# Patreon Creator Scraper 🎯 (`easyapi/patreon-creator-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Patreon creator profiles, including earnings, patron counts, and detailed metrics across 30+ categories. Perfect for market research and creator analytics.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/patreon-creator-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 221 total users, 10 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Graphtreon Creator Scraper 🎯

Powerful scraper for extracting detailed Patreon creator data. Get comprehensive insights into creator performance, earnings, and engagement metrics across all categories.

### 🎯 Use Cases

- Market Research & Analysis
- Creator Performance Tracking
- Competitive Intelligence
- Content Strategy Planning
- Niche Market Identification

### ✨ Features

- Scrape data from 30+ creator categories
- Filter creators by keywords
- Detailed metrics including earnings and patron counts
- Clean, structured data output
- Proxy support for reliable scraping
- Customizable results limit

### 📊 Output Data

Each scraped creator profile includes:

- Rank in category
- Creator name and vanity URL
- Profile description
- Number of patrons
- Monthly earnings
- Average support per patron
- Account age and creation date
- Category classification
- Timestamp of data collection

### 🔍 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|-----------|------|-------------|
| `category` | String | Category to scrape (e.g., 'games', 'music') |
| `keyword` | String | Optional search term to filter creators |
| `maxItems` | Integer | Maximum number of results to collect |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Proxy settings for the scraper |

### ⚙️ Technical Details

- Implements stealth plugins to avoid detection
- Handles rate limiting and pagination automatically
- Optimized for reliable data extraction

### 🚀 Getting Started

1. Set your desired category from the available options
2. Optionally add a keyword filter
3. Configure the maximum number of results
4. Run the actor and get structured creator data

### 📈 Limitations

- Rate limited to prevent overloading
- Some creator data may be incomplete if not publicly available

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```json
{
    "category": "games",
    "keyword": "3D",
    "maxItems": 30
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```json
[
	{
		"rank": 88,
		"creatorName": "BlueRose-sims",
		"description": "creating cloth/acc content for sims (bluerose3DFashion)",
		"vanity": "bluerose3DFashion",
		"profileUrl": "https://www.patreon.com/bluerose3DFashion",
		"patrons": 393,
		"earnings": null,
		"supportPerPatron": null,
		"patreonPublishedAt": "2018-10-19 18:08:42",
		"daysRunning": "2246",
		"category": "games",
		"scrapedAt": "2024-12-13T00:44:35.264Z"
	},
	{
		"rank": 197,
		"creatorName": "Soyo",
		"description": "creating Assetto Corsa mods, art, 3d models, and other content! (soyo20v)",
		"vanity": "soyo20v",
		"profileUrl": "https://www.patreon.com/soyo20v",
		"patrons": 170,
		"earnings": null,
		"supportPerPatron": null,
		"patreonPublishedAt": "2020-01-31 04:11:08",
		"daysRunning": "1777",
		"category": "games",
		"scrapedAt": "2024-12-13T00:44:35.264Z"
	},
    ...
]
```

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Category of creators to scrape

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Optional keyword to filter creators

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of creators to scrape

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the actor

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "games",
  "keyword": "",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/patreon-creator-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/patreon-creator-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call easyapi/patreon-creator-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/patreon-creator-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/5YDlyN7lgS9GjUt3u/builds/lOHyGufvIoqdh97aM/openapi.json