Weibo Scraper

Weibo Scraper turns public Weibo (微博) content into clean JSON, CSV or Excel. Search any keyword, pull the public posts of a profile, open single post URLs, follow a hashtag or topic, and read the live hot search board (热搜). Every post comes with full text, likes, comments, reposts, pictures, video link, publishing region, hashtags and the public profile of its author. It is built for brand teams, China market researchers, trend analysts, newsrooms and AI agents.

US$ 4.00 per 1,000 items. No monthly fee, no start fee, no login, no cookies. Error rows are free.

At a glance

	This Actor	zhorex/weibo-scraper (most used, 30 days)	sian.agency/weibo-scraper (second most used)
Price per 1,000 items, Free plan	US$ 4.00	US$ 35.00	US$ 75.00
Price per 1,000 items, Gold plan and above	US$ 3.40	US$ 35.00 (same on every plan)	US$ 75.00 (same on every plan)
Fee per run start	None	US$ 0.05 per 1,000 run starts, per GB of memory	None
Deleted posts, missing profiles, empty searches	Free rows with an errorCode	Not stated on its page	Not stated on its page
Users in the last 30 days	1 (published 2026-09-16)	123	92
Store rating	No reviews yet	1.0 (1 review)	No reviews yet
Public run success, last 30 days	No public runs yet; 14 of our 14 cloud test runs succeeded	99.6% (2,561 of 2,570)	100.0% (23,805 runs)

Competitor figures were read from the public Apify API (api.apify.com/v2/store?search=weibo) on 2026-09-15 and change every day. Success is counted the honest way, SUCCEEDED / (SUCCEEDED + FAILED + TIMED-OUT). Of the 54 Weibo Actors measured that day, only those two have real traction.

One real row

Minimal input:

{ "searchQuery": "小米", "maxItems": 30 }

A real post row from a cloud run of 2026-09-16, trimmed to the fields most people use (the full row is under "Output" below):

{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "5343350941032693",
  "bid": "RibKS4kEl",
  "url": "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5343350941032693",
  "text": "全新小米18 Pro系列\n全新百变背屏\n明日敬请期待\n#小米18Pro系列# 卢伟冰的微博视频",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-15T02:00:02+00:00",
  "likeCount": 2120,
  "commentCount": 466,
  "repostCount": 108,
  "region": "北京",
  "hashtags": ["小米18Pro系列"],
  "videoUrl": "https://f.video.weibocdn.com/o0/Z6wjKOc8lx08ANFA7FtS010412000m6N0E010.mp4?label=mp4_hd...",
  "videoDuration": 8,
  "isRepost": false,
  "authorId": "1892653244",
  "authorName": "卢伟冰",
  "authorUrl": "https://m.weibo.cn/u/1892653244",
  "authorVerified": true,
  "authorVerifiedReason": "小米集团合伙人、总裁，手机部总裁，小米品牌总经理",
  "authorFollowersCount": 3752000,
  "authorPostCount": 16970,
  "source": "search:小米",
  "errorCode": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-16T01:17:41.069454+00:00"
}

What you can do with it

• Monitor a brand or a product launch in China. Schedule a daily run on your brand name in Chinese and in Latin script and read every public post, who wrote it, how many followers they have and how fast it grows in likes, comments and reposts.
• Track the hot search board. Run hot mode every fifteen minutes and you have a time series of the topics trending in China, with rank and heat score. It is the cheapest signal of what the Chinese internet is paying attention to.
• Do China market research without an office in China. Search a product category, a competitor or a policy term and export hundreds of real opinions with region, date and engagement, ready for translation and sentiment analysis.
• Vet a creator or a KOL, and follow a topic. Pull a profile's public posts with followers, badge and per post engagement to compute a real engagement rate, and read the public timeline of any #topic# page to watch a recall, a launch or a news story unfold hour by hour.

Why this Weibo Scraper

• Nine times cheaper than the most used Weibo Actor. US$ 4 per 1,000 items against US$ 35, with a ladder down to US$ 3.40 on Gold. A 10,000 post study costs US$ 40 here and US$ 350 there.
• Five modes, one flat output. Search, profile, post URL, hashtag and hot search return the same columns with a type field, so one integration covers every job.
• Four search tabs merged per keyword. Weibo splits search across tabs (all, real time, hot and mixed). Most scrapers read one. This one reads four and deduplicates, taking a keyword from 11 posts to about 40 to 60 distinct posts in our tests.
• Full text of long posts, reposts kept whole, author profile on every row. Truncated posts are opened at no extra charge, a repost carries repostOf with the original, and followers, post count, bio and verification badge come attached to each post so you can filter by audience size without a second pass.
• No login, no cookies, no account of yours. The Actor takes an anonymous visitor session the same way any browser does when it opens m.weibo.cn logged out, and reads only what Weibo serves to that visitor.
• Free error rows, and cheap because it is plain HTTP. Deleted posts, missing profiles and blocked pages come back with a stable errorCode and cost nothing. In 14 cloud test runs the platform cost was 0.74% of the price charged.

