# Compare Snapchat Accounts and Spotlight Activity

**Use case:** 

Compare public Snapchat profiles for social media benchmarking. Each record can include the display name, subscriber count, verification status, bio, and Spotlight highlights; optional Spotlight metadata adds engagement counts. Set usernames to the accounts you want to compare.

## Input

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "teamsnapchat",
    "brentrivera",
    "zachking"
  ],
  "includeLenses": false,
  "includeSpotlightMeta": false,
  "includeActiveStory": false,
  "includeHighlightSnaps": false,
  "includeComments": false,
  "maxSnapsPerHighlight": 0,
  "relatedProfilesLimit": 0
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "username": {
    "label": "Username",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "displayName": {
    "label": "Display Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "accountType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "isVerified": {
    "label": "Verified",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "subscriberCount": {
    "label": "Subscribers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "bio": {
    "label": "Bio",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "profileUrl": {
    "label": "Profile URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "profilePictureUrl": {
    "label": "Avatar",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "snapcodeImageUrl": {
    "label": "Snapcode",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "squareHeroImageUrl": {
    "label": "Hero Image",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "websiteUrl": {
    "label": "Website",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "category": {
    "label": "Category",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "subcategory": {
    "label": "Subcategory",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "address": {
    "label": "Address",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "mutableName": {
    "label": "Mutable Name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "primaryColor": {
    "label": "Primary Color",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "shouldHideUsername": {
    "label": "Hide Username",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "hostUserId": {
    "label": "Host User ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "hasStory": {
    "label": "Has Story",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "hasCuratedHighlights": {
    "label": "Has Highlights",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "hasSpotlightHighlights": {
    "label": "Has Spotlight",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "createdAt": {
    "label": "Created At",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "lastUpdatedAt": {
    "label": "Last Updated",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "sameAsLinks": {
    "label": "Social Links",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "relatedAccounts": {
    "label": "Related Accounts",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "curatedHighlights": {
    "label": "Highlights",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "spotlightHighlights": {
    "label": "Spotlight",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "cursors": {
    "label": "Pagination Cursors",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "lenses": {
    "label": "AR Lenses",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "spotlightMetadata": {
    "label": "Spotlight Metadata",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "activeStorySnaps": {
    "label": "Active Story Snaps",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "spotlightComments": {
    "label": "Spotlight Comments",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped At",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "recordType": {
    "label": "recordType",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "profileStatus": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "storySnapCount": {
    "label": "Story snap count"
  },
  "curatedHighlightCount": {
    "label": "Curated highlight count"
  },
  "spotlightCount": {
    "label": "spotlight Count",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "lensCount": {
    "label": "Lens count"
  },
  "relatedAccountCount": {
    "label": "Related account count"
  },
  "contacts": {
    "label": "contacts",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "engagementSummary": {
    "label": "engagementSummary",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "isSeed": {
    "label": "Is seed"
  },
  "sourceUsername": {
    "label": "Source username"
  },
  "discoveryDepth": {
    "label": "Discovery depth"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Snapchat Creator Profile & Highlights Extractor Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Compare Snapchat Accounts and Spotlight Activity". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/vd0rsJ5MIcANjAYaI) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Compare Snapchat Accounts and Spotlight Activity" task

The Snapchat Creator Profile & Highlights Extractor Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like usernames or profile urls, include ar lenses, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Compare Snapchat Accounts and Spotlight Activity" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as username, display name, type, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Compare Snapchat Accounts and Spotlight Activity" task via API](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/snapchat-creator-profile-and-highlights-extractor.md).

## FAQ

### How can I compare Snapchat accounts by subscribers and Spotlight activity?

The Snapchat accounts task is set to compare teamsnapchat, brentrivera, and zachking. Records can include subscriber counts, verification status, Spotlight highlights, and optional engagement counts.

### What information do Snapchat accounts return?

Profile records in the Snapchat accounts task can include display name, account type, verification status, subscriber count, bio, profile links, and highlights.

### How do I choose which Snapchat accounts to compare?

Enter one or more Snapchat usernames or profile URLs for the Snapchat accounts task. Bare usernames, @-prefixed names, add URLs, and profile URLs are accepted.

### How many Snapchat accounts can I compare in one run?

The Snapchat accounts task accepts one or more usernames, with no maximum stated. A run returns a record for each profile it can scrape, or an error record when a username cannot be scraped.

### Does comparing Snapchat accounts include Spotlight engagement counts?

Spotlight metadata is enabled by default in the Snapchat accounts task and can include view, share, comment, boost, and recommendation counts when Snapchat provides them.

### Do I need a Snapchat login or API key to get public account data?

The Snapchat accounts task fetches public profile pages without a Snapchat login. The provided instructions do not specify an API key requirement.

### Can I download Snapchat account results?

Results from the Snapchat accounts task land in a dataset that can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or an HTML table.

### Can I schedule Snapchat account comparisons or run them through an API?

You can schedule the Snapchat accounts task with Apify Schedules, run it through the Apify API, or connect it through Zapier, Make, or n8n.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Snapchat Creator Profile & Highlights Extractor](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/snapchat-creator-profile-and-highlights-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/snapchat-creator-profile-and-highlights-extractor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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