Quora Scraper - Answers, Questions, Profiles & Topic Search

Quora Scraper extracts public Quora answers, questions and profiles without a Quora account. Search Quora by keyword (each keyword is matched to the Quora topic of that name) or paste question, profile and topic URLs, and get the full text of every answer with its upvotes, views, shares, comments, date, author and credential, plus question and profile details. It costs $0.50 per 1,000 results, works in every Quora language edition, and needs no login or cookies.

What does Quora Scraper do?

Quora Scraper turns Quora pages into clean, structured data you can download or send anywhere:

• 🔎 Search by keyword or topic: give keywords such as machine learning or personal finance, or a topic URL, and get the answers in that Quora topic (its feed, then the questions it surfaces and their related questions), each with the question it answers.
• ❓ Questions: the question (title, answer count, followers, comments, topics) and all the answers Quora shows, with no cap on how many.
• 👤 Profiles: the profile (name, credential, bio, followers, answer and question counts, total views, employment, education, places lived, topics) and its answers. You get the newest, then the most viewed, then answers topic by topic, so active writers give you hundreds or thousands of answers, not just the latest 40.
• 🧭 Related questions: from any question, widen the search to its related questions and theirs, as many as you ask for.
• 🌍 Every language edition: Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Hindi and the other Quora editions work the same way as English.
• 💸 Pay only for results: $0.50 per 1,000 answers, questions or profiles. Set a maximum cost per run and the scraper stops exactly there.

Because it runs on the Apify platform, you also get the Apify API, scheduling, monitoring, integrations, and exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and HTML.

What data can you extract from Quora?

Item	Data
Answer	Full answer text, date, upvotes, views, shares, comments, answer URL, AI-written flag, question title, ID and URL, author name, profile URL and credential
Question	Title, URL, ID, number of answers, followers, comments, topics
Profile	Name, profile URL, credential, bio, join date, followers, following, answers, questions, posts, all-time and last-month views, employment, education, places lived, topics known for, verified flag, profile picture

Every item also says which of your search terms or URLs it came from (sourceUrl) and when it was read (scrapedAt).

How to scrape Quora

1. Open Quora Scraper on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Type your keywords into Search terms, for example machine learning, and/or paste Quora question, profile or topic URLs into Quora URLs.
3. Set Max answers per URL or search term (for example 200). Optionally set Related questions per question to widen the search.
4. Click Start. Results appear in the Output tab as the run goes.
5. Download the data as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the API.

How do I search Quora by keyword?

Put the keyword in Search terms. Quora Scraper looks up the Quora topic of that name (machine learning → quora.com/topic/Machine-Learning) and collects that topic's answers: first the topic's feed, then the answers to the questions the feed surfaces, then to their related questions, each answer with its question. If a source stops before your limit, the run log says why. A keyword with no topic of that name is listed in the run log: open the closest topic on Quora and paste its URL instead. For another language, pick it in Search language (for example Español searches es.quora.com).

How do I get all the answers from a Quora profile?

Paste the profile URL and set Max answers per URL or search term as high as you like. The scraper reads the newest answers, then the most viewed, then the person's answers in each topic they write about, so a writer with thousands of answers gives you hundreds or thousands.

How much does it cost to scrape Quora?

Quora Scraper uses pay-per-result pricing. You pay for answers, questions and profiles saved to your dataset, and nothing for pages that fail or keywords with no topic. Platform usage and proxies are included.

Result	Price per 1,000	Silver plan	Gold plan
Answer	$0.50	$0.45	$0.40
Question	$0.50	$0.45	$0.40
Profile	$0.50	$0.45	$0.40

Examples:

• Keyword research: 10 keywords × 500 answers = 5,000 answers = $2.50.
• Expert research: 100 profiles with 200 answers each = 100 profiles + 20,000 answers = about $10.05.

Apify's free plan comes with monthly platform credit, enough for about 10,000 Quora results with this scraper. To cap spending, set a maximum cost per run when you start it: the scraper stops cleanly before the first result that would go over it. Max items in total caps a run by result count in the same way.

