Weibo User Scraper (微博用户 / 博主数据 / Sina Weibo) | Posts, Profile & Followers (2026)

From Zen Studio, creators of RedNote Search and Douyin Search, ranked #1 for “RedNote” and “Douyin” in Apify Store search. Dedicated actors for researching Chinese social posts, creators and conversations.

Why choose this actor?

200 posts in 15 seconds. Collect creator timelines quickly, with likes, comments, reposts, media and posting locations attached. Process up to 50 accounts per run, filter by date or content type, and return only newly discovered posts on repeat runs. Profile and follower collection are separate options and add time.

See the numbers behind the creator. Get a 47-field profile with lifetime likes, comments and reposts, total video views, account creation date and verification details. Compare long-term engagement alongside follower counts when shortlisting creators or monitoring competitors. Field availability depends on what Weibo publishes.

Export who follows them, and who they follow. Optional follower and following lists contain individual accounts with their own follower counts, verification and profile links. Collect these alongside the creator’s profile and posts, with each row labeled by type.

Try a Weibo account

Start with kfcchina: its profile and 20 recent posts.

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "kfcchina"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerUser": 20,
  "includeProfile": true
}

Open actor input and enter a username, profile link or numeric account ID. Export JSON, CSV or Excel. To include follower accounts, set maxFollowersPerUser to a positive number; maxFollowingPerUser controls accounts they follow. Both default to 0, meaning none, and are billed separately. The free tier disables these lists.

For longer timelines, request up to 5,000 posts per account. Here, maxPostsPerUser: 0 uses that maximum. Turn includePosts off for profiles or follower lists alone.

Zen Studio · Chinese Social Data
Weibo User You are here	Weibo Search Posts by keyword	Comments Threads & replies	RedNote Posts & creators	Douyin Videos & creators

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zen-studio/weibo-user-scraper on Apify. Returns a Weibo (微博) account's posts, its full profile, and its followers/following, in one run. Input profileUrls (string[], max 50): a profile link, an m.weibo.cn link, a username like kfcchina, or a bare numeric account ID; all four resolve. Every dataset row carries rowType = post | profile | connection, so one dataset holds all three shapes. CRITICAL, the two zeros mean opposite things: maxPostsPerUser=0 means ALL AVAILABLE posts (up to 5000), while maxFollowersPerUser=0 and maxFollowingPerUser=0 mean NONE, and both default to 0. To get NO posts you must set includePosts=false; there is no number that means none. includeProfile=true (default) adds one 47-column profile row per account with followers, mutual followers, lifetime likes/comments/reposts, verification reason, account age, level and credit score. Connection rows carry relation = follower | following plus ofUserId. Optional: startDate/endDate ('2026-09-01' or a period like '7 days', China time, both covering whole days), contentType ('all'|'pictures'|'videos'), originalOnly, onlyNewPosts (skips posts delivered to you in earlier runs for the same account, remembered in your own key-value store weibo-user-delivered). Timelines are read newest first and stop at startDate; a window far in the past may sit deeper than one run reaches, so pair endDate with startDate. Billing is per row by type: post rows $4.29/1000 (less on Silver/Gold), profile $0.005 each, connection $0.0015 each, plus a $0.005 actor start fee; posts removed by a filter and accounts that cannot be found are never charged. Free tier: 10 lifetime runs, 1 profile, 20 posts, connections off. Full spec: GET https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/zen-studio~weibo-user-scraper/builds/default (Bearer TOKEN) -> inputSchema, actorDefinition.storages.dataset, readme. Token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

Weibo User Scraper Features

• Three row types from one run: posts, the account profile, and followers or following. Every row carries rowType, so one dataset holds all three and you never stitch results together by account ID.
• Any way of naming an account: a profile link, an m.weibo.cn link, a username like kfcchina, or a bare numeric ID. Up to 50 accounts per run.
• 95 fields per post: engagement counts and the per-reaction split, the province a post was written from, topics, hashtags, mentions, outbound links, images with dimensions, video URL and streams, repost origin, and the author inline on every row.
• 47-column profile: followers, following, mutual followers, lifetime likes, comments and reposts, video plays, verification and its reason, account age, level, VIP rank, credit score, location, birthday, website and bio.
• Followers and following: 40 columns per account, both directions, each row tagged with relation and the account it belongs to.
• Date range and filters: any period in China time, posts with pictures or video, original posts only. Filtered posts are never charged.
• Only new posts: a scheduled run returns just what appeared since last time.
• Free tier: 10 lifetime runs, no credit card.

How to Scrape a Weibo Account (微博主页采集)

1. Open Weibo User Scraper and paste one or more profiles: a link, a username, or an account ID.
2. Set Maximum posts per profile, or turn Include posts off if you only want the profile or the follower list.
3. Optionally add a date range, a content filter, or a follower count.
4. Click Start, then download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or schedule it to repeat.

