Weibo Scraper: hot search, trending posts, comments and profiles (微博, no login)

Get Weibo (微博) data without an account: the live hot search list (热搜榜) with each term's heat, category, label and time on the list; trending posts (热门微博) with the full text, author, reposts, comments and likes, topics, images and video; any post by link with its comments; and user profiles with followers, following, post count, verification, company, school and Weibo's influence labels.

Built for China social listening, trend tracking, brand monitoring, KOL (influencer) research and media monitoring. Run it hourly to follow what China is talking about. Results come back in clean, consistent rows; Chinese text is kept as written.

What you get

Field	What it holds
Hot search rows	rank, term, heat, category, label (新/热/沸/爆), onListSince, events, url
Post rows	mid, mblogid, text (full, long posts expanded), createdAt, author (name, id, verified), reposts, comments, likes, topics, images, video, source, location, url
Comment rows	text, createdAt, likes, replies, author (name, verified, followers), sentFrom, postUrl
Profile rows	name, uid, description, followers, following, posts, verified, verifiedReason, gender, location, memberLevel, createdAt, company, school, credit, labels (e.g. influence index, monthly interactions), avatar, url

What people use it for

• Trend tracking: save the hot search list every hour and see what rises, how hot it gets and how long it stays
• Brand monitoring in China: follow the posts and comments about your brand when they trend
• KOL research: profiles with followers, verification and Weibo's own influence labels
• Public opinion analysis: comments with likes and time, for sentiment and topic analysis
• Media monitoring: the trending posts of the day with their reach (reposts, comments, likes)
• AI and NLP datasets: Chinese-language posts and comments at scale

How to use it

1. Keep Hot search list on (or off) and turn on Trending posts if you want them.
2. Add post links and set Comments per post for comments.
3. Add users (ids, profile links or screen names) for profiles, then click Start. Schedule it hourly for trend tracking.

Input

Field	Example	Notes
Hot search list (热搜)	on	The 50 terms on the list now
Trending posts (热门微博)	off	Weibo's trending posts feed
Trending posts to return	30	Up to 500
Posts	https://weibo.com/<uid>/<id>	Links, mids or mblogids
Comments per post	50	0 = none
Comments order	Most liked first	Or newest first
Users	<user id>	Ids, links or screen names

Output

Each result is one row in the run's dataset (download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the API). An example row (values shortened):

{
  "kind": "hot-search",
  "rank": 1,
  "term": "某品牌新品发布会",
  "heat": 633647,
  "category": "科技",
  "label": "热",
  "onListSince": "2026-10-12T14:50:22Z",
  "events": [
    "2026秋季新品发布"
  ],
  "url": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23...%23"
}

A record named SUMMARY in the run's key-value store says what each input returned, with any notes (for example an account that does not exist), what was charged and how much traffic the run used.

Pricing

• $0.004 per hot search term (the full list of 50 is $0.20)
• $0.01 per post
• $0.003 per comment
• $0.01 per profile
• Posts and users that don't exist or aren't visible are free

What typical jobs cost at the list price:

Job	Cost
The hot search list, once	$0.20
The hot search list every hour for a day	$4.80
30 trending posts	$0.30
One post + 200 comments	$0.61
50 KOL profiles	$0.50

On Apify's Scale and Business plans the per-event prices are lower (Store discounts). Set Maximum cost per run and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached: you never pay more than that.

Tips

• Schedule hourly runs with only the hot search list on: you get a time series of China's top topics for $4.80 a day.
• heat is Weibo's own number for a term: compare it across runs to see momentum.
• Sort comments by most liked to read the reactions people agree with.
• Profiles include Weibo's own influence labels (influence index, monthly interactions, video plays): useful for KOL shortlists.

Use it through the API

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("zaiq/weibo-scraper").call(run_input={"hotSearch": true, "hotPosts": true, "maxHotPosts": 30})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row)

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('zaiq/weibo-scraper').call({"hotSearch": true, "hotPosts": true, "maxHotPosts": 30});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

HTTP (one call, results back)

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zaiq~weibo-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"hotSearch": true, "hotPosts": true, "maxHotPosts": 30}'

Integrations and schedules

• Schedules: run it every hour, day or week from the Apify Console (Schedules) and keep a history of results.
• Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable: connect it through Apify's integrations, or send each finished run to a webhook.
• Datasets: results stay in the run's dataset; export them or read them by API whenever you need them.

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client. The agent can find this Actor and run it for you: ask it for "what is trending on Weibo right now, with each topic's heat". AI agents can also pay for runs directly through Apify's agentic payments.

Limits

• Weibo's keyword search and a user's own post list need a Weibo login, so they are not offered: use trending posts, post links and profiles.
• Posts and comments are what Weibo shows a signed-out visitor.
• Video and image links are Weibo's own and can expire.

FAQ

Do I need a Weibo account?

No. The data is what Weibo shows a visitor.

Can I search Weibo by keyword?

Not in this version: Weibo asks for a login to search. The hot search list, trending posts, posts by link and profiles work without one.

Is the text translated?

No, Chinese text is kept as written, so nothing is lost. Run a translation step after if you need English.

How fresh is the hot search list?

Live at run time: Weibo updates it every minute or so.

How fast is it?

The hot search list takes about 20 seconds (mostly opening Weibo once); each post or profile about a second.

Related Actors from Zaiq

• bilibili-scraper: Bilibili videos, comments and danmaku
• google-trends-scraper: what the rest of the world is searching for
• google-trending-now-scraper: Google's live trending searches by country
• tiktok-transcript-scraper: what TikTok videos say

Support

Questions, a site that changed, or a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's Issues tab: we answer there, usually within a day.

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Also found as: weibo scraper, weibo api, weibo hot search, 微博热搜, weibo trending, weibo comments scraper, weibo profile scraper, china social media scraper, chinese social listening.