Bluesky Scraper: Posts, Profiles, Followers & Feeds

Use this to scrape Bluesky posts by keyword or hashtag, pull any account's feed, look up profiles in bulk, and export followers or follows, with full engagement counts, links, media and timestamps, from Bluesky's public API. No login, no cookies, no API key.

Every post row carries 34 fields (text, author, like / repost / reply / quote / bookmark counts, language, hashtags, links, media type and image URLs, reply and quote references, timestamps and a ready-to-open URL). Every profile row carries followers, follows, post count, bio, join date and verification status. For comparison, the most-used Bluesky post scraper on the Store returns 8 fields per post and the profile scraper with the most runs returns 9 fields per profile.

Run in 30 seconds

1. Open the Input tab. The prefilled values (mode Search posts, term web scraping, 25 results) are a ready-to-run test.
2. Click Start. A first dataset is normally ready in under 20 seconds.
3. Open the Posts table in the Output tab, or download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.
4. Change What to scrape to switch between keyword search, an account's feed, a profile list, profile search, followers or follows.

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What it does

Bluesky is an open social network built on the AT Protocol. Its public AppView serves read-only data over HTTP with no authentication. This Actor wraps that interface into one clean, pay-per-result tool with six modes:

Mode	Input	Returns
Search posts	Keywords, exact phrases or hashtags	Posts, newest first or top by engagement
Author feed	Handles	An account's posts (optionally replies, media, reposts)
Profiles	Handles or profile URLs	One enriched profile row per account
Search profiles	Keywords	Accounts whose name or bio match
Followers	Handles	Every follower as a profile row with follower counts
Follows	Handles	Every account the handle follows, same fields

Followers and follows are enriched: the raw list from the network carries only names, so the Actor looks each account up in batches and returns follower, follow and post counts as well, which is what you need to rank or filter an audience.

Why it is more complete

• 34 fields per post. Besides text and counts you get indexedAt, languages, hashtags, links, mentionedDids, mediaType, imageUrls, videoPlaylistUrl, externalLinkUrl and externalLinkTitle, quotedPostUri, reply parent and root, content labels, the query that found the post, and the author's DID, handle, display name, avatar and profile URL.
• Five engagement counters. Likes, reposts, replies, quotes and bookmarks. The most-used alternative returns two (likes and reposts).
• Deep search without logging in. Bluesky's public search refuses paging cursors for anonymous callers (it answers HTTP 403 after the first 100 results). This Actor pages by walking the time window backwards instead, so a 450-post keyword search returns 450 distinct posts, not 100. Top-ranked search walks one-day windows, newest first.
• Hashtag handling that works with date filters. The public API rejects raw #tag queries combined with a date range. The Actor rewrites a lone hashtag into the tag filter automatically, so #python with a start date just works.
• Six modes in one Actor instead of separate tools for posts, profiles, followers and follows, which keeps the dataset schema, billing and scheduling in one place.
• Predictable cost. One flat price per row returned. Posts skipped by your filters (for example minimum likes) and duplicates are never charged, and the Actor respects your "Maximum cost per run" setting exactly.

Input

• What to scrape: the mode above.
• Search terms: keywords, "exact phrases" or #hashtags. One search per term; the result limit is shared evenly.
• Handles: bsky.app, @apify.com or a full https://bsky.app/profile/... URL.
• Max results: total rows to return (1 to 100,000).
• Search order: newest first, or top.
• Posted since / until: ISO date or date-time, e.g. 2026-10-01 or 2026-10-01T12:00:00Z.
• Language: two-letter code (en, pt, ja).
• Only from this author and Only posts linking to domain: narrow a keyword search to one account or to posts that share links from a site such as github.com.
• Minimum likes: quality filter for search and feeds.
• Author feed contents and Include reposts: choose posts only, posts with replies, media posts, or own threads.

