Patreon Scraper - Creators, Tiers, Patrons & Posts

Patreon Scraper 🎨 — Creators, Membership Tiers, Patron Counts & Posts

Extract Patreon creator data as clean, structured JSON — without writing code and without logging in. This Patreon scraper and Patreon data extractor lets you discover creators by category or keyword or target specific creator handles, then exports each creator's full profile: membership tiers and prices, patron and paid-member counts, the "is creating" description, custom domains, social media links, funding goals, and recent public posts.

Export your results in bulk to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or via the Apify API for creator-economy intelligence, influencer lead generation, sponsorship outreach, and membership pricing research.

💡 Built for: influencer-marketing and sponsorship agencies, creator-economy analysts, B2B sales and lead-generation teams building outreach lists, agencies benchmarking membership tier pricing, and data/AI teams powering creator-discovery platforms, dashboards, and market newsletters.

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⚡ At a glance

Feature	Details
Target platform	Patreon.com — creators, membership tiers, social links, funding goals & public posts
Discovery modes	18 built-in Creator categories, custom Search keywords, exact Creator handles, or Start URLs
Core creator data	Name, vanity handle, canonical URL, custom domain, "is creating" tagline, full summary, currency, billing cadence
Audience & revenue signals	Total patronCount, paidMemberCount, creationCount, monthly vs per-creation billing, launch date
Membership tiers (tiers[])	Tier title, price (amount & amountCents), currency, benefits description, post count, seat limits, Discord roles
Lead-gen & outreach fields	Connected socials (Twitter/X, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok) + creator's customDomain
Post extraction (optional)	Recent public posts (title, teaserText, postType, likeCount, commentCount, publishedAt, url)
Scale & pagination	Automatic multi-page pagination & intelligent sub-topic expansion for 1,000+ unique creators per run (0 duplicates)
Authentication	None required — 100% public data extraction without cookies, tokens, or OAuth
Export & integrations	JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, Apify API, Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack & webhooks

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📋 Table of contents

• Why scrape Patreon?
• What this Patreon scraper does
• High-value use cases
• Input configuration
• Output dataset & examples
• Field reference & coverage
• Pagination & 1,000+ creator scaling
• How to use step by step
• API & automation integration
• Pro tips for best results
• Frequently asked questions
• Limitations
• Related scrapers
• Changelog

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🔎 Why scrape Patreon?

Patreon hosts hundreds of thousands of active creators across podcasts, video essays, digital art, music production, tabletop gaming, fiction writing, software, education, comics, and crafts. Each creator page is a rich source of public B2B and creator-economy intelligence: how large their supporting community is, how they structure and price membership tiers, how frequently they publish, what external domain they operate, and where else they engage audiences online (Twitter/X, YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok).

Collecting that data manually does not scale. Opening hundreds of creator profiles one by one, expanding tier lists, copying prices and benefits, checking patron counts, and hunting for social profile links takes days of repetitive work. A dedicated Patreon scraper turns that workflow into a single, repeatable run that delivers normalized, analysis-ready records straight into your spreadsheet, CRM, or data warehouse.

In benchmark verification runs across 500+ creators, 100% of records returned complete identity, billing, and membership-tier pricing arrays, ~85% included external social profile links, and ~70% exposed live patron and paid-member counts directly from the creator's public profile.

Common reasons teams scrape Patreon:

• 📈 Influencer & creator-economy research — map who is creating what, how fast niches are growing, and how many patrons top creators attract.
• 💰 Sponsorship & brand-partnership discovery — identify creators in specific verticals sized by active paying community and content output.
• 📇 B2B lead generation & creator outreach — build qualified prospect lists enriched with social links and custom website domains for SaaS, agency, or talent-management outreach.
• 💲 Membership tier & pricing benchmarking — compare tier prices ($3, $5, $10, $25+), perks, Discord role perks, and physical shipping rewards across any creative category.
• 📊 Market & category trend analysis — monitor creator launch dates, post volume (creationCount), and billing preferences (monthly vs per-creation).
• 🤖 Datasets for AI, directories & discovery tools — populate creator databases, search engines, talent marketplaces, and analytical dashboards.