Input example

{
  "searchTerms": ["machine learning", "personal finance"],
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-learn-to-cook-1" },
    { "url": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Robert-Frost-1" },
    { "url": "https://es.quora.com/Cu%C3%A1l-es-el-sentido-de-la-vida" }
  ],
  "maxAnswersPerSource": 200,
  "maxRelatedQuestions": 20,
  "maxItems": 5000
}

Output example

Every item has a dataType of answer, question or profile. Every documented field is always present; a value Quora does not show is null. Real items, text trimmed:

Answer

{
  "dataType": "answer",
  "answerId": "2492048",
  "url": "https://www.quora.com/What-negative-things-do-astronauts-see-looking-at-Earth-from-space/answer/Robert-Frost-1",
  "text": "Terrorist Attacks (e.g. The World Trade Center burning)\n\nHurricanes Striking Your Home and Family (e.g. Hurricane Ike)…",
  "createdAt": "2013-05-08T23:06:37.925Z",
  "upvoteCount": 33657,
  "viewCount": 503694,
  "shareCount": 71,
  "commentCount": 188,
  "isMachineAnswer": false,
  "fromEquivalentQuestion": false,
  "questionId": "1116894",
  "questionTitle": "What negative things do astronauts see looking at Earth from space?",
  "questionUrl": "https://www.quora.com/What-negative-things-do-astronauts-see-looking-at-Earth-from-space",
  "authorName": "Robert Frost",
  "authorUsername": "Robert-Frost-1",
  "authorUrl": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Robert-Frost-1",
  "authorCredential": "Instructor and Flight Controller at NASA",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Robert-Frost-1",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-08T10:55:39.044Z"
}

• isMachineAnswer: the answer was written by one of Quora's own AI bot accounts.
• fromEquivalentQuestion: the answer was written for another wording of the same question and is shown under the question you asked for; its own question is in questionId, questionTitle and questionUrl.
• Anonymous answers have authorName "Anonymous" and no author profile.

Question

{
  "dataType": "question",
  "questionId": "834927",
  "url": "https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-learn-to-cook-1",
  "questionTitle": "How do I learn to cook?",
  "answerCount": 736,
  "followerCount": 672,
  "commentCount": 15,
  "topics": ["Cooking", "Food Preparation", "Learning to Cook", "Culinary Arts"],
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-to-cook",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-08T10:55:37.628Z"
}

Profile

{
  "dataType": "profile",
  "userId": "2610890",
  "username": "Robert-Frost-1",
  "url": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Robert-Frost-1",
  "name": "Robert Frost",
  "credential": "Instructor and Flight Controller at NASA",
  "description": null,
  "joinedAt": "2011-07-26T19:40:35.594Z",
  "followerCount": 345396,
  "followingCount": 66,
  "answerCount": 9530,
  "questionCount": 28,
  "postCount": 795,
  "answerViewCount": 239531704,
  "contentViewCount": 239531704,
  "lastMonthContentViewCount": 392294,
  "profileImageUrl": "https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-thumb-2610890-200-wlzkqvuggmdsnvktkegihyfjgcyarrnp.jpeg",
  "expertiseTopics": ["Space Exploration", "Space Travel", "NASA", "Spacecraft", "International Space Station"],
  "employment": [{ "position": null, "company": "NASA", "startYear": null, "endYear": null, "isCurrent": true }],
  "education": [],
  "locations": [{ "location": "Texas (state)", "startYear": null, "endYear": null, "isCurrent": true }],
  "isVerified": false,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Robert-Frost-1",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-08T10:55:37.289Z"
}

At the end of each run, a SUMMARY record in the run's key-value store lists how many items were saved, why the run stopped, and any URLs or search terms that failed or were skipped.