Example input

Brand and topic monitoring:

{
  "mode": "searchPosts",
  "searchTerms": ["\"web scraping\"", "#opensource"],
  "language": "en",
  "since": "2026-10-01",
  "minLikes": 2,
  "maxItems": 500
}

An influencer's last posts:

{
  "mode": "authorFeed",
  "handles": ["bsky.app", "apify.com"],
  "feedFilter": "posts_no_replies",
  "maxItems": 200
}

Audience export with counts:

{
  "mode": "followers",
  "handles": ["apify.com"],
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Output sample

A post row (shortened):

{
  "recordType": "post",
  "uri": "at://did:plc:uhu2.../app.bsky.feed.post/3mz252yquxq2a",
  "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/sasame-mcp.bsky.social/post/3mz252yquxq2a",
  "text": "A pay-per-event Apify Actor is exactly the kind of capability...",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-29T20:45:18Z",
  "authorHandle": "sasame-mcp.bsky.social",
  "authorDisplayName": "SaSame",
  "likeCount": 0, "repostCount": 0, "replyCount": 0, "quoteCount": 0, "bookmarkCount": 0,
  "languages": null,
  "isReply": true,
  "hashtags": null,
  "links": null,
  "mediaType": null,
  "query": "apify",
  "source": "search"
}

A profile row carries did, handle, displayName, description, avatar, banner, followersCount, followsCount, postsCount, createdAt, verifiedStatus, pinnedPostUri, labels and, for followers and follows, sourceHandle. Fields that do not apply to a row are null, so every row has the same shape in CSV and Excel.

Use cases

• Brand and PR monitoring. Schedule a daily run on your brand name and product names, filtered to posts since yesterday, and send new mentions to Slack or a sheet.
• Social listening and research. Collect posts on a topic or hashtag with language and date filters for sentiment, topic modelling or academic datasets. Engagement counts let you separate noise from signal.
• Influencer discovery. Search profiles by niche keyword, then use follower counts and post counts to shortlist accounts; pull their feeds to check engagement per post.
• Audience analysis. Export a competitor's or community's followers with counts, bios and join dates, and segment by size or keywords in the bio.
• Lead generation. Find people asking for tools in your category ("looking for a scraper"), and capture the post URL and author for outreach done by a human.
• Link and news tracking. Use the link-domain filter to see who shares your site, or which articles from a publication are gaining traction on Bluesky.
• Migration and growth tracking. Track how many followers a handle gains by running Profiles on a schedule and comparing followersCount over time.

Tips for good results

• Start with a small Max results (25 to 50) to check that your terms return what you expect, then scale up.
• Use quotes for exact phrases: "machine learning" finds the phrase, machine learning finds posts containing both words.
• For fresh monitoring, set Posted since to the previous day and run daily on a schedule. Deduplication across terms inside one run is automatic; across runs, compare on the stable uri field.
• Top order returns the most engaged posts per day, newest day first, which is ideal for "what did people react to" reports.
• The Actor runs fine with 256 MB of memory.

Field reference

Post rows. uri and cid identify the record on the AT Protocol; url opens it on bsky.app. text, createdAt (when the author wrote it) and indexedAt (when the network saw it) describe the content. authorDid, authorHandle, authorDisplayName, authorAvatar and authorProfileUrl identify the author. likeCount, repostCount, replyCount, quoteCount and bookmarkCount are the engagement counters at scrape time. languages lists the declared language codes. isReply, replyParentUri and replyRootUri place a reply in its thread; quotedPostUri points at a quoted post. hashtags, mentionedDids and links are parsed from the post's rich-text facets, so they are exact rather than regex guesses. mediaType is one of images, video, link or quote, with imageUrls, videoPlaylistUrl, externalLinkUrl and externalLinkTitle filled when relevant. labels carries moderation labels, query the search term or handle that produced the row, and source says whether it came from search, an author feed or a repost.

Profile rows. recordType is profile, follower or follow. did, handle, displayName, description, avatar, banner and url identify the account; followersCount, followsCount and postsCount size it; createdAt is the join date; verifiedStatus and labels carry verification and moderation info; pinnedPostUri links the pinned post; sourceHandle tells you whose follower or follow list a row came from.

