Patreon Scraper

Pull Patreon creators and the posts Patreon lists publicly at scale — every membership tier with its monthly price, post engagement, full post archives, and patron counts where Patreon still publishes them, all as clean structured rows. Start from a creator link, a keyword, or one of 10 browseable categories. Built for creator-economy researchers, brand and sponsorship scouts, and agencies analyzing membership businesses who need hard numbers on who is monetizing what — without copying figures off pages by hand.

Why This Scraper?

• Two linked record types in one run — a creator row for every campaign and a post row for every post Patreon lists publicly, joined by creator id and handle so you can pivot from a creator straight to their content.
• Every membership tier with its monthly price — the complete tier ladder for each creator: title, benefits text, the monthly amount both in whole cents and as a decimal in the tier's own currency, the currency code itself, and a physical-reward shipping flag that lands on 100% of tiers. Typically 4–5 tiers per creator, so you can read their exact pricing strategy.
• Like counts on 100% of posts, comment counts on 97% — real engagement numbers per post, plus post type (image, video, audio, text, poll, or link), publish date, an open-to-everyone vs members-only flag, and a thumbnail.
• 10 browseable categories — Podcasts & Shows, Music, Visual Arts, Video Games, Tabletop Games, Writing, Handicrafts & DIY, Apps & Software, Social Impact, and Lifestyle, ranked by popularity.
• Three ways to start — paste creator or individual post links, search creators by keyword, or browse a category. Mix all three in a single run; no rigid "mode" to pick first.
• Patron and paid-member counts on 71% of creator rows — for creators reached by a direct creator-page link these come through almost always; for many creators surfaced via search or category browsing Patreon no longer exposes the counts publicly, so those rows carry them as empty (every other field still lands).
• Deep post archives, newest first — pull a creator's full publicly listed history, hundreds to thousands of posts, or cap it per creator to keep runs lean.
• Creator-only fast mode — flip posts off to map an entire category of creators and their tiers in one cheap pass before deciding which ones deserve a deep post dive.
• Full body text on 99.6% of open posts — when a post is open to everyone, you get its complete written body, not just a snippet. Members-only posts still return title, date, type, likes, and comments, so nothing in the archive goes missing.

Use Cases

Creator-Economy Research

• Map tier pricing strategies across a whole category — entry price, top tier, number of tiers
• Compare patron and paid-member counts where Patreon publishes them (typically creators reached by direct link)
• Track how a creator's post cadence and content mix grow over time
• Size a niche by browsing its category and tallying tiers, post volume, and engagement

Brand & Sponsorship Scouting

• Find creators in a topic and judge fit from their tiers, post types, and engagement
• Rank prospects by paid-member count where it is published — paste creator links to pull those counts
• Read post titles, types, and any available teaser to judge content fit before outreach
• Shortlist by engagement — likes and comments per post — not size alone

Competitive & Membership Analysis

• Reverse-engineer a competitor's tier ladder and monthly price points
• Compare free-vs-paid membership mix across rival creators
• Spot which post types (video, audio, podcast) drive the most engagement
• Watch a competitor's post archive for cadence and format shifts

Lead Generation & Outreach

• Build creator lists by category or keyword with handle, page URL, and tiers
• Filter to creators who already run paid memberships
• Enrich a prospect list with tier pricing, post volume, and engagement signals

Trend & Content Intelligence

• Surface the most-engaged publicly listed posts in a category
• Track emerging creators in Apps & Software or Social Impact
• Feed creator and post data into dashboards and market reports

Getting Started

Single Creator

The simplest run — one creator and its 20 most recent publicly listed posts:

{
    "startUrls": ["https://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube"]
}

Browse a Category

Pull the top creators in a category, with a few posts each:

{
    "category": "music",
    "maxResults": 50,
    "maxPostsPerCreator": 5
}

Search, Creators Only (Fast Map)

Find creators by keyword and grab just their profiles and tiers — no posts — for a quick, cheap category map:

{
    "searchQuery": "true crime podcast",
    "includePosts": false,
    "maxResults": 100
}

Deep Archive of Specific Creators

Mix several handles and one post link, and pull every publicly listed post each creator has:

{
    "startUrls": [
        "https://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube",
        "leftofphilosophy",
        "https://www.patreon.com/posts/title-159731976"
    ],
    "includePosts": true,
    "maxPostsPerCreator": 0,
    "maxResults": 10
}

Input Reference

What to Scrape

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	string[]	["https://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube"]	One or more Patreon links or handles. A creator page or bare handle returns that creator plus its publicly listed posts; an individual post link returns just that post. Mix both in one list.
searchQuery	string	""	Find creators by topic, e.g. "true crime podcast" or "watercolor art". Leave blank when using links or a category.
category	string	""	Browse top creators in a category. One of: Podcasts & Shows, Music, Visual Arts, Video Games, Tabletop Games, Writing, Handicrafts & DIY, Apps & Software, Social Impact, Lifestyle.