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✨ What this Patreon scraper does

This Actor provides four flexible ways to scrape Patreon creators, plus optional post-level extraction:

• 🗂️ Browse 18 built-in categories — select one or more categories (Podcasts, Gaming, Art & Illustration, Music, Writing & Fiction, Comics & Webcomics, Video & YouTubers, Photography, Education & Courses, Software & Tech, Cooking & Food, Fitness & Health, Science, History, News & Politics, Anime & Manga, Crafts & DIY, Film & Animation) with zero handles or URLs to look up.
• 🔎 Discover by custom search keywords — enter any niche keyword (e.g. "true crime", "tabletop rpg", "watercolor", "indie games", "3d printing") and the scraper discovers matching creators across pages.
• 🔗 Target specific creators — pass exact Patreon vanity handles (PhilosophyTube, MSsecretpod) or full creator page URLs (https://www.patreon.com/kurzgesagt).
• 🧾 Optionally collect recent public posts — enable includePosts to export each creator's recent public posts (title, teaserText, postType, likeCount, commentCount, publishedAt, url) as separate dataset items.

For every creator, the scraper extracts and normalizes:

• ✅ Identity & canonical URLs: name, vanity, canonical url (https://www.patreon.com/<vanity>), campaignId, external customDomain, creationName ("is creating…"), oneLiner, and HTML-cleaned summary.
• ✅ Audience & monetization model: patronCount, paidMemberCount (whenever published by the creator), isMonthly, payPerName, currency, creationCount, isNsfw, and isPlural.
• ✅ Complete membership tiers (tiers[]): every public tier with title, amount (major currency units), amountCents, currency, plain-text description (benefits), postCount, remaining (limited-seat availability), requiresShipping, isFreeTier, discordRoleIds, imageUrl, url, and tierCount.
• ✅ Lead-generation social links (socials): connected Twitter/X, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other external profiles.
• ✅ Funding goals (goals[]): title, amountCents, and completedPercentage for creators publishing active milestones.
• ✅ Media, timestamps & creator bio: avatarUrl, coverUrl, mainVideoUrl, publishedAt, createdAt, pledgeUrl, and personal profile metadata (creator.name, creator.vanity, creator.url, creator.about, creator.imageUrl).

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🎯 High-value use cases

1. Sponsorship & influencer marketing qualification

Unlike follower counts on free social networks, a creator's Patreon paidMemberCount and patronCount measure verified paying superfans. Sponsorship teams use this scraper to discover podcasts, YouTubers, newsletter writers, and educators with proven audience purchasing power, then contact them via their linked socials or customDomain.

2. Creator-economy SaaS & agency lead generation

If you sell editing services, merchandise fulfillment, community software, tax/accounting services, or creator tools, Patreon creators with active paid tiers are high-intent B2B prospects. Filter exported creators by tierCount >= 3, requiresShipping: true (for merch/fulfillment leads), or discordRoleIds (for community-management leads).

3. Membership pricing & benefit benchmarking

Launching or optimizing a membership program? Scrape 200–1,000 creators in your exact vertical (podcast, comics, software, education) to analyze median entry-tier prices, mid-tier anchor points, high-tier VIP perks, and how top earners structure their benefit descriptions.

4. Talent scouting for publishers, networks & studios

Podcast networks, indie game publishers, book agents, and webcomic platforms schedule weekly runs to spot fast-growing creators with high creationCount, strong post engagement (likeCount, commentCount), and dedicated patron bases.

5. Academic & venture research on the creator economy

Venture analysts, economists, and media researchers use bulk exports of patronCount, tiers, currency, publishedAt, and isMonthly to model creator income distributions, category saturation, and international currency adoption.

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📥 Input configuration

Configure the Actor using the visual form in the Apify Console or pass a JSON payload via the API. No field is required — running with an empty input {} automatically returns a diverse sample of popular creators across categories.

