# Find Substack authors and their follower counts

**Use case:** 

Discover the Substack authors behind any topic: name, handle, bio, follower count, bestseller tier, primary publication and socials.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "artificial intelligence"
  ],
  "maxPublications": 100,
  "includePosts": false,
  "maxPostsPerPublication": 20,
  "includePostContent": false,
  "includeRecommendations": false,
  "includeAuthorProfiles": true,
  "enrichContactEmails": false,
  "onlyPaidPublications": false,
  "minFreeSubscribers": 0,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorStoreName": "substack-monitor",
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "type": {
    "label": "Type"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Author"
  },
  "handle": {
    "label": "Handle"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Profile",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "bio": {
    "label": "Bio"
  },
  "followerCount": {
    "label": "Followers"
  },
  "subscriberBand": {
    "label": "Subscribers"
  },
  "bestsellerTier": {
    "label": "Bestseller tier"
  },
  "primaryPublicationName": {
    "label": "Main newsletter"
  },
  "socials": {
    "label": "Links",
    "format": "array"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Substack Scraper — Newsletters, Posts & Creator Leads](https://apify.com/scrapesage/substack-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/scrapesage/substack-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.