Posts

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
includePosts	boolean	true	Also collect the posts Patreon lists publicly for each creator. Turn off for faster, cheaper creator-only runs.
maxPostsPerCreator	integer	20	Maximum posts per creator, newest first. Set to 0 to pull a creator's full archive (up to a safety maximum). Each post is its own row.

Limits

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum creators to collect across all links, searches, and categories. Set to 0 for no limit. Posts are limited separately by Max Posts Per Creator.

Output

Every row carries a recordType field — creator or post. Each post links back to its creator via creatorId and creatorVanity, so you can join the two streams downstream.

Creator (recordType: "creator")

{
    "recordType": "creator",
    "id": "133349",
    "vanity": "PhilosophyTube",
    "url": "https://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube",
    "name": "Philosophy Tube",
    "summary": "I make videos about philosophy and related topics.",
    "oneLiner": "Video essays on philosophy",
    "creationName": "videos",
    "currency": "USD",
    "patronCount": 4821,
    "paidMemberCount": 4612,
    "creationCount": 318,
    "payPerName": "month",
    "isMonthly": true,
    "isNsfw": false,
    "offersFreeMembership": true,
    "offersPaidMembership": true,
    "publishedAt": "2015-04-01T12:00:00.000+00:00",
    "avatarPhotoUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/avatar.jpg",
    "coverPhotoUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/cover.jpg",
    "pledgeUrl": "/join/PhilosophyTube",
    "creatorFullName": "Abigail Thorn",
    "tiers": [
        {
            "id": "459382",
            "title": "Supporter",
            "amountCents": 300,
            "amountUsd": "3.00",
            "currency": "USD",
            "patronCount": 1840,
            "requiresShipping": false,
            "imageUrl": null
        }
    ]
}

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always "creator"
id	string	Creator (campaign) id — join key for posts
vanity	string	Handle / slug used in the page URL
url	string	Public creator page URL
name	string	Creator or campaign display name
creatorFullName	string	Full name of the person who owns the page
summary	string	About / description text
oneLiner	string	Short tagline, on the ~5% of creators who set one
creationName	string	What the creator makes (e.g. "videos", "a podcast")
publishedAt	string	Date the creator page launched (ISO 8601)

Membership & Audience

Field	Type	Description
patronCount	number	Total patrons following the creator — published on ~71% of creators (see Tips)
paidMemberCount	number	Members on a paid tier — published on ~71% of creators (see Tips)
creationCount	number	Number of posts the creator has published
currency	string	Payout currency code (e.g. USD)
payPerName	string	Billing unit label — "month" or "creation"
isMonthly	boolean	true for monthly billing, false for per-creation
offersFreeMembership	boolean	Has a free tier
offersPaidMembership	boolean	Has at least one paid tier
isNsfw	boolean	Marked adult / NSFW
avatarPhotoUrl	string	Avatar image URL
coverPhotoUrl	string	Cover image URL
pledgeUrl	string	Join / pledge link
tiers	object[]	Membership tiers — see below

Tier Fields (inside tiers[])

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Tier id
title	string	Tier name
description	string	Tier benefits text
amountUsd	string	Monthly price as a decimal string, in the tier's own currency — it is not converted to US dollars. Compare and sort on amountCents
amountCents	number	Monthly price in whole cents, in the tier's own currency. Present on every tier — use this for sorting and maths
currency	string	Tier currency code
patronCount	number	Patrons on this tier, where Patreon publishes it — it arrives on ~15% of tiers and is empty on the rest
requiresShipping	boolean	Tier ships a physical reward — present on every tier
imageUrl	string	Tier image URL

Post (recordType: "post")

{
    "recordType": "post",
    "id": "159731976",
    "creatorId": "133349",
    "creatorVanity": "PhilosophyTube",
    "title": "Why I Make Video Essays",
    "publishedAt": "2024-11-18T16:30:00.000+00:00",
    "url": "https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-i-make-video-159731976",
    "postType": "video_external_file",
    "isPaid": false,
    "isPublic": true,
    "patronCount": 4821,
    "likeCount": 1203,
    "commentCount": 187,
    "teaserText": "A look behind the scenes at how each essay comes together...",
    "content": "<p>Full body text of a post that is open to everyone.</p>",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/post-thumb.jpg"
}

