# Product Hunt Scraper — Launches, Reviews & Leaderboards (`crawloop/producthunt-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Product Hunt launches, leaderboards, reviews & comments. Export startup leads, ratings, and discussion threads as JSON. No PH API needed. Paginated boards & reviews.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawloop/producthunt-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrej Kiva](https://apify.com/crawloop) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 detailed launches

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Product Hunt Scraper — Launches, Reviews & Leaderboards

> **Disclaimer:** Unofficial integration for publicly accessible Product Hunt pages. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Product Hunt or its operators. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.
>
> This Actor is provided **for informational and research purposes only**. You are solely responsible for ensuring your use complies with applicable laws, platform terms of use, and your organization's policies.
>
> No warranty is given as to accuracy, completeness, or continued availability of third-party data. Use at your own risk.

**Product Hunt scraper** and API alternative — extract product launches, taglines, votes, websites, social handles, user reviews, ratings, and threaded comments. Scrape daily/weekly/monthly/yearly **leaderboards** or any custom launch list. Built for lead gen, competitor research, and startup datasets via Python, Node.js, or MCP.

| Product Hunt | Google Play | Apple App Store | App Stores Combined |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Product Hunt Scraper** ◄── you are here | [Google Play Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/google-play-scraper) | [Apple App Store Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/apple-app-store-scraper) | [App Stores Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/app-stores-scraper) |

### When to use this Actor

Use the **Product Hunt Scraper** when you need launch-day signals, leaderboard ranks, reviews, and maker/website enrichment from Product Hunt without a PH API key.

For mobile app store listings and ratings, use the [Google Play](https://apify.com/crawloop/google-play-scraper) / [Apple App Store](https://apify.com/crawloop/apple-app-store-scraper) scrapers instead.

### Key Features

- **Feed & launches** — Homepage or custom category/topic pages
- **Leaderboards** — Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly by date or week
- **Deep product details** — Description, company info, social / app store links
- **Reviews & ratings** — Overall and aspect ratings, pros/cons, reviewer profiles
- **Threaded comments** — Discussion body, upvotes, timestamps, authors
- **Fast HTTP** — `curl_cffi` TLS impersonation; no heavy browser for v1

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `startUrls` | Array | Product Hunt homepage | Homepage, posts, or leaderboard URLs |
| `scrapeDetails` | Boolean | `true` | Visit detail pages for description, links, reviews, comments |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `500` | Max launches to scrape |
| `scrapeReviews` | Boolean | `true` | Extract reviews (up to `maxReviews` per product) |
| `scrapeComments` | Boolean | `true` | Extract comments (up to `maxComments` per product) |
| `maxReviews` | Integer | `20` | Max reviews per product |
| `maxComments` | Integer | `50` | Max comments per product |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Residential | Apify Residential recommended |
| `concurrencyLimit` | Integer | `2` | Concurrent workers (keep low) |

#### Input Example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/" }],
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 25,
  "scrapeReviews": true,
  "scrapeComments": true,
  "maxReviews": 10,
  "maxComments": 20,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  },
  "concurrencyLimit": 2
}
```

### Output Format

```json
{
  "id": "1175520",
  "name": "Spira for Product Hunt Makers",
  "slug": "spira-for-product-hunt-makers",
  "tagline": "Social media growth agents that build your momentum",
  "votesCount": 447,
  "commentsCount": 161,
  "dailyRank": 1,
  "weeklyRank": 2,
  "monthlyRank": 39,
  "websiteUrl": "https://spira.ai",
  "reviewsRating": 4.8,
  "reviewsCount": 12,
  "featuredAt": "2026-06-29T00:01:00-07:00"
}
```

### Use cases

| Use case | What you get |
| :--- | :--- |
| **B2B lead gen** | New launches, websites, social handles, makers |
| **Competitor analysis** | Category launches, ratings, review themes |
| **Market sentiment** | Votes, comments, review scores over time |
| **Startup research** | Leaderboard ranks, funding / YC signals when present |
| **AI / MCP workflows** | Run via Apify API, clients, or MCP |

### Integration examples

#### Node.js

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

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('crawloop/producthunt-scraper').call({
  startUrls: [{ url: 'https://www.producthunt.com/' }],
  maxItems: 25,
  scrapeDetails: true,
  scrapeReviews: true,
  proxyConfiguration: { useApifyProxy: true, apifyProxyGroups: ['RESIDENTIAL'] },
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.slice(0, 5));
```

