Medium User Search Scraper

Medium User Search Scraper

Extract detailed Medium user profiles from search results. Find writers, track influencers, and build outreach lists with comprehensive data including names, bios, membership status, and more. Perfect for content research and writer discovery.

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Medium User Search Scraper 🔍

Scrape Medium user profiles from search results. Extract detailed information about Medium writers including their bio, membership status, and more! 📝

Use Cases 🎯

  • Find and analyze Medium writers in specific niches
  • Research potential collaborators or guest writers
  • Track influential authors in your field of interest
  • Build a database of Medium writers for outreach

Features ✨

  • Search users by keywords
  • Extract comprehensive user profile data
  • Support for multiple search terms
  • Configurable number of results

Input Parameters 📝

  • keywords (Array): List of search terms to find Medium users
  • maxItems (Number): Maximum number of user profiles to scrape

Tips for Optimal Results 💡

  1. Use specific keywords to find relevant users
  2. Adjust maxItems based on your needs
  3. Consider running multiple searches with different keywords

Support 🤝

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please reach out through Apify's support channels.

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2    "keywords": [
3         "write"
4    ],
5    "maxItems": 30
6}

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.

1[
2	{
3		"id": "2d196168bd00",
4		"name": "chel writes",
5		"username": "chelwrites",
6		"bio": "write articles and personal thoughts. publish drafts regularly. sometimes in english or indonesian :)",
7		"avatarUrl": "https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:96:96/1*5GUJnGMlifgnut6UmNvdng.jpeg",
8		"userUrl": "https://chelwrites.medium.com",
9		"isBookAuthor": false,
10		"isMember": false
11	},
12	{
13		"id": "11841531c264",
14		"name": "Jo Ann Harris, Writer of Daily Musings",
15		"username": "joannharris-53598",
16		"bio": "Writing on Medium since 2018. Writer for Illumination. I write on a myriad of subjects with you in mind.",
17		"avatarUrl": "https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:96:96/0*nZwiKx3sl_Wcu6yS.",
18		"userUrl": "https://joannharris-53598.medium.com",
19		"isBookAuthor": false,
20		"isMember": true
21	},
22    ...
23]

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it legal to scrape job listings or public data?

Yes, if you're scraping publicly available data for personal or internal use. Always review Websute's Terms of Service before large-scale use or redistribution.

Do I need to code to use this scraper?

No. This is a no-code tool — just enter a job title, location, and run the scraper directly from your dashboard or Apify actor page.

What data does it extract?

It extracts job titles, companies, salaries (if available), descriptions, locations, and post dates. You can export all of it to Excel or JSON.

Can I scrape multiple pages or filter by location?

Yes, you can scrape multiple pages and refine by job title, location, keyword, or more depending on the input settings you use.

How do I get started?

You can use the Try Now button on this page to go to the scraper. You’ll be guided to input a search term and get structured results. No setup needed!