🧩 Chrome Edge & Firefox Store Scraper

A high-performance, lightweight Apify Actor that scrapes structured metadata, user install counts, ratings, sizes, and versions from the Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons, and Firefox Browser Add-ons (AMO) — without getting blocked.

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⚡ Why this Actor?

• Multi-store in one Actor: Scrape Chrome, Edge, and Firefox from a single input.
• HTTP-first search: The search engine hits store search APIs directly (no headless browser needed = 5× cheaper than competitors).
• Playwright fallback for detail pages: Only launches Chromium when scraping extension detail pages, keeping compute costs low.
• Anti-bot built-in: Realistic browser fingerprints + residential-proxy-first design.
• Optional review scraping: Pull individual Chrome Store reviews with star ratings for sentiment analysis.

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🔍 Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	One of	—	List of extension detail URLs from Chrome, Edge, or Firefox.
searchKeyword	String	One of	""	Keyword to search across all 3 stores (e.g. Ad Blocker).
scrapeReviews	Boolean	No	false	If true, also scrape individual Chrome Store reviews.
maxResults	Integer	No	100	Max number of extensions to scrape.
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	—	Apify proxy config (Residential recommended at scale).

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📊 Output Schema

Extension Detail

{
  "store": "CHROME_STORE",
  "type": "EXTENSION_DETAIL",
  "url": "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/grammarly-ai-writing-assi/kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen",
  "title": "Grammarly: AI Writing Assistant and Grammar Checker App",
  "id": "kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen",
  "users": "35,000,000",
  "rating": 4.5,
  "ratingsCount": "43.1K ratings",
  "version": "14.1310.0",
  "lastUpdated": "July 8, 2026",
  "size": "43.96MiB",
  "languages": "English",
  "description": "Grammarly for Chrome helps you write with confidence...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-12T15:45:00.000Z"
}

Review (optional)

{
  "store": "CHROME_STORE",
  "extensionId": "kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen",
  "reviewer": "Jane Doe",
  "rating": 5,
  "text": "Best grammar checker I've ever used.",
  "date": "2026-07-01"
}

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💰 Monetization: Pay-Per-Result

• Actor Start Fee: $0.05
• Result Fee: $0.001 per data record (50% cheaper than competitor scrapers charging $0.002).
• Bronze / Silver / Gold discounts available for Apify subscription users.
• Compute Costs: Free for users (compute is platform-paid).

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💡 Best Practices

• Use a Residential Proxy if you intend to scrape more than 50 extensions per run — Chrome Store rate-limits aggressively.
• Disable scrapeReviews unless you really need them — it adds 2-3× latency per extension.
• Sort by users desc in your dataset to spot the highest-impact extensions first.

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💼 Use Cases

• Competitive Intelligence: Track competitor extensions' user growth, rating drops, and version cadence.
• Lead Generation: Find successful extensions in your niche to contact their developers for partnerships.
• Market Research: Build a live database of the entire browser-extension ecosystem for VC, analytics, or SEO tools.
• Developer Tools: Monitor your own extension's rating trends and react to negative reviews.