Use cases

• Market and product research: see what people ask about a product category and which brands they recommend, in their own words.
• Content and SEO research: find the questions people ask in your field and the answers that earn the most upvotes and views.
• Opinion and sentiment analysis: collect thousands of answers on a topic for sentiment, theme or text analysis.
• AI and LLM datasets: build question-and-answer corpora with authors, dates and engagement, in English and other languages.
• Expert and influencer discovery: find people who write about a topic, with their credentials, followers and reach.
• Brand monitoring: run a topic or a set of questions on a schedule and track new answers.

Use it via API, Python, JavaScript and integrations

Run Quora Scraper from your own code with the Apify API and download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Python (apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("socialscrapers/quora-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchTerms": ["machine learning"],
    "maxAnswersPerSource": 500,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["dataType"], item.get("questionTitle"), item.get("upvoteCount"))

JavaScript / Node.js (apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('socialscrapers/quora-scraper').call({
    startUrls: [{ url: 'https://www.quora.com/profile/Robert-Frost-1' }],
    maxAnswersPerSource: 1000,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.length);

No-code and automation: connect the scraper to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airbyte and more with Apify integrations, get a webhook when a run finishes, and run it daily or weekly with schedules. AI agents can call it through the Apify MCP server.

Limits

• Public content only. The scraper works without logging in and sees what a logged-out visitor sees.
• Search terms are matched to Quora topics. Quora shows its own full-text search only to signed-in users, so each keyword is looked up as the topic of that name. You get the topic's feed (Quora's mix of popular and recent answers) and the answers to the questions it surfaces and to their related questions, not a full-text search of every answer that mentions the word. A small topic may show logged-out visitors no feed at all; the run log then says so. For a keyword with no topic, start from a question URL and use related questions.
• Profiles give their newest and most viewed answers and their answers topic by topic: hundreds or thousands for active writers, though not always every single answer.
• Very popular questions: logged out, Quora may show only part of the answers. When a question's own answers run out before your limit, answers to other wordings of the same question fill the rest (fromEquivalentQuestion).
• Spaces (name.quora.com) are not supported yet; such URLs are skipped and listed in the log.
• Datacenter proxy choices fall back to residential. If you pick Apify Proxy without the RESIDENTIAL group, sessions Quora refuses on datacenter IPs are retried on RESIDENTIAL, in the same country. Custom proxy URLs are used exactly as given.
• Share and short links work as they are. Links from Quora's share button (?share=1 and other parameters), m.quora.com links, answer links and qr.ae/… short links are followed to the question, profile or topic they open. Following a link is never charged.
• A run with 0 results still succeeds when your input was fine. When a question, profile or topic is not there (deleted, merged, renamed), a short link has expired, or a topic shows logged-out visitors nothing, the run ends as Succeeded with a status message naming each input and why, and nothing is charged. A run fails only when no input is usable at all, or when Quora refuses every one of 3 or more inputs.

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Quora?

Quora Scraper collects only public data that anyone can see without logging in. Scraping public data is generally allowed, but personal data is protected by laws such as the GDPR, and you are responsible for how you use the data. If you are unsure, ask a lawyer about your use case.

Do I need a Quora account or cookies?

No. Quora Scraper works without an account, login or cookies.

How many results can I get?

There is no limit per run. Each question gives all the answers Quora shows, each topic or search term its feed plus the answers to the questions it surfaces and their related questions (thousands for big topics), and each profile hundreds or thousands for active writers. Set Max answers per URL or search term and Max items in total to the amounts you need.

Why did I get fewer answers than the question's answer count?

The answer count includes answers Quora shows only to signed-in users. See Limits.

Can I scrape Quora in other languages?

Yes. Paste URLs from any Quora edition (es.quora.com, fr.quora.com, de.quora.com, jp.quora.com, hi.quora.com…), or pick a Search language for your search terms.

How do I collect only new answers?

Run the scraper on a schedule and keep the answers whose createdAt is newer than your previous run, or whose answerId you have not seen yet.

Which proxy should I use?

Keep the default, Apify residential proxy. Quora refuses most datacenter IP addresses.

What happens to URLs or keywords that fail?

The run carries on with the others, keeps everything already collected, and lists the failures in the log and in the SUMMARY record. Failed pages cost nothing.

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