Pricing and cost control

Pay per result: $0.00093 per post or profile row on the free plan, falling to $0.00056 on the Gold plan (Bronze $0.00086, Silver $0.00073), plus a $0.00005 start fee per run. There are no subscriptions, proxy fees or hidden compute add-ons: the Actor needs no proxy and runs in 256 MB. To cap spend, set Max results and the run-level Maximum cost per run; the Actor reads the remaining budget before every row and stops the moment it would be exceeded. Filtered-out posts and duplicates cost nothing.

How this beats the other Bluesky scrapers (live Store prices read through the Apify API, 2026-10-29, free-plan rate, 1,000-row run including start fees):

Actor	Users	Per row	Start fee	Cost for 1,000 rows
This Actor	new	$0.00093	$0.00005	$0.93
lexis-solutions/bluesky-posts-scraper	386	$0.0011	$0.004	$1.10
automation-lab/bluesky-scraper (posts)	277	$0.001 ($0.003 per profile)	$0.005	$1.01
fatihtahta/All-In-One-Bluesky-Scraper	230	$0.00149	none	$1.49

We are cheaper than all three at every plan level, return 34 fields per post, and charge profiles at the same rate as posts.

Integrations and scheduling

Schedule the Actor from the Schedules tab (hourly, daily, weekly) to build a monitoring feed. Send results onward with the Apify integrations for Slack, email, Google Sheets, Make, Zapier or n8n, or call the Actor from your own code through the REST API. For incremental monitoring, store the highest createdAt you have seen and pass it as Posted since on the next run.

Fair use and data

The Actor reads Bluesky's public, unauthenticated AppView API and returns data that is publicly visible on the network. It does not log in, does not read private data, and spaces its requests politely, backing off when the service asks it to slow down. You remain responsible for using the data in line with Bluesky's terms and applicable privacy law; handle personal data (names, bios) with care, and do not use it for spam or harassment.

FAQ

Do I need a Bluesky account or app password? No. Everything comes from public endpoints.

Why is there a limit on how far back search goes? The public search index returns whatever matches your terms inside the time window you give. Very old or very sparse topics simply return fewer posts. Use Posted since / until to target a period.

Can it get replies to a post or a full thread? Use Author feed with the "posts and replies" option for an account, or Search posts with the author filter.

What happens when a handle does not exist? It is skipped, a warning is logged and noted in the run output, and nothing is charged for it.

What happens if I hit my maximum cost per run? The Actor stops cleanly, keeps what it already delivered, and shows a clear message in the run status.

Why did my run return fewer rows than Max results? The topic, date range or filters matched fewer posts than you asked for. The final status message says so.

Does it return deleted or blocked posts? No. It returns what the public API returns at the time of the run.

Can I run it from code or no-code tools? Yes: the Apify API and client libraries, plus Make, Zapier, n8n and Google Sheets integrations all work with any Actor. Open the API tab for ready-to-copy snippets.

Alternatives to other Bluesky tools

Several Store Actors cover one slice of Bluesky: a post scraper with 8 output fields, a user scraper with 9, a follower scraper and a profile scraper as separate tools. This Actor replaces that set with one input form, one dataset schema and one bill, returns more fields per row, and handles the hashtag and deep-paging quirks of the public API for you. If you already have a workflow built on another tool, the field names here (text, createdAt, likeCount, repostCount, authorHandle, url) map directly, so switching is a column rename at most.

Related actors

• Threads Profile Scraper for Meta Threads accounts.
• TikTok Public Profile Scraper for TikTok creators.
• YouTube Channel Scraper for channels and subscriber counts.
• Instagram Public Profile Scraper for Instagram accounts.

Support

Found a bug or need a field? Open an issue on the Issues tab with the run URL and you will get a reply there. Feature requests are welcome.

Changelog

• 0.2: Deep search paging by time window (works around the anonymous cursor block), hashtag plus date-range fix, six modes, enriched followers and follows, charge-limit and soft-timeout handling.
• 0.1: First private build.