Input options

Parameter	Type	Default	Meaning
profileUrls	string[]	required	Links, usernames or account IDs. Max 50
maxPostsPerUser	integer	100	Posts per account. 0 means all available, up to 5,000
includePosts	boolean	true	Turn off to skip the timeline entirely
includeProfile	boolean	true	One 47-column profile row per account
maxFollowersPerUser	integer	0	Followers to collect. Here 0 means none
maxFollowingPerUser	integer	0	Accounts it follows. Here 0 means none
startDate / endDate	string	none	2026-09-01 or a period like 7 days, China time
contentType	select	all	all, pictures or videos
originalOnly	boolean	false	Skip reposts
onlyNewPosts	boolean	false	Skip posts delivered in earlier runs

The two 0 values mean opposite things on purpose. For posts, 0 is the usual "everything" sentinel. For followers and following, 0 means collect none, because a popular account has millions and every one is a billed row. That is also why "Include posts" exists: there is no number that means no posts.

The profile and its followers, without any posts

{
  "profileUrls": ["kfcchina"],
  "includePosts": false,
  "includeProfile": true,
  "maxFollowersPerUser": 200
}

Posts from the last week, pictures only

{
  "profileUrls": ["https://weibo.com/u/1618051664"],
  "maxPostsPerUser": 500,
  "startDate": "7 days",
  "contentType": "pictures",
  "includeProfile": false
}

Scheduled monitoring

{
  "profileUrls": ["kfcchina", "https://weibo.com/u/1618051664"],
  "maxPostsPerUser": 0,
  "onlyNewPosts": true
}

What Data Can You Extract From a Weibo Account?

Every row carries rowType, which is post, profile or connection.

A post row

Identity and link, text and its truncation state, topics and hashtags, mentions and outbound links, timing and edit history, engagement with the per-reaction split, where it was posted from, media, repost origin, and the author inline.

