel output, PPE pricing, and MCP / agent-ready.

Most Snapchat scrapers stop at a thin profile card (name + avatar). This one returns the whole public profile: identity, verified badge, subscriber count, bio, website, category, business-profile ID, the live public Story, saved Highlights, AR Lenses, and the related-account graph you can crawl into a creator network.

What it does

• Profiles - username, display name, verified badge, subscriber count, bio, website, category/subcategory, address, avatar, snapcode, business-profile ID, created/updated dates.
• Public Stories - each live snap's media URL, media type (image/video) and timestamp.
• Highlights - titled Curated Highlights and Spotlight Highlights, with thumbnails and their snaps.
• AR Lenses - lens name, creator, preview image + video, icon and the public unlock URL.
• Related accounts - the accounts Snapchat surfaces on each profile - a ready-made discovery graph.
• Creator leads (optional) - a compact, CRM-ready row per profile with a 0-100 leadScore for influencer / brand outreach.
• Discovery crawl (optional) - follow related accounts and scrape them too, up to a depth you choose, turning a few seed handles into a whole network.

Input

Field	Type	Description
usernames	array	Handles to scrape - nba, @redbull, kimkardashian (the @ is optional).
startUrls	array	Full profile URLs - https://www.snapchat.com/@nba or /add/redbull.
maxResults	integer	Cap on total profiles per run (default 50; 0 = no limit).
includeStory	boolean	Include the live public Story (default true).
includeHighlights	boolean	Include Curated + Spotlight Highlights (default true).
includeLenses	boolean	Include AR Lenses (default true).
includeRelatedAccounts	boolean	Include the related-accounts list (default true).
expandRelatedAccounts	boolean	Crawl related accounts as full profiles (default false).
maxRelatedDepth	integer	Hops to follow when expanding (default 1, max 4).
outputCreatorLeads	boolean	Also emit compact creatorLead rows with leadScore (default false).
maxConcurrency	integer	Parallel requests (default 5).
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings; defaults to Apify Residential.

Example input

{
  "usernames": ["nba", "redbull", "spotify"],
  "includeStory": true,
  "includeHighlights": true,
  "includeLenses": true,
  "includeRelatedAccounts": true,
  "outputCreatorLeads": true,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}

Output

Each row carries a type (profile or creatorLead). Switch between the Profiles and Creator leads views in the dataset. Example profile (trimmed):

{
  "type": "profile",
  "accountType": "public_profile",
  "username": "nba",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.snapchat.com/@nba",
  "title": "NBA",
  "verified": true,
  "subscriberCount": 3691900,
  "category": "Business Group",
  "bio": "The official NBA",
  "websiteUrl": "https://NBA.com",
  "businessProfileId": "….",
  "createdAt": "2019-05-…Z",
  "storySnapCount": 6,
  "curatedHighlightCount": 16,
  "spotlightHighlightCount": 16,
  "lensCount": 16,
  "relatedAccountCount": 3,
  "story": [{ "mediaType": "image", "mediaUrl": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/…", "timestamp": "2026-…Z" }],
  "curatedHighlights": [{ "title": "2025-26 NBA Finals 🏆", "thumbnailUrl": "…", "snapCount": 4 }],
  "lenses": [{ "name": "NBA Draft", "creatorDisplayName": "NBA", "unlockUrl": "https://www.snapchat.com/unlock/…" }],
  "relatedAccounts": [{ "username": "…", "verified": true, "profileUrl": "https://www.snapchat.com/@…" }]
}

Use cases

• Influencer & creator research - subscriber reach, category, verification and website in one pull.
• Brand / competitor monitoring - track a brand's public Story, Highlights and Lenses over time.
• Lead generation - build outreach lists from creatorLead rows and the related-account graph.
• Social & AR analytics - study Spotlight, Highlights and Lens output across accounts.

Use with AI assistants (MCP)

This actor is available over the Apify MCP server, so AI assistants and agents (Claude, ChatGPT, and any MCP client) can call it as a tool - pass usernames and get structured Snapchat data back. See the Apify MCP docs.

Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is agent-ready - AI agents can discover it, run it, and pay for it autonomously, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses pay-per-event pricing and limited permissions, so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

• x402 - an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the Apify MCP server - no account, no API key.
• Skyfire - agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

FAQ

Do I need to log in? No. This scrapes only public profile pages - no login, cookies or API key.

What about private / personal accounts? Regular non-public users expose only a lean identity card (username, display name, snapcode). Public Profiles (creators, brands, public figures) expose the full field set. Private content is never accessible.

Why are some fields empty? Personal / celebrity profiles often leave brand fields (category, bio, address, website) blank - those are honestly empty at the source, not missed. Creator and brand profiles populate them.

Is it reliable? Yes. Requests retry on a fresh IP, the run self-limits before any platform timeout, and transient blocks end the run gracefully (no crash), so scheduled jobs stay green.

Legal

Scrapes only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the output in compliance with Snapchat's terms and applicable laws (including GDPR/CCPA where relevant). Not affiliated with or endorsed by Snap Inc.