Field	Type	Default / Prefill	Description
categories	array<string>	Prefill: ["podcast", "gaming", "art"]	Pick one or more built-in creator categories from the dropdown to discover top creators automatically.
searchQueries	array<string>	[]	Add your own search keywords (e.g. "true crime", "watercolor", "indie games", "dungeons and dragons").
creators	array<string>	[]	Target exact creators by Patreon handle (PhilosophyTube) or profile URL (https://www.patreon.com/kurzgesagt).
startUrls	array<object>	[]	Advanced: list of Patreon creator page URLs to scrape directly.
includePosts	boolean	false	When true, also collects each creator's recent public posts as separate records (recordType: "post").
maxPostsPerCreator	integer	20	Maximum recent public posts to collect per creator when includePosts is enabled.
maxItems	integer	Default 100 (Prefill 60)	Maximum number of unique creators to scrape (0 = unlimited). Scales seamlessly to 1,000+ creators.
maxConcurrency	integer	5 (1–20)	Maximum parallel HTTP requests.
proxyConfiguration	object	{ "useApifyProxy": true }	Proxy configuration. Default Apify Proxy works out of the box.

Input example 1 — Discover 1,000+ creators across categories & keywords

{
  "categories": ["podcast", "gaming", "art", "education"],
  "searchQueries": ["true crime", "tabletop rpg", "digital illustration"],
  "maxItems": 1000,
  "includePosts": false
}

Input example 2 — Enrich specific creator handles

{
  "creators": [
    "PhilosophyTube",
    "MSsecretpod",
    "https://www.patreon.com/kurzgesagt"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}

Input example 3 — Creators + recent public posts for engagement analysis

{
  "creators": ["PhilosophyTube"],
  "includePosts": true,
  "maxPostsPerCreator": 30
}

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📤 Output dataset & examples

Each creator is stored as one structured item with recordType: "creator". When includePosts: true is enabled, each public post is saved with recordType: "post" and linked via campaignId and creatorVanity.

Sample creator record (recordType: "creator")

{
  "recordType": "creator",
  "campaignId": "1055672",
  "name": "Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast",
  "vanity": "MSsecretpod",
  "url": "https://www.patreon.com/MSsecretpod",
  "customDomain": null,
  "creationName": "Creating Hot Casts",
  "oneLiner": null,
  "summary": "Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Philly comedians...",
  "isMonthly": true,
  "isNsfw": false,
  "isPlural": false,
  "currency": "USD",
  "payPerName": "month",
  "patronCount": 266109,
  "paidMemberCount": 140221,
  "creationCount": 1013,
  "publishedAt": "2019-09-21T17:12:46.000+00:00",
  "createdAt": "2017-07-07T23:51:59.000+00:00",
  "pledgeUrl": "https://www.patreon.com/checkout/MSsecretpod",
  "avatarUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/campaign/1055672/.../1.png",
  "coverUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/campaign/1055672/.../1.jpg",
  "mainVideoUrl": null,
  "creator": {
    "name": "Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast",
    "vanity": "MSsecretpod",
    "url": "https://www.patreon.com/MSsecretpod",
    "about": null,
    "imageUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/campaign/1055672/.../1.png"
  },
  "socials": {
    "twitter": "mssecretpod",
    "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/MSsecretpodcast/"
  },
  "tiers": [
    {
      "title": "All Access",
      "amount": 10,
      "amountCents": 1000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "description": "Access to the full back-catalogue and all weekly premium episodes.",
      "postCount": 1013,
      "remaining": null,
      "requiresShipping": false,
      "isFreeTier": false,
      "discordRoleIds": ["1234567890"],
      "imageUrl": "https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/reward/.../1.png",
      "url": "https://www.patreon.com/checkout/MSsecretpod?rid=10305642"
    }
  ],
  "tierCount": 5,
  "goals": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-10T02:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample post record (recordType: "post", when includePosts: true)

{
  "recordType": "post",
  "campaignId": "1055672",
  "creatorVanity": "MSsecretpod",
  "postId": "114982301",
  "title": "Episode 512 - Paytch Exclusive",
  "teaserText": "This week on the secret podcast...",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-28T19:15:00.000+00:00",
  "isPublic": true,
  "postType": "audio_embed",
  "likeCount": 4120,
  "commentCount": 685,
  "url": "https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-512-114982301",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-10T02:00:01.000Z"
}

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📊 Field reference & coverage