{
  "rowType": "post",
  "userId": "1618051664",
  "userName": "头条新闻",
  "postId": "5345593410980006",
  "postBid": "Rj85L46Wy",
  "postUrl": "https://weibo.com/1618051664/Rj85L46Wy",
  "postUrlMobile": "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5345593410980006",
  "text": "【#生育13个孩子爸爸称喜欢人多热闹#，最小的孩子2岁多，最大的已结婚】#13孩家庭2张床挤6个孩子#近日，广西钦州一对夫妻生育13个孩子的消息引发关注。\n\n据新京报报道，有网民称，该家庭中丈夫因工作时受伤致家庭较贫困。\n\n当地村干部称，13个孩子包括8个男孩和5个女孩，当地已多次向该对夫妇宣传过计 ​​​",
  "textLength": 154,
  "isLongText": true,
  "textTruncated": true,
  "topics": [
    {
      "title": "生育13个孩子爸爸称喜欢人多热闹",
      "url": "sinaweibo://searchall?containerid=231522&q=%23%E7%94%9F%E8%82%B213%E4%B8%AA%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%E7%88%B8%E7%88%B8%E7%A7%B0%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%9A%E7%83%AD%E9%97%B9%23&extparam=%23%E7%94%9F%E8%82%B213%E4%B8%AA%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%E7%88%B8%E7%88%B8%E7%A7%B0%E5%96%9C%E6%AC%A2%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%9A%E7%83%AD%E9%97%B9%23"
    },
    {
      "title": "13孩家庭2张床挤6个孩子",
      "url": "sinaweibo://searchall?containerid=231522&q=%2313%E5%AD%A9%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD2%E5%BC%A0%E5%BA%8A%E6%8C%A46%E4%B8%AA%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%23&extparam=%2313%E5%AD%A9%E5%AE%B6%E5%BA%AD2%E5%BC%A0%E5%BA%8A%E6%8C%A46%E4%B8%AA%E5%AD%A9%E5%AD%90%23"
    }
  ],
  "hashtags": [
    "生育13个孩子爸爸称喜欢人多热闹",
    "13孩家庭2张床挤6个孩子"
  ],
  "mentions": [],
  "links": [
    {
      "title": "九派新闻的微博视频",
      "url": "sinaweibo://video/vvs?mid=5345593410980006&object_id=1034:5345289817489499&url_type=39&object_type=video&pos=1",
      "shortUrl": "http://t.cn/AXOTnqmt"
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-09-21T14:30:48+08:00",
  "timestampText": null,
  "editedCount": 0,
  "editedAt": null,
  "likeCount": 2,
  "commentCount": 3,
  "repostCount": 1,
  "reactions": [ /* see note below */ ],
  "engagementDisplayText": "100万+",
  "region": null,
  "province": null,
  "city": null,
  "country": null,
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "source": "微博视频号",
  "isPromoted": false,
  "promotedLabel": null,
  "postType": "original",
  "visibility": 0,
  "contentAuth": 0,
  "tags": [],
  "postFansCount": null,
  "picCount": 0,
  "picUrls": [],
  "picDetails": [ /* see note below */ ],
  "videoUrl": "https://f.video.weibocdn.com/o0/IwMt901elx08AWVMS8J201041200dL4n0E010.mp4?label=mp4_720p&template=720x1280.24.0&ori=0&ps=1CwnkDw1GXwCQx&Expires=1789977720&ssig=JhsdGPG3kI&KID=unistore,video",
  "videoDurationSeconds": 18,
  "videoTitle": "九派新闻的微博视频",
  "videoViewsText": "211万次观看",
  "videoStreams": [ /* see note below */ ],
  "cardType": null,
  "cardTitle": null,
  "cardUrl": null,
  "cardSummary": null,
  "authorId": "1618051664",
  "authorName": "头条新闻",
  "authorHandle": "breakingnews",
  "authorUrl": "https://weibo.com/u/1618051664",
  "authorAvatar": "https://tvax1.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.4.535.535.1024/001Lvb9uly8h8vgoyk5brj60f00f0jrq02.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1789984924&ssig=mdSo5Y%2Fn8V",
  "authorAvatarLarge": "https://tvax1.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.4.535.535.180/001Lvb9uly8h8vgoyk5brj60f00f0jrq02.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1789984924&ssig=jYrzPXFWev",
  "authorCoverImage": "https://ww1.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.640.640.640/549d0121tw1egm1kjly3jj20hs0hsq4f.jpg;https://ww4.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.640.640.640/9e5389bbjw1f1z5h9bjtjj20e80e8q38.jpg",
  "authorCreatedAt": "2009-08-28T16:34:36+08:00",
  "authorFans": 110186167,
  "authorFansText": "1.1亿",
  "authorFollowing": 1799,
  "authorMutualFollowers": 769,
  "authorPostsCount": 346945,
  "authorVideoCount": 5446,
  "authorFavoritesCount": 210,
  "authorPageFriends": 840,
  "authorLanguage": "zh-cn",
  "authorTotalLikes": 479766125,
  "authorTotalComments": 189888768,
  "authorTotalReposts": 171325111,
  "authorVideoPlays": 4726374733,
  "authorVerified": true,
  "authorVerifiedType": 3,
  "authorVerifiedTypeExt": 50,
  "authorVerifiedReason": "头条新闻官方账号",
  "authorVerifiedBadges": [],
  "authorDescription": "每日播报全球各类重要资讯、突发新闻，全天24小时即时发布。欢迎报料、投稿，请发私信或者邮件：xlttnews@vip.sina.com。",
  "authorGender": "female",
  "authorLocation": "北京",
  "authorWebsite": "http://news.sina.com.cn/",
  "authorAbilityTags": [],
  "authorLevel": 2,
  "authorVipRank": 1,
  "authorVipType": 12,
  "authorIsSvip": true,
  "authorCreditScore": 80,
  "authorIsBrand": false,
  "originalPostId": null,
  "originalPostUrl": null,
  "originalAuthorId": null,
  "originalAuthorName": null,
  "originalText": null,
  "originalLikeCount": null,
  "originalCommentCount": null,
  "originalRepostCount": null
}

picDetails and videoStreams are arrays of objects, one per image or stream, each with its own URL and dimensions. reactions is an object keyed by reaction name. They are shortened above only to keep the example readable; every entry is present in the real output.

A profile row

{
  "rowType": "profile",
  "userId": "1687422352",
  "userName": "肯德基",
  "userHandle": "kfcchina",
  "userUrl": "https://weibo.com/u/1687422352",
  "userAvatar": "https://tvax2.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.600.600.1024/001QcfDyly8i9cjnk1i03j60go0got9c02.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1789986023&ssig=AKZdKtDYVI",
  "userAvatarLarge": "https://tvax2.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.600.600.180/001QcfDyly8i9cjnk1i03j60go0got9c02.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1789986023&ssig=l81wVxXf5%2F",
  "userCoverImage": "https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.640.640.640/001QcfDygy1i91098sg0qj60m80m8jsf02.jpg",
  "userCreatedAt": "2010-01-29T16:35:06+08:00",
  "userFans": 4997305,
  "userFansText": "499.7万",
  "userFollowing": 644,
  "userMutualFollowers": 181,
  "userPostsCount": 36131,
  "userVideoCount": 4341,
  "userFavoritesCount": 0,
  "userPageFriends": 349,
  "userLanguage": "zh-cn",
  "userTotalLikes": 34652934,
  "userTotalComments": 19646864,
  "userTotalReposts": 232461280,
  "userVideoPlays": 2349241796,
  "userVerified": true,
  "userVerifiedType": 2,
  "userVerifiedTypeExt": 50,
  "userVerifiedReason": "肯德基中国",
  "userVerifiedBadges": [],
  "userDescription": "永远好滋味",
  "userGender": "male",
  "userLocation": "上海",
  "userWebsite": "http://www.kfc.com.cn",
  "userAbilityTags": [],
  "userLevel": 2,
  "userVipRank": 7,
  "userVipType": 12,
  "userIsSvip": false,
  "userCreditScore": 80,
  "userIsBrand": true,
  "userBirthday": null,
  "userConstellation": null,
  "userVerifiedLevel": 3,
  "userVerifiedTrade": "1484",
  "userVerifiedSource": null,
  "userVerifiedReasonUrl": null,
  "userCareer": [],
  "userEducation": [],
  "userLatestPostId": "5345548808487557"
}

