Weibo Scraper — Hot Search, Posts, Comments & Creator Feeds
Pricing
from $35.00 / 1,000 item scrapeds
Scrape Weibo (微博), China's biggest Chinese social media platform: the hot-search board (热搜), keyword search, creator timelines, post comments and the hot timeline — six modes in one Actor. Social listening, china market research and user generated content at the source.
postId
Optional
Weibo post ID (mid).
postUrl
Optional
Permalink to the post on weibo.com.
mid
Optional
Raw message ID as returned by Weibo.
text
Optional
Post body, plain text with entities resolved.
createdAt
Optional
When the post was published, ISO 8601.
source
Optional
Client the post was sent from.
isRepost
Optional
True when the item is a repost of another post.
repostOf
Optional
The ORIGINAL post this row reposts, unwrapped from the same response (no extra request). null when the row is not a repost. Measured 2026-08-26: 29% of search rows are reposts, and their text carries the quoted content as a //@user: string — this field gives you the same thing structured: who wrote the original, its engagement, images and URL.
images
Optional
Image URLs attached to the post.
[ "https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/example.jpg"]videoUrl
Optional
Video URL when the post carries one.
attitudesCount
Optional
Number of likes on the post.
repostsCount
Optional
Number of reposts.
likeCount
Optional
Likes on a comment (post_comments mode).
commentId
Optional
Comment ID (post_comments mode).
userId
Optional
Numeric user ID of the profile.
screenName
Optional
Profile display name.
profileUrl
Optional
Link to the profile page.
description
Optional
Profile bio.
followersCount
Optional
Followers of the profile.
friendsCount
Optional
Accounts the profile follows.
statusesCount
Optional
Total posts published by the profile.
verified
Optional
Whether the profile is verified.
verifiedType
Optional
Weibo verification type code.
verifiedReason
Optional
Reason shown for verification.
gender
Optional
Profile gender as published by Weibo.
birthday
Optional
Birthday shown on the profile.
company
Optional
Company shown on the profile.
domain
Optional
Custom profile domain.
avatarHd
Optional
High-resolution avatar URL.
coverImage
Optional
Profile cover image URL.
sunshineCredit
Optional
Weibo credit rating shown on the profile.
rank
Optional
Position on the hot-search board, 1 = top.
title
Optional
Trending topic text.
note
Optional
Full topic label as shown on the board.
hotValue
Optional
Weibo's heat score for the topic.
category
Optional
Board category the topic sits in.
isHot
Optional
Whether Weibo flags the topic as hot.
isNew
Optional
Whether the topic is newly on the board.
labelName
Optional
Badge Weibo attaches to the topic.
iconDesc
Optional
Icon label shown next to the topic.
url
Optional
Search URL for the topic.
snapshotAt
Optional
When this board snapshot was taken, ISO 8601.
status
Optional
How the topic changed since the previous run.
rankDelta
Optional
Positions gained (positive) or lost since last run.
hotValueDelta
Optional
Change in heat score since last run.
previousRank
Optional
Rank in the previous snapshot.
minutesOnBoard
Optional
Minutes the topic has been on the board.
peakRank
Optional
Best rank reached while tracked.
peakHotValue
Optional
Highest heat score reached while tracked.
firstSeenAt
Optional
When the topic was first seen, ISO 8601.
mode
Optional
Mode that produced the row.
scrapedAt
Optional
When the row was scraped, ISO 8601.
sentiment
Optional
Sentiment of the item text: polarity (positive/neutral/negative), score, and the method used.
{ "polarity": "positive", "score": 0.7158, "method": "snownlp"}
commentsCount
Optional
Number of comments on the post.