Input

Every field is optional. With an empty input the Actor searches 小米 (Xiaomi) and returns 30 posts, which is what Apify's daily health check runs.

Field	Type	What it does
mode	select, default search	search, user, posts, hashtag or hot. Fill another field and the Actor uses it, so API and agent calls never fail on the mode.
searchQuery, searchQueries	string, list	Keywords for search mode, Chinese or Latin. Each returns up to maxItems posts; duplicates across keywords are removed and never charged twice.
hashtags	list of strings	For hashtag mode: topic names with or without the # marks.
userIds	list of strings	For user mode: numeric uid, profile URL or display name.
postUrls	list of strings	For posts mode: post URLs, numeric ids or short bids.
publishedAfter, publishedBefore	string, YYYY-MM-DD	Drop posts outside the window; publishedBefore is inclusive.
includeComments, maxCommentsPerPost	boolean (false), integer (20)	Adds the public comments of each post as type: "comment" rows. Weibo serves up to 20 without login.
includeProfile	boolean, default true	In user mode, adds one type: "profile" row per profile.
includeLongText	boolean, default true	Opens truncated long posts to bring the full text. No extra charge.
maxItems	integer, default 30	Maximum items per keyword, hashtag or profile; run total for posts and hot.
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Apify datacenter proxy by default. Blocked requests are retried on a new IP with a new visitor session.

What each kind of input returns:

You give	You get
searchQuery: "小米"	Posts from four Weibo search tabs for that keyword, merged and deduplicated
hashtags: ["小米18"]	Posts from the public #小米18# topic timeline
userIds: ["1771925961"], ["小米公司"] or ["https://m.weibo.cn/u/1771925961"]	The profile row plus the public posts of that account; a display name is resolved through Weibo's public profile search
postUrls: ["https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5343350941032693"] or ["RibKS4kEl"]	That one post with full stats, from the URL, the numeric id or the short bid
mode: "hot"	The live hot search board with rank, topic and heat score

Example: monitor a brand in Chinese and in Latin script

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQueries": ["小米", "Xiaomi"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "publishedAfter": "2026-09-10"
}

Example: the hot search board, and a creator's posts with public comments

{ "mode": "hot", "maxItems": 60 }
{ "mode": "user", "userIds": ["小米公司"], "maxItems": 20, "includeComments": true }

Output

One flat row per item. The type field says what the row is: post, topic, profile or comment, and fields that do not apply are null. A hot search topic row from a real run of 2026-09-16 (URL shortened here):

{
  "type": "topic",
  "topic": "隐翅虫被女生用手掐着玩",
  "text": "隐翅虫被女生用手掐着玩",
  "rank": 2,
  "heat": 1237211,
  "board": "实时热点，每分钟更新一次",
  "url": "https://m.weibo.cn/search?containerid=100103type%3D1%26t%3D10%26q%3D%23...%23",
  "source": "hot",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-16T01:17:45.156258+00:00"
}

A public profile row, and a public comment row (display name only, no id, link or picture of the person who commented):

{ "type": "profile", "id": "1771925961", "url": "https://m.weibo.cn/u/1771925961",
  "authorName": "小米公司", "authorVerified": true, "authorVerifiedReason": "小米科技有限责任公司",
  "authorFollowersCount": 13932000, "authorFollowingCount": 998, "authorPostCount": 25343,
  "text": "让全球每个人都能享受科技带来的美好生活。", "source": "user:小米公司" }

{ "type": "comment", "id": "5343188631684163", "postId": "5343083248227060",
  "url": "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5343083248227060", "text": "初心呢",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-14T15:15:04+00:00", "likeCount": 43, "commentCount": 3,
  "region": "广东", "commenterName": "喜得龙888", "source": "comments:5343083248227060" }