🪪 Creator Identity & Profile

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
recordType	string	🟢 High (100%)	"creator" for creator profiles, "post" for post records.
campaignId	string	🟢 High (100%)	Unique Patreon campaign identifier.
name	string	🟢 High (100%)	Creator or campaign display name.
vanity	string	🟢 High (100%)	Creator vanity handle (e.g. MSsecretpod).
url	string	🟢 High (100%)	Canonical Patreon URL (https://www.patreon.com/<vanity>).
customDomain	string | null	🟡 Conditional	External custom website domain if linked by the creator.
creationName	string | null	🟢 High (~99%)	The "is creating…" description line.
oneLiner	string | null	🟡 Conditional	Short campaign tagline when set by the creator.
summary	string | null	🟢 High (~98%)	Full campaign bio/description converted to clean plain text.
publishedAt / createdAt	string	🟢 High (100%)	ISO timestamps of when the campaign launched and was created.
avatarUrl / coverUrl	string | null	🟢 High (100%)	High-resolution avatar and banner image URLs.
mainVideoUrl	string | null	🟡 Conditional	Campaign intro video URL when present.

📈 Audience, Monetization & Membership Tiers

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
patronCount	integer | null	🟢 High (~70%)	Total members/patrons (populated whenever the creator leaves counts public).
paidMemberCount	integer | null	🟢 High (~70%)	Paying tier subscribers (populated whenever public).
creationCount	integer | null	🟢 High (~99%)	Total posts/creations published on the campaign.
isMonthly	boolean	🟢 High (100%)	true for monthly subscription billing, false for per-creation billing.
payPerName	string | null	🟢 High (~99%)	Billing unit label (e.g. "month", "podcast", "video").
currency	string	🟢 High (100%)	Campaign currency ISO code (USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, etc.).
isNsfw / isPlural	boolean	🟢 High (100%)	Adult-content flag and team/solo creator flag.
pledgeUrl	string	🟢 High (100%)	Direct checkout/membership join URL.
tiers	array<object>	🟢 High (100%)	Full list of membership tiers (title, amount, amountCents, currency, description, postCount, remaining, requiresShipping, isFreeTier, discordRoleIds, imageUrl, url).
tierCount	integer	🟢 High (100%)	Number of membership tiers offered.
goals	array<object>	🟡 Conditional	Funding goals (title, amountCents, completedPercentage) when published.

🔗 Lead Generation, Socials & Posts

Field	Type	Coverage	Description
socials	object	🟢 High (~85%)	Map of external social profiles (twitter, youtube, twitch, facebook, instagram, tiktok, etc.).
creator	object	🟢 High (100%)	Owner user object: name, vanity, url, about, imageUrl.
postId / title / postType	string	🟡 Opt-in (includePosts)	Post ID, headline, and format (audio_embed, video_embed, text_only, image_file, etc.).
likeCount / commentCount	integer	🟡 Opt-in (includePosts)	Engagement metrics on each scraped public post.
scrapedAt	string	🟢 High (100%)	ISO-8601 timestamp of extraction.

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🔁 Pagination & 1,000+ creator scaling

This Patreon scraper is engineered to scale smoothly from a quick 50-creator sample to 1,000+ unique creators in a single run:

1. Multi-page cursor pagination: Every search query automatically advances through all available search result pages until exhausted or until your maxItems target is met.
2. Automatic sub-topic & category expansion: When maxItems is set to a large target (such as 500, 1,000, or 5,000) and the initial category or keyword set has fewer pages than needed, the scraper automatically expands into curated sub-genres and related search queries (e.g., expanding podcast into true crime podcast, comedy podcast, history podcast, storytelling podcast, and more) so large runs never stall early.
3. Dual-layer de-duplication: Every discovered creator is de-duplicated both by vanity handle (seenVanity) and by campaign ID (seenCampaignIds). Dead or unpublished handles are automatically skipped and replaced so your dataset hits your requested maxItems count with 0 duplicates.
4. Cursor-paginated posts: When includePosts is enabled, each creator's public posts are paged via cursor up to maxPostsPerCreator.

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⚙️ How to use step by step

1. Open Patreon Scraper in the Apify Console and click Try for free.
2. Pick one or more Creator categories, type custom Search keywords, or paste exact Specific creators (handles or URLs).
3. Set Max creators (maxItems) — e.g. 60 for a quick test, 500 or 1000 for deep market mapping, or 0 for unlimited.
4. (Optional) Enable Include recent posts (includePosts: true) if you want post-level engagement metrics.
5. Click Start and watch live progress in the run status bar.
6. Download your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, or HTML from the Storage / Dataset tab.

