# Medium Followers Scraper 🌍✉️ - Cheap (`scrapestorm/medium-followers-scraper---cheap`)

Easily collect followers from any Medium profile, one of the leading platforms for writers and content creators. Just enter a profile URL to extract key details like follower name, profile URL & newsletter info 🔍 Seamlessly integrate with your tools for audience analysis, or outreach campaigns! ⚡📊

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapestorm/medium-followers-scraper---cheap.md
- **Developed by:** [Storm\_Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapestorm) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Agents
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$19.49/month + usage

To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period.
You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#rental-actors

# README

### ✉️ Medium Followers Scraper 🌍📊

The Medium Followers Scraper is a fast and reliable tool that extracts structured follower information from Medium.com profiles.

Whether you want to monitor influencer growth, track audience demographics, or analyze popular Medium users, this scraper allows you to collect follower data at scale with ease.

### 🔍 What This Scraper Does

Simply paste a valid Medium profile URL, and the scraper will return:

✅ A list of followers (up to your specified limit)
✅ Clean, structured fields for each follower, including:

| Field               | Description                                        |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`                | Unique follower ID on Medium                       |
| `name`              | Follower's full name                               |
| `username`          | Follower's Medium username                         |
| `bio`               | Short bio or description                           |
| `profile_url`       | Direct URL to the follower's Medium profile        |
| `imageId`           | Profile image ID or URL                            |
| `hasSubdomain`      | Whether the follower has a custom Medium subdomain |
| `customDomainState` | Status of the follower's custom domain (if any)    |
| `isBookAuthor`      | Whether the follower is a published author         |
| `newsletter`        | Newsletter info if the follower has one            |

⚡ Average performance: Fetching 50 jobs typically takes around 1 minute.

### 🛠 How to Use the Scraper

Deploy the actor or clone the source.

Paste a valid Medium profile URL.

Set your maxfollowers limit (default: 50).

Run the scraper and export results in:

```
JSON

CSV

Excel

XML

HTML
```

### 💰 Pricing

This scraper uses a pay-per-month model. You are only charged for successful results.

Price: $19.49 per month

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***

### 🌟 Why Use This Scraper?

- 📊 Audience Insights — Monitor follower growth, top followers, and engagement trends

- ✉️ Lead Generation — Collect influencer or reader profiles for outreach campaigns

- 🛠 Integration Ready — Feed structured follower data into your CRM or analytics dashboard

- 🌎 Medium-Focused — Designed specifically for Medium authors and users

### 📥 Input Schema

Input example for scraping a Medium profile:

```
{
  "profile_url": "https://chelwrites.medium.com/",
  "maxfollowers": 50
}


```

Input Fields:

| Field          | Type    | Description                                            |
| -------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `profile_url`  | string  | 🔗 Full Medium profile URL                             |
| `maxfollowers` | integer | 🔢 Maximum number of followers to scrape (default: 50) |

### Output for Builtin.com jobs Scraper

```
{
  "id": "0015c2f7d228",
  "name": "Janis Yambot",
  "username": "gjzdqfnt",
  "bio": "N/A",
  "profile_url": "https://medium.com/@gjzdqfnt",
  "imageId": "N/A",
  "hasSubdomain": false,
  "customDomainState": "N/A",
  "isBookAuthor": false,
  "newsletter": {
      "id": "4067d3aeb8fb",
      "type": "NEWSLETTER_TYPE_AUTHOR",
      "slug": "0015c2f7d228",
      "name": "0015c2f7d228"
  }
}

```

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### 📫 Support

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# Actor input Schema

## `profile_url` (type: `string`):

Full URL of the Medium profile to scrape followers from. Example: https://chelwrites.medium.com/

## `maxfollowers` (type: `integer`):

Limits how many followers to scrape from the profile.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profile_url": "https://elye-project.medium.com/",
  "maxfollowers": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "profile_url": "https://elye-project.medium.com/",
    "maxfollowers": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapestorm/medium-followers-scraper---cheap").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "profile_url": "https://elye-project.medium.com/",
    "maxfollowers": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapestorm/medium-followers-scraper---cheap").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "profile_url": "https://elye-project.medium.com/",
  "maxfollowers": 50
}' |
apify call scrapestorm/medium-followers-scraper---cheap --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapestorm/medium-followers-scraper---cheap",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Medium Followers Scraper 🌍✉️ - Cheap",
        "description": "Easily collect followers from any Medium profile, one of the leading platforms for writers and content creators. Just enter a profile URL to extract key details like follower name, profile URL & newsletter info 🔍 Seamlessly integrate with your tools for audience analysis, or outreach campaigns! ⚡📊",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "EH3BBXtiOabpAcntB"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-scrapestorm-medium-followers-scraper---cheap",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapestorm~medium-followers-scraper---cheap/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-scrapestorm-medium-followers-scraper---cheap",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/scrapestorm~medium-followers-scraper---cheap/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-scrapestorm-medium-followers-scraper---cheap",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "profile_url"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "profile_url": {
                        "title": "Medium Profile URL 🌍",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Full URL of the Medium profile to scrape followers from. Example: https://chelwrites.medium.com/",
                        "default": "https://elye-project.medium.com/"
                    },
                    "maxfollowers": {
                        "title": "Maximum Number of Followers 🔢",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Limits how many followers to scrape from the profile.",
                        "default": 50
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