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	Always "post"
id	string	Post id
creatorId	string	Parent creator id — join key
creatorVanity	string	Parent creator handle
title	string	Post title
publishedAt	string	Publish date (ISO 8601)
url	string	Public post URL
postType	string	Image, video, audio, text, poll, or link
isPaid	boolean	Patron-only paid post
isPublic	boolean	true when the post body is open to everyone. false means the body is members-only — the title, publish date, post type, likes and comments are still public and still collected, but content comes back empty
patronCount	number	Patron count recorded on the post, where Patreon includes it (~13% of posts)
likeCount	number	Number of likes
commentCount	number	Number of comments
teaserText	string	Public teaser snippet, on the ~40% of posts Patreon attaches one to
content	string	Full post body, present on 99.6% of posts with isPublic: true — whether the post came from a bulk archive pull or from a post link you pasted. Empty on members-only posts (isPublic: false), which Patreon publishes no public route to
thumbnailUrl	string	Post thumbnail / cover image URL

Tips for Best Results

• Map a category cheaply first. Run with includePosts off to pull every creator and their tiers in one fast pass, then re-run with posts on for only the handful worth a deep dive. This is the cheapest way to survey a whole niche.
• Set maxPostsPerCreator to 0 for a full archive. Prolific creators can have thousands of publicly listed posts — leave the cap on for sampling, drop it to 0 only when you genuinely need the complete history.
• Paste creator links when you need patron and paid-member counts. Patreon publishes those counts on direct creator pages but no longer exposes them for many creators surfaced through search or category browsing — so when audience-size numbers matter, feed creator handles or page links directly rather than relying on discovery alone. Where both appear, paidMemberCount (the number actually paying) is a truer revenue signal than patronCount (which includes free followers).
• Sort tiers on amountCents, not amountUsd. amountCents is a whole number and lands on every tier, so the lowest is the entry price and the highest is the premium tier. amountUsd is a decimal string, which a spreadsheet sorts alphabetically — it will file "10.00" below "5.00". Also read each tier's currency before comparing creators: about 15% of tiers are priced in GBP, EUR, CAD, AUD or another non-USD currency, and the amount is always in that currency rather than a dollar conversion.
• Mix entry methods in one run. Combine a category browse, a keyword search, and a few pasted handles in a single run to assemble a broad, deduplicated creator list in one go — the same creator is never collected twice.
• Categories return up to ~120 creators each. A category browse tops out around 120 of its most popular creators — pair it with a search keyword or pasted handles to cast a wider net across a niche.
• Paste a link to an open post when you want the body. Pasting an individual post link returns that post with its complete content whenever the post is open to everyone (isPublic: true) — that lands on 99.6% of open posts. Roughly 4 posts in 5 across Patreon are members-only instead: those come back with title, date, type, likes and comments, and an empty body, because Patreon serves no public version of it. Check isPublic before reaching for content.

Pricing

Pay only for what you collect — from $2.50 per 1,000 creators and $0.40 per 1,000 posts. Patreon results split into two kinds, so you are billed two ways: once per creator profile and once per post. No compute or time-based charges — you pay per creator and per post collected, plus a small fixed per-run start fee. Bronze, Silver, and Gold subscribers pay progressively less; discount tiers apply automatically based on your Apify plan.

Per-Event Rates

Event	No discount	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Per 1,000 creators	$3.00	$2.80	$2.65	$2.50
Per 1,000 posts	$0.48	$0.45	$0.43	$0.40

Example Run Costs (Gold tier)

Total cost is always creators × creator rate plus posts × post rate:

Run profile	Creators	Posts	Total
10 creators × ~20 posts	$0.025	$0.08	$0.11
100 creators × ~25 posts	$0.25	$1.00	$1.25
1,000 creators × ~25 posts	$2.50	$10.00	$12.50
10,000 creators × ~25 posts	$25.00	$100.00	$125.00
100,000 creators × ~25 posts	$250.00	$1,000.00	$1,250.00
Creator-only mode, 100,000 creators	$250.00	$0.00	$250.00

Turn posts off (includePosts: false) and you pay for creators alone — no post charges at all. The post counts above assume the default maxPostsPerCreator: 20; full-archive runs (maxPostsPerCreator: 0) on prolific creators can multiply the post count — and the post charge — by 10× or more, so set a cap unless you genuinely need every post. Platform fees (storage, data transfer) depend on your Apify plan and are additional.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This actor collects only public Patreon data — creator pages, public membership tiers, and the post information Patreon publishes to anonymous visitors. Where a post's body is members-only, only the publicly listed title, date, type and engagement counts are recorded; the actor never accesses patron-only bodies, private posts, or any data behind a login. Users are responsible for complying with applicable laws and Patreon's terms of service, including making reasonable-rate requests and respecting how creator content and personal data may be used. Do not use collected data for spam, harassment, or any unlawful purpose.