Fields

Field	Type	Meaning
type	string	post, topic, profile or comment
id, bid	string	Weibo numeric id, and the short base62 id used in weibo.com/<uid>/<bid>
url	string	Canonical m.weibo.cn link
text, textHtml	string	Plain text with line breaks kept, and the original HTML with topic and mention links
isLongText	boolean	Weibo truncated the post in the list; the full text is already in text
createdAt, createdAtRaw	string	Publish time in ISO 8601 UTC, and exactly what Weibo returned
likeCount, commentCount, repostCount	number	Likes, comments and reposts
region, postedFrom	string	Publishing region (北京) and the client or badge string Weibo prints under the post
hashtags	array	Topics found between # marks in the text
pictureCount, pictures	number, array	How many pictures, and direct links to their large versions
videoUrl, videoDuration, videoTitle	string, number, string	Direct MP4 link, length in seconds and title
isRepost, repostOf	boolean, object	Whether the post quotes another, and the original with id, url, text, authorName, authorId, counts and createdAt
authorId, authorName, authorUrl	string	Numeric uid, display name and public profile link of the author
authorVerified, authorVerifiedReason	boolean, string	V badge and what it says
authorFollowersCount	number	Followers, with 万 and 亿 already converted to integers
authorFollowingCount, authorPostCount	number	Accounts the author follows, and total public posts
authorDescription, authorGender, authorAvatarUrl	string	Bio, male or female, and profile picture
topic, rank, heat, board	string, number, number, string	On topic rows: the words, the position, the heat score and which board it came from
postId, commenterName	string	On comment rows: the post it belongs to, and the display name of who wrote it
source	string	Where the row came from, for example search:小米 or user:小米公司
error, errorCode	string	Reason and stable machine readable code, only on error rows
scrapedAt	string	When the row was collected, ISO 8601 UTC

Error codes (never charged)

errorCode	Meaning
POST_NOT_FOUND	The post was deleted, hidden or never existed
PROFILE_NOT_FOUND	No Weibo profile matches that uid, URL or display name
INVALID_POST_ID	The line is not a Weibo post URL or id
NO_RESULTS	The keyword, hashtag or profile has no public posts
BLOCKED	Weibo served the login page on every retry for that request. Run again or switch the proxy group.

Pricing

US$ 4.00 per 1,000 items delivered. One charge is one row with real content, whatever the mode: a post, a repost, a hot search topic, a public profile or a public comment. Full text, pictures, video links and author stats are included; error rows are free and duplicates are removed before charging. The default 30 item run costs US$ 0.12, a 1,000 post brand study US$ 4.00, a 100,000 post dataset US$ 400.00. Store discounts by plan:

Apify plan	Price per item	Per 1,000 items
Free	US$ 0.0040	US$ 4.00
Bronze	US$ 0.0038	US$ 3.80
Silver	US$ 0.0036	US$ 3.60
Gold and above	US$ 0.0034	US$ 3.40

Measured on 2026-09-15, the most used Weibo Actor charges US$ 35 per 1,000 plus a start fee, the second charges US$ 75, and the only cheaper ones in the niche have fewer than 20 users per month and success rates of 85% to 92%. There is no Apify compute bill on top: the price per item is all inclusive.

How to use

In the Apify Console

Pick a mode (or just type a keyword and leave the mode alone), set Max items, click Start, and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML. Hot search runs have their own Hot search topics view.

Through the API

Start a run and get the rows in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapewise~weibo-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode": "search", "searchQuery": "小米", "maxItems": 50}'

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("scrapewise/weibo-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "hot",
    "maxItems": 60,
})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row["rank"], row["topic"], row["heat"])

Node.js:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('scrapewise/weibo-scraper').call({ mode: 'user', userIds: ['小米公司'], maxItems: 20 });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

With AI agents (MCP)

The Actor works as a tool in Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients through the Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com). Add scrapewise/weibo-scraper and ask things like "what is trending on Weibo right now" or "find Weibo posts about 小米18 from the last three days and summarise the complaints". The agent reads the input schema, runs the Actor and gets flat rows back.

Schedules and integrations

Run the same input every fifteen minutes for the hot search board, or once a day for a brand keyword: a day over day diff of id shows new posts and the change in likeCount shows growth. Results go to Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable, a webhook, n8n, Make or Zapier through Apify integrations.

Limitations

• Weibo serves only the first page to a logged out visitor. This is the honest and important limit. Every list route (search, profile timeline, topic timeline, comments) returns page 1 and answers page 2 with a login redirect, on a fresh session and a rested IP alike. The Actor works around it by width: four search tabs per keyword, three per topic, merged and deduplicated. In practice one keyword gives about 40 to 60 distinct posts, one topic 25 to 40, one profile 10 to 12, one post up to 20 comments, the hot board 60 to 85 topics. For more, use several keywords, topics and profiles in one run, or schedule it often and accumulate.
• publishedAfter and publishedBefore filter, they do not dig. They drop posts outside the window from what Weibo returned; they cannot make Weibo serve older posts.
• Comments are display name only, by design. Text, date, likes and display name, never the commenter's user id, profile link or picture. No follower lists, fan lists or contact details of anyone.
• Weibo hides some content from logged out visitors. Posts restricted to followers, age gated content and some accounts do not appear, and the Actor will not use an account to reach them.
• Video and picture links expire, because Weibo signs its CDN links. Download the files within a few hours of the run.
• Numbers are what Weibo shows publicly at the moment of the run. Counts written as 万 and 亿 become integers, so 474.2万 is 4742000 and loses the digits Weibo itself rounds away. The content is mostly Chinese and the Actor does not translate.
• Something broke? Open an issue on the Actor page. Issues are answered within 12 hours.

