Substack Scraper — Posts, Likes, Paywall Status & Cadence
Pricing
from $2.10 / 1,000 posts
Every post a Substack publication lists, newest first, with likes, comments, restacks, word count, tags and whether it sits behind the paywall. Or one summary row per newsletter: how often it publishes, how much is paid, median engagement. Works on custom domains. No login, no API key.
You can access the Substack Scraper — Posts, Likes, Paywall Status & Cadence programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "publicationUrls": [< "https://www.lennysnewsletter.com"< ]<}' |<apify call tidyfeed/substack-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Substack Scraper — Posts, Likes, Paywall Status & Cadence locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: