Rumble Scraper

Scrape public Rumble channels, videos, Shorts, and search results with Apify.

This actor is built for people who need a reliable Rumble scraper for content research, media monitoring, lead generation, competitor tracking, trend analysis, or archive workflows. It collects structured data from public Rumble pages and returns export-friendly dataset items that work well in Apify, CSV exports, automations, and downstream data pipelines.

Why use this scraper

• Scrape Rumble channel pages, channel tabs, video pages, Shorts, and search results
• Collect titles, descriptions, video URLs, thumbnails, publish times, duration, views, comments, and channel metadata
• Export clean flat fields such as channelName, videoUrl, sourcePageUrl, and sourcePosition
• Enrich results with video detail pages when you need deeper metadata
• Run cheaply with CheerioCrawler instead of a browser-based crawler
• Use Apify Residential proxy by default on Apify cloud for better reliability against Rumble blocking

Best title

Rumble Scraper | Channels, Videos & Shorts

That is the title now used in the actor metadata because it is clear, keyword-rich, and still readable on Apify.

What this Rumble scraper collects

• Video ID and video slug
• Video title and full description
• Video URL, embed URL, thumbnail URL, and format
• Publish date, listing time text, duration, and duration in seconds
• Views, comments, likes, and engagementCount when available
• Channel name, channel URL, channel follower count, and verification state when visible
• Source tracking fields such as sourceType, sourceValue, sourcePageUrl, sourcePageNumber, and sourcePosition
• Fallback indicators such as detailFetchFailed and detailFetchError when a detail page is blocked

What you can scrape

Accepted queries formats:

• Rumble channel URLs such as https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV
• Rumble video URLs
• Rumble Shorts URLs
• Channel handles such as @NewsmaxTV
• Explicit channel inputs such as channel:NewsmaxTV
• Search terms such as search:technology

For channel queries, the actor scrapes the /videos tab by default. Add shorts or livestreams through contentTypes when you want broader coverage.

Quick start

Most runs only need a simple input like this:

{
  "queries": [
    "https://rumble.com/c/NewsmaxTV"
  ],
  "contentTypes": [
    "videos"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxPagesPerSource": 5,
  "includeVideoDetails": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 6,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "groups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Input guide

• queries: easiest way to start; accepts channel URLs, video URLs, Shorts URLs, handles, and search: terms
• contentTypes: choose videos, shorts, or livestreams for channel queries
• maxItems: maximum number of dataset rows to save
• maxPagesPerSource: how deep pagination should go for each source
• includeVideoDetails: open each video page for richer output
• maxConcurrency: start with 4 to 6 on Apify Residential for the best reliability
• proxyConfiguration: keep Apify Residential enabled on Apify cloud for the most stable runs

Output fields

Each dataset item includes both nested objects and flat export-friendly fields.

Main flat fields:

• videoId, videoSlug, videoUrl, title, description, shortDescription, format
• publishedAt, publishedAtText, duration, durationSeconds
• viewsCount, commentsCount, likesCount, engagementCount
• thumbnailUrl, embedUrl
• channelId, channelSlug, channelName, channelUrl, channelFollowersCount, channelIsVerified
• sourceType, sourceValue, sourcePageUrl, sourcePageNumber, sourcePosition, sourceContentType
• detailFetchFailed, detailFetchError, scrapedAt

The Apify dataset includes:

• Overview: a compact view for quick browsing
• Details: a richer view for exports where you want descriptions and traceability fields visible

Reliability notes

Rumble can block aggressive or low-trust traffic. This actor is tuned to work well on Apify cloud, but reliability still depends on input type and concurrency.

• Channel URLs and direct video URLs are the most reliable sources
• Public Rumble search can self-redirect or block more often than channel pages
• Apify Residential proxy is the safest default for production runs
• Higher concurrency can increase retries, 403 responses, and upstream proxy errors

If you want the most stable runs, use:

• contentTypes: ["videos"]
• maxConcurrency: 4 to 6
• includeVideoDetails: true
• proxyConfiguration.groups: ["RESIDENTIAL"]

If you want the cheapest runs, use:

• includeVideoDetails: false
• smaller maxPagesPerSource
• direct channel URLs instead of search terms

Cost and speed

This scraper uses Crawlee's CheerioCrawler, so it downloads HTML directly instead of launching a browser. That keeps it faster and cheaper than a browser-based approach.

Typical request pattern:

• one listing request per page
• one extra request per saved item when includeVideoDetails is enabled

For lower cost:

• scrape only videos
• reduce maxPagesPerSource
• turn off includeVideoDetails if listing-level data is enough

Local development

npm install
npm start

Local input lives in storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json.

Useful checks:

npm run lint
npm test
npm audit --omit=dev

Deploy to Apify

apify login
apify push

The actor configuration is in .actor/actor.json, and the input UI is in .actor/input_schema.json.

Use cases

• Scrape Rumble videos for market research
• Monitor creator channels on Rumble
• Track political media, news clips, or brand mentions
• Collect Rumble metadata for analytics pipelines
• Export Rumble results to CSV, webhooks, or Apify integrations

Limits

This actor only targets publicly available Rumble pages. It does not log in, bypass paywalls, or access private user data.