FAQ

Do I need a Weibo account, cookies or an API key? No. The Actor takes an anonymous visitor session from Weibo's own public visitor endpoint, the same handshake a browser does when it opens m.weibo.cn logged out. You only need an Apify account.

How many posts can I get for one keyword? About 40 to 60 distinct posts per run, because Weibo serves only the first page of each search tab to a logged out visitor and the Actor merges four tabs. For thousands, put many keywords and hashtags in one run, or schedule the same keyword several times a day; posts are deduplicated by id inside each run.

Why is this so much cheaper than the other Weibo Actors? It is plain HTTP against Weibo's own public JSON routes, with no browser and no rendering. In 14 cloud test runs the platform cost was 0.74% of the price charged.

Can I get the hot search board (热搜)? Yes, that is hot mode: the real time board and the rising board with rank, topic words, heat score and a link to the topic timeline, usually 60 to 85 topics, for about US$ 0.30.

Can I search in English or other Latin script? Yes. Keywords like Tesla or Xiaomi return the posts Weibo indexes for them, mostly written in Chinese with the Latin term inside. For full brand coverage, search both names in the same run.

Does it collect the people who write comments? Only their display name, and only when you turn includeComments on. Never their user id, profile link, picture, followers or any contact detail, and never follower or fan lists.

Am I charged for errors, duplicates or empty searches? No. Rows with an errorCode are free, duplicates within a run are removed before charging, and a keyword with no public results costs nothing.

What happens when Weibo blocks a request? Weibo answers a blocked request with HTTP 200 and a tiny body that redirects to the login page. The Actor treats that as a block, not as an empty result: it drops the session, takes a new IP, builds a new visitor session and retries up to six times, moving to residential IPs as a reserve after three blocked datacenter attempts. The run only fails if nothing at all could be delivered.

Can I use it from n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent? Yes. Use the Apify app in those tools, or the Apify MCP server for agents. Every input field has a description, the output is flat with a type column, and error rows are free, which makes it cheap for an agent to explore with.

Does it download videos and images? It returns direct links (videoUrl, pictures) and does not store the files. Fetch them soon after the run, because Weibo signs the links and they expire.

Is scraping Weibo legal? The Actor collects only what Weibo shows publicly to any visitor without logging in, and no personal data of ordinary users beyond the public profile of the author who posted and the display name on a public comment. It never logs in and never touches private messages or restricted content. How you use the data is your responsibility; follow Weibo's terms and the privacy laws that apply to you, such as GDPR and LGPD.

What if Weibo changes its API? The Actor fails loudly with a message that names the route and the field that changed, instead of finishing successfully with an empty dataset. Open an issue and it gets fixed.

Changelog

• 2026-09-16, 0.1: first release. Keyword search across four Weibo tabs, profile posts with the profile row, post details by URL, id or short bid, hashtag and topic timelines, the hot search board, optional public comments, full text of long posts, repost details, date filters, free error rows, US$ 4 per 1,000 with a discount ladder.

This Actor collects only public data and respects the site's terms.

Em português

Raspa conteúdo público do Weibo (微博), a maior rede social chinesa, sem login e sem cookie: busca por palavra-chave, posts públicos de um perfil, post por URL ou id, hashtag ou tópico, e o quadro de buscas quentes (热搜) ao vivo. Cada post vem com texto completo, curtidas, comentários, reposts, fotos, link do vídeo, região, hashtags e o perfil público de quem publicou.

• Monitorar marca na China: execução diária com o nome da marca em chinês e em alfabeto latino, mostrando cada post público, quem escreveu e quantos seguidores tem.
• Acompanhar tendência: o modo hot devolve o quadro de buscas quentes com posição, tópico e nota de calor.
• Pesquisa de mercado chinês: busque uma categoria ou um concorrente e exporte centenas de opiniões reais com data, região e engajamento.

Preço: US$ 4,00 por 1.000 itens no plano Free (US$ 3,40 no Gold), sem mensalidade e sem taxa por execução. O líder da loja cobra US$ 35 por 1.000 pelos mesmos cinco modos. Linha com errorCode é gratuita. Limite honesto: o Weibo só entrega a primeira página de cada lista para visitante deslogado, então o volume vem de largura (várias palavras-chave, tópicos e perfis numa execução), não de profundidade.

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