Bluesky Following Scraper 🌐👥📊

by scrapestorm

Extract Bluesky following data into structured formats. Automate lead generation, audience analysis, and social media research with scheduled runs and direct app integrations.

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About Bluesky Following Scraper 🌐👥📊

Need to map out a Bluesky user's network or analyze their community? This scraper pulls clean, structured data from any public Bluesky following list. Just give it a username or DID, and it fetches the profile essentials: handle, display name, bio, avatar URL, when they joined, and any account labels. I use this data for lead lists, audience research, or just to understand the circles around interesting accounts. The real time-saver is how it handles the output. It formats everything into neat tables (CSV, JSON, Excel, HTML) ready for your spreadsheets or databases. You can also set it to run on a schedule or pipe the data directly into Google Sheets, Airtable, or Zapier automations. It's one less manual copy-paste task in your workflow, letting you focus on the analysis instead of the data collection.

What does this actor do?

Bluesky Following Scraper 🌐👥📊 is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.

Key Features

Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
API access for integration with your applications
Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation

How to Use

Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
Configure the input parameters as needed
Run the actor and download your results

Documentation

Bluesky Following Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes the list of accounts a specific Bluesky profile follows. You provide a profile URL and a limit, and it returns structured data for each followed account. It's useful for audience analysis, market research, and influencer discovery on the Bluesky social network.

Key Features

Extracts Detailed Profile Data: For each followed account, it retrieves:
- Decentralized Identifier (DID)
- Handle and display name
- Avatar image URL
- Account creation timestamp
- Profile description/bio
- Direct link to the profile
Configurable Limit: Control the number of followings to scrape via the maxitems parameter.
Multiple Export Formats: Download results as JSON, CSV, XML, RSS, or HTML table.
Subscription Model: Access is provided for $17.99/month.

How to Use

Configure the actor's input with the target profile URL and your desired item limit.
Start the actor. It will navigate to the profile and scrape the "Following" list.
Once finished, download the dataset from the actor's output in your preferred format.

Input/Output

Input Configuration (JSON):

{
  "profile_url": "https://bsky.app/profile/example.bsky.social",
  "maxitems": 100
}

profile_url (required): The full URL of the Bluesky profile to scrape.
maxitems: The maximum number of followed accounts to retrieve.

Output Data:
The actor outputs an array of items. Each item is an object containing the extracted fields for one followed account (e.g., followingDid, followingHandle, followingDisplayName, followingAvatar, followingCreatedAt, followingDescription, profileLink).