Weibo Scraper API

Get Weibo posts, hot searches (微博热搜), comments and creator profiles as clean JSON. No login, no cookies.

Runs in the cloud on Apify. No servers, no proxy setup, no code to maintain. Open it on Apify

Price: $1 per 1,000 rows. No monthly fee. Apify's free plan gives $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. Current price.

What you get

• Search posts by keyword, many keywords per run (about 90 posts per keyword): text, likes, reposts, comments, topics, author followers and paid-post flag
• Hot searches (微博热搜) with rank and heat, and the popular feed by category
• Top comments of any post, with some replies
• Creator profiles, with their latest posts if you want them

Quick start: Python

pip install -U apify-client

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("serenido/weibo-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "trending",
    "trendingList": "hot_searches",
    "maxResults": 50
})

for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Quick start: JavaScript (Node.js)

npm install apify-client

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });

const run = await client.actor("serenido/weibo-scraper").call({
    "mode": "trending",
    "trendingList": "hot_searches",
    "maxResults": 50
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Quick start: one HTTP call

Runs the tool and returns the rows in one request. Good for runs under 5 minutes; for bigger runs use the Python or JavaScript example.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/serenido~weibo-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode": "trending", "trendingList": "hot_searches", "maxResults": 50}'

Get your token in Apify Console > Settings > API & Integrations.

Use it from AI apps (MCP)

Any app that supports remote MCP servers (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and others) can run this tool for you. Add this server URL: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=serenido/weibo-scraper. Your Apify account connects on first use. Example config for Cursor:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=serenido/weibo-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Input example

{
  "mode": "trending",
  "trendingList": "hot_searches",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Other modes: search (posts by keyword), posts, comments, creators. All options are listed on the input page.

Output example (one row)

{
  "type": "hotSearch",
  "rank": 2,
  "keyword": "郑钦文距离李娜还有多远",
  "heat": 1602954,
  "label": "new",
  "searchUrl": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E9%83%91%E9%92%A6%E6%96%87%E8%B7%9D%E7%A6%BB%E6%9D%8E%E5%A8%9C%E8%BF%98%E6%9C%89%E5%A4%9A%E8%BF%9C%23",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-12T03:09:55Z"
}

Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or connect to Make, Zapier or n8n.

Use cases

• China social listening and brand monitoring
• Daily hot-search tracking for news and market research
• Collecting comments for sentiment analysis

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Support

Found a bug or need a field? Open an issue here or on the Issues tab on Apify.

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