#### Python

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token)
run = client.actor("crawloop/producthunt-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.producthunt.com/"}],
        "maxItems": 25,
        "scrapeDetails": True,
        "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]},
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("name"), item.get("votesCount"), item.get("websiteUrl"))
```

#### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~producthunt-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.producthunt.com/"}],"maxItems":25,"scrapeDetails":true,"proxyConfiguration":{"useApifyProxy":true,"apifyProxyGroups":["RESIDENTIAL"]}}'
```

### MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via [Apify MCP](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp). Connect your Apify account, then call `crawloop/producthunt-scraper`.

Example prompts:

- "Run Product Hunt Scraper for today's homepage, max 25, and return name, tagline, votesCount, websiteUrl"
- "Scrape Product Hunt launches with reviews and summarize top-rated products"
- "Chain Product Hunt then Google Play Scraper when a launch has an Android app link"

### Suite next step

For mobile store presence after a launch, use [Google Play Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/google-play-scraper) or [Apple App Store Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/apple-app-store-scraper). For both stores in one run, use [App Stores Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/app-stores-scraper).

### Related Actors — Product discovery

| Focus | Actor |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Product Hunt launches & reviews** | **Product Hunt Scraper** ◄── you are here |
| Google Play apps | [Google Play Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/google-play-scraper) |
| Apple App Store apps | [Apple App Store Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/apple-app-store-scraper) |
| Both app stores | [App Stores Scraper](https://apify.com/crawloop/app-stores-scraper) |

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Product Hunt URLs to scrape. Supports the homepage (daily launches), product posts (e.g. /posts/clinepass), or leaderboards (daily/weekly/monthly/yearly).

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, visits each post's detail page to extract description, external links, social handles, user reviews, and comments. If disabled, only extracts feed-level data (faster for large leaderboards).

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

Maximum number of items/launches to scrape in total across all URLs. Set to 500+ for full yearly/monthly leaderboards.

## `scrapeReviews` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, visits product detail pages and extracts user reviews (ratings, text, author details). Requires 'Scrape Detail Pages' to be enabled.

## `scrapeComments` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, visits product detail pages and extracts discussion comments and replies. Requires 'Scrape Detail Pages' to be enabled.

## `maxReviews` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of reviews to extract per product details page (first SSR page only).

## `maxComments` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of comments to extract per product details page (first SSR page only).

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

Apify Residential proxy is strongly recommended to bypass Cloudflare and avoid rate limits on large leaderboards.

## `concurrencyLimit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of concurrent workers. Keep low (1-3) to avoid rate limits.

## `requestDelayMinMs` (type: `integer`):

Minimum random delay between HTTP requests.

## `requestDelayMaxMs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum random delay between HTTP requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/yearly/2026"
    }
  ],
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "scrapeReviews": true,
  "scrapeComments": true,
  "maxReviews": 20,
  "maxComments": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "concurrencyLimit": 2,
  "requestDelayMinMs": 300,
  "requestDelayMaxMs": 800
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Default dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/yearly/2026"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 500
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawloop/producthunt-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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/yearly/2026" }],
    "maxItems": 500,
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/yearly/2026"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 500
}' |
apify call crawloop/producthunt-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawloop/producthunt-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/IeTKTRS0mIgIU5y0n/builds/bqK3UEA2u9DyBMv3I/openapi.json