A follower or following row

relation is follower or following, and ofUserId is the account it belongs to, so both directions live in one table.

{
  "rowType": "connection",
  "ofUserId": "1618051664",
  "relation": "follower",
  "userId": "5878659096",
  "userName": "超话社区",
  "userHandle": null,
  "userUrl": "https://weibo.com/u/5878659096",
  "userAvatar": "https://tvax3.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.1080.1080.1024/006pQfMcly8h8v3tovfguj60u00u0q3z02.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1789986034&ssig=phePYRUi2x",
  "userAvatarLarge": "https://tvax3.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.1080.1080.180/006pQfMcly8h8v3tovfguj60u00u0q3z02.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1789986034&ssig=1XNvJQ02Sz",
  "userCoverImage": "https://ww1.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.640.640.640/549d0121tw1egm1kjly3jj20hs0hsq4f.jpg",
  "userCreatedAt": "2016-03-09T17:45:21+08:00",
  "userFans": 235462524,
  "userFansText": "2.35亿",
  "userFollowing": 2410,
  "userMutualFollowers": 294,
  "userPostsCount": 32394,
  "userVideoCount": 147,
  "userFavoritesCount": 403,
  "userPageFriends": 2038,
  "userLanguage": "zh-cn",
  "userTotalLikes": null,
  "userTotalComments": null,
  "userTotalReposts": null,
  "userVideoPlays": null,
  "userVerified": true,
  "userVerifiedType": 7,
  "userVerifiedTypeExt": 0,
  "userVerifiedReason": "超话社区官方微博",
  "userVerifiedBadges": [],
  "userDescription": null,
  "userGender": "male",
  "userLocation": "北京",
  "userWebsite": null,
  "userAbilityTags": [],
  "userLevel": null,
  "userVipRank": 1,
  "userVipType": 12,
  "userIsSvip": true,
  "userCreditScore": 80,
  "userIsBrand": false
}

Exports: JSON and JSONL keep the nested objects and arrays intact. CSV and Excel flatten them, so pick JSON if you need picDetails, videoStreams or reactions.

Pricing

You pay per row, by what the row is.

Row	Price
Post	$4.29 per 1,000, $3.99 on Silver, $3.29 on Gold and above
Profile	$0.005 each
Follower or following	$0.0015 each

Plus Apify's $0.005 actor start fee per run. Posts removed by a filter are never charged, and neither is an account that cannot be found.

A typical run of one account with the profile and 100 posts is about $0.44.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a Weibo account or cookie? No. Nothing is logged in and no session is stored.

What can I paste in? A profile link, an m.weibo.cn link, a username like kfcchina, or a bare numeric account ID. Up to 50 per run, in any mix.

How far back do posts go? The timeline is read newest first and keeps going. On a very busy account, page 1,000 reached posts from about eight months earlier, with no repeats and no wrap-around. Set the maximum to 0 for everything available, up to 5,000 per account.

How do I get only a profile, or only followers? Turn Include posts off. 0 in the posts box means all available, not none, which is exactly why the switch exists.

Why are followers off by default? A popular account has millions of them and every one is a billed row. 0 there means none, so you opt in with a number you choose.

Can I schedule it? Yes. Turn on Only new posts and each run returns just what appeared since the last one. Delivered posts are remembered in a storage in your own account called weibo-user-delivered; delete it to start over.

Why did my date range return nothing? Timelines are read newest first, so a window far in the past sits behind everything newer and can be deeper than one run reaches. Pair Posted before with Posted after to bound the work, and the run will tell you when this happened.

Do I pay for posts a filter removed? No. Filters are applied before anything is charged.

What happens if an account does not exist? The run says so for that account, charges nothing for it, and carries on with the rest.

Is the data the same as the Weibo app shows? Posts carry real engagement counts, the province the post was written from, hashtags, mentions, links, images as real JPEG URLs and video streams.

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