Quora Scraper 🔍 — Questions, Answers, Profiles, Topics & Spaces

Extract structured data from Quora at scale — no login, no cookies required. Search by keyword or paste direct URLs and get back clean rows for questions, answers, user profiles, topics and spaces, including full answer text, author info, upvotes, comments, shares and engagement metrics.

✨ Why Choose This Scraper?

• No login / no account — works on public Quora data out of the box.
• 5 content types — questions, answers, profiles, topics and spaces from a single input.
• Full answer pagination — not just the first page; collect up to thousands of answers per question.
• Smart proxy ladder — starts direct (cheapest), and only escalates to datacenter → residential if Quora blocks you, then sticks with residential. You never pay for proxy you don't need.
• Headless browser fallback — hard-blocked pages are rendered in a real browser as a last resort.
• Live results — rows stream into the dataset as they are scraped, so nothing is lost on a long run.

🔑 Key Features

Feature	Description
🔍 Keyword search	Resolves keywords to relevant Quora URLs and scrapes each one.
🔗 Bulk URLs	Paste any number of Quora question / profile / topic / space URLs.
💬 Answer extraction	Full answer text, author, credentials, upvotes, comments, shares, AI-answer flag.
🛡️ Auto proxy escalation	direct → datacenter → residential, sticky after fallback.
🗂️ Per-section views	Separate Console tables for Questions, Answers, Profiles, Topics, Spaces.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Keywords to search on Quora.
directUrls	array	Direct Quora URLs to scrape (bulk).
maxResults	integer	Max results per keyword / answers per question (default 50).
requestDelay	number	Polite delay (seconds) before each request.
useBrowserFallback	boolean	Render hard-blocked pages in a headless browser.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify proxy settings.

{
  "searchQueries": ["python programming"],
  "directUrls": ["https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

📤 Output

Each row carries a content_type of question, answer, profile, topic or space.

{
  "content_type": "answer",
  "title": "What is Python primarily used for?",
  "answer_text": "Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language…",
  "author_name": "Rahat Ahmed",
  "author_url": "https://www.quora.com/profile/Rahat-Ahmed-475",
  "author_credentials": "Software Engineer",
  "upvotes": 2,
  "comments_count": 0,
  "shares_count": 3,
  "answer_timestamp": "3y",
  "is_ai_answer": false,
  "question_url": "https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for",
  "scrape_timestamp": "2026-06-14T07:46:04.556861+00:00"
}

🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. Log in at https://console.apify.com → Actors.
2. Open Quora Scraper and go to the Input tab.
3. Add search keywords and/or direct Quora URLs, set Maximum Results.
4. (Optional) Adjust the proxy — the default starts direct and self-escalates.
5. Click Start and watch the live logs.
6. Open the Output tab — switch between the Questions / Answers / Profiles / Topics / Spaces views.
7. Export to JSON / CSV / XLSX.

🤖 Use via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"directUrls":["https://www.quora.com/What-is-Python-primarily-used-for"],"maxResults":10}'

💡 Best Use Cases

• Market & audience research on any topic discussed on Quora.
• Lead and expert discovery from profiles and credentials.
• Content ideation and competitive analysis from top answers.
• Training / evaluation datasets of real Q&A text.

💳 Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-result: you are charged per row (question, answer, profile, topic or space) written to the dataset. Searching and proxy escalation add no extra charge — you only pay for data you receive.

❓ FAQ

Do I need a Quora account? No. Only public data is collected.

Why did a search return nothing? Search uses a third-party engine that occasionally rate-limits flagged IPs. Enable the proxy or rerun — the Actor auto-escalates to residential.

Can I scrape every answer on a question? Yes — raise maxResults.

⚖️ Legal

Only publicly available data is collected. You are responsible for compliance with Quora's Terms, GDPR/CCPA and any applicable laws. Do not scrape private or authenticated content.

📨 Support

Open an issue from the Actor's Issues tab with your run ID and input, and we'll help.