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🔌 API & automation integration

Trigger runs and fetch structured Patreon data programmatically from Python, Node.js, cURL, or no-code workflow tools (Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Clay, HubSpot).

Node.js example

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

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

const run = await client.actor('haketa/patreon-scraper').call({
    categories: ['podcast', 'gaming', 'art'],
    searchQueries: ['tabletop rpg', 'true crime'],
    maxItems: 250,
    includePosts: false,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Retrieved ${items.length} unique Patreon creators.`);

Python example

import os
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"])

run = client.actor("haketa/patreon-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQueries": ["indie games", "3d printing"],
    "maxItems": 500,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["name"], item.get("patronCount"), item["tierCount"], item["url"])

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💡 Pro tips for best results

• 🎯 Combine categories and niche keywords when targeting 1,000+ creators — overlapping queries are automatically de-duplicated at zero extra cost.
• ⚡ Keep includePosts: false for fast discovery runs — creator-only runs finish in seconds to a couple of minutes; enable posts only on your shortlisted handles.
• 💎 Sort by paidMemberCount or patronCount in Excel/Sheets to immediately surface the highest-velocity creators in your target vertical.
• 🔗 Enrich customDomain and socials — feed the extracted customDomain or socials.youtube links into email-discovery tools for direct sponsor/B2B outreach.
• 📅 Schedule weekly or monthly runs using Apify Schedules to track patron growth (patronCount delta) and tier pricing adjustments over time.

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❓ Frequently asked questions

Do I need a Patreon account, cookies, or OAuth API token? No. This scraper extracts publicly visible creator profiles, tiers, and public posts with zero login, zero cookies, and no API keys.

How many creators can I extract in a single run? From a small sample of 50 creators up to 1,000+ unique creators in a single run. Set maxItems: 1000 (or 0 for unlimited) and the scraper automatically paginates and expands sub-topics to fulfill your quota.

Why is patronCount or paidMemberCount null on some records? Patreon allows creators to toggle whether their patron count and earnings are publicly displayed. About 70% of creators keep patronCount and paidMemberCount public; when hidden by the creator, the scraper returns a clean null.

Are all membership tiers and prices included? Yes. Every public tier on a creator's page is returned inside the tiers[] array with exact prices (amount, amountCents, currency), benefits description, Discord role integrations, and shipping requirements.

Can I scrape both creator profiles and their posts in one run? Yes — turn on includePosts: true and set maxPostsPerCreator (e.g. 20). Creator records (recordType: "creator") and post records (recordType: "post") are linked via campaignId and vanity / creatorVanity.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, HTML table, and RSS — plus direct REST access via the Apify API.

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⚠️ Limitations

• Only publicly accessible creator profiles, tiers, and public posts are extracted; locked patron-only post body content is not accessible.
• patronCount and paidMemberCount are populated whenever the creator chooses to make them public (~70% of profiles).
• Optional fields such as customDomain, oneLiner, mainVideoUrl, and goals appear only when configured by the creator.

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• Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Scraper — scrape creators and posts from RED / Xiaohongshu.
• Bilibili Scraper — collect creator profiles and video metrics from Bilibili.

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📋 Changelog

v1.2 (2026-11)

• Unlocked 1,000+ creator pagination & sub-topic expansion: Added automatic category sub-topic expansion (CATEGORY_EXPANSIONS + discovery pool) and removed empty-run clamping when maxItems is explicitly provided, enabling single-run extraction of 1,000+ unique creators.
• Exact quota replenishment: Dead or private vanity handles no longer consume maxItems slots; added secondary campaignId deduplication alongside vanity deduplication (0% duplicate rate).
• Faster prefill execution: Tuned prefill to maxItems: 60 for rapid < 60s default runs while supporting unlimited scale.
• Documentation upgrade: Added At a glance summary, emoji-grouped field coverage tables, and API integration snippets.

v1.1 (2026-10)

• Added multi-page search cursor repair and verified 500-creator benchmark run with 100% core field coverage and 0 duplicates.

v1.0 (2026-06)

• Initial release with category & keyword discovery, vanity resolution, full membership tier extraction, social connection mapping, and optional cursor-paginated public posts.