Udemy Course Reviews Scraper ⭐

What does Udemy Course Reviews Scraper do?

Udemy Course Reviews Scraper collects structured review data from public Udemy course pages. Add a Udemy course URL, course slug, or numeric course ID, choose how many reviews you want, and the Actor returns ratings, written review text, reviewer names when available, timestamps, and course metadata.

Use it to build review datasets for course research, competitor tracking, sentiment analysis, instructor monitoring, learning-market analysis, and AI or RAG workflows that need fresh course feedback.

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Why use Udemy Course Reviews Scraper?

• Course review research - Collect learner feedback from a specific Udemy course without manual copy-paste.
• Clean output - Empty and unavailable values are omitted from dataset items, keeping exports easier to analyze.
• Pagination support - Request multiple review pages while controlling result limits and run size.
• Flexible course input - Use a full Udemy URL, a course slug such as python3-fundamentals, or a numeric course ID in the course URL field.
• Automation-ready data - Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, Google Sheets, webhooks, or your own API workflow.

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What data can you extract from Udemy?

Field	Description
review_id	Unique Udemy review ID
review_rating	Numeric rating left by the learner
review_content	Written review text when available
review_created	Review creation timestamp
review_modified	Review modification timestamp
review_user_modified	Timestamp for the user's latest review edit
reviewer_title	Reviewer title published by Udemy
reviewer_name	Reviewer first name when available
reviewer_display_name	Public reviewer display name
course_id	Numeric Udemy course ID
course_title	Course title
course_url	Direct Udemy course URL
course_headline	Course headline or subtitle
course_rating	Course average rating
course_num_reviews	Total review count shown by Udemy
course_num_subscribers	Total student count shown by Udemy
instructor_names	Visible instructor names
source	Source platform name
scraped_at	Timestamp for when the record was collected

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How to use Udemy Course Reviews Scraper

1. Open the Actor on Apify.
2. Paste a Udemy course URL, course slug, or numeric course ID into courseUrl.
3. Set results_wanted and max_pages.
4. Choose whether to collect only written reviews.
5. Run the Actor and download the dataset.

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
courseUrl	String	No	https://www.udemy.com/course/python3-fundamentals/	Udemy course URL, course slug, or numeric course ID
results_wanted	Integer	No	20	Maximum number of reviews to save
max_pages	Integer	No	5	Maximum review pages to request
include_text_only	Boolean	No	true	Collect only reviews that include written text
ordering	String	No	highest_ranked	Review order: highest_ranked or recent
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	{ "useApifyProxy": false }	Optional proxy settings for cloud runs

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Usage Examples

Course URL

Collect 20 written reviews from a Udemy course URL:

{
  "courseUrl": "https://www.udemy.com/course/python3-fundamentals/",
  "results_wanted": 20,
  "max_pages": 5,
  "include_text_only": true,
  "ordering": "highest_ranked"
}

Course Slug

Use a Udemy course slug when you do not want to paste the full URL:

{
  "courseUrl": "python3-fundamentals",
  "results_wanted": 50,
  "max_pages": 5
}

Recent Ratings

Collect the most recent ratings, including records that may not include written text:

{
  "courseUrl": "5007558",
  "results_wanted": 100,
  "max_pages": 10,
  "include_text_only": false,
  "ordering": "recent"
}

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Sample Output

{
  "review_id": 241002491,
  "review_rating": 5,
  "review_content": "Exceptional .... only regret is I came across this course very late.",
  "review_created": "2026-07-09T20:31:29-07:00",
  "review_modified": "2026-07-10T16:20:40-07:00",
  "reviewer_display_name": "Jamrodh Singh",
  "course_id": 5007558,
  "course_title": "Python 3: Fundamentals",
  "course_url": "https://www.udemy.com/course/python3-fundamentals/",
  "course_rating": 4.7094297,
  "course_num_reviews": 4163,
  "course_num_subscribers": 29943,
  "instructor_names": ["Dr. Fred Baptiste"],
  "source": "Udemy",
  "scraped_at": "2026-08-04T09:22:19.554Z"
}

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Tips for Best Results

• Use complete public Udemy course URLs when possible.
• Start with results_wanted set to 20 for a quick test run.
• Increase results_wanted for larger exports, and keep max_pages aligned with the number of reviews you need.
• Use include_text_only when you need written feedback for sentiment analysis or topic modeling.
• Use recent ordering for monitoring new learner feedback over time.

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Integrations

• Google Sheets - Send Udemy review data to a spreadsheet.
• Webhooks - Trigger follow-up workflows after each run.
• Make or Zapier - Connect reviews to no-code automations.
• API access - Retrieve datasets from your own applications.
• CSV and Excel exports - Download review datasets for analysis.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I scrape reviews from any Udemy course?

Yes. Use a public Udemy course URL, course slug, or numeric course ID. Private or unavailable courses may not return data.

Can I collect only written reviews?

Yes. Keep include_text_only enabled to collect reviews that include text. Disable it when rating-only records are useful for your analysis.

Why are some reviewer fields missing?

Some reviews do not publish every reviewer field. The Actor omits empty values instead of saving nulls.

Can I run this Actor on a schedule?

Yes. Apify schedules can run the Actor hourly, daily, weekly, or at another interval for review monitoring.

Can I export Udemy reviews to CSV or Excel?

Yes. Apify datasets can be exported to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, RSS, and other supported formats.

Is it legal to scrape Udemy reviews?

Scraping public web data can be legal, but you are responsible for complying with applicable laws, Udemy's terms, privacy rules, and your intended use of the data.

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Support

For issues, feature requests, or custom Actor work, use the Issues tab on the Actor page or contact the developer through Apify.

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Legal Notice

This Actor is designed for legitimate collection of publicly available course review data. Do not use it to collect private information, bypass access controls, spam Udemy, or violate applicable terms or laws.