Bluesky Posts Scraper — Search & User Feed (No Auth)

What does Bluesky Posts Scraper do?

Bluesky Posts Scraper extracts posts from the Bluesky social network using the public AT Protocol AppView API — no login, no API key, no OAuth flow required. Search any keyword or hashtag across the entire network, or pull the full post history of any public Bluesky account. Each post comes with text, author details, engagement metrics (likes, reposts, replies), image indicators, hashtags, URLs, and language code. The actor also computes 16 analytics fields — sentiment score, viral potential, influencer tier, FOMO/panic signal, and more — making it a complete Bluesky social media API replacement for researchers and developers.

Built for the decentralized era: because Bluesky runs on the open AT Protocol, public data is freely accessible at scale with no gating.

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Why use Bluesky Posts Scraper?

1. Social sentiment analysis — Track keyword or hashtag sentiment in real time. The built-in sentiment_score, sentiment_polarity, and fomo_fear_index fields give you quantified community mood without a separate NLP pipeline.
2. Brand and community monitoring — Monitor brand mentions, track community conversations, and measure engagement quality across the Bluesky network as it continues to grow past Twitter/X refugees.
3. Crypto and Web3 research — The crypto_relevance and crypto_narrative_signal fields are purpose-built for tracking on-chain narratives, token launches, and DeFi discussion. Ideal for traders and Web3 analysts.
4. Academic and journalism research — Collect structured AT Protocol data for discourse analysis, political science research, or news trend detection — with full metadata including language codes for cross-lingual studies.
5. Influencer and trend identification — The influencer_tier (mega/macro/mid/micro/nano) and early_signal_probability fields let you identify high-reach voices and emerging narratives before they go viral.

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How to use Bluesky Posts Scraper

1. Open the Actor on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Choose a mode: search for keyword/hashtag queries, or user_feed to scrape a specific account.
3. Enter your searchQuery (e.g. #bitcoin, ethereum ETF) or userHandle (e.g. jack.bsky.social).
4. Set maxPosts (up to 1000), optional lang filter, and since date if needed.
5. Click Start — results arrive in the dataset within seconds to minutes depending on volume.
6. Export as JSON/CSV or integrate via the Apify API into your dashboard or data pipeline.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	search	search (keyword/hashtag) or user_feed (account scrape)
searchQuery	string	—	Keyword or hashtag for search mode (e.g. #crypto, AI news)
userHandle	string	—	Bluesky handle for user_feed mode (e.g. bsky.app)
maxPosts	integer	100	Maximum posts to collect (1–1000)
lang	string	—	Language filter: en, ko, ja, etc.
since	string	—	Collect posts on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
sort	string	latest	Sort search results: latest or top

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Output

Each post is one dataset item with base fields plus analytics enrichment:

[
  {
    "uri": "at://did:plc:abc123/app.bsky.feed.post/xyz789",
    "cid": "bafyrei...",
    "author_handle": "researcher.bsky.social",
    "author_display_name": "Crypto Researcher",
    "text": "Bluesky is growing fast. AT Protocol changes everything for open social. #atproto #bluesky",
    "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "likes": 142,
    "reposts": 38,
    "replies": 17,
    "has_image": false,
    "urls": ["https://atproto.com"],
    "tags": ["atproto", "bluesky"],
    "language": "en",
    "sentiment_score": 0.74,
    "sentiment_label": "positive",
    "influencer_tier": "micro",
    "viral_potential": 0.62,
    "fomo_fear_index": 0.21,
    "early_signal_probability": 0.48
  }
]

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Data fields

Base post fields

Field	Example	Description
uri	at://did:plc:…	AT Protocol unique identifier
author_handle	user.bsky.social	Bluesky handle
author_display_name	User Name	Display name
text	Post content…	Full post text
created_at	2026-09-01T12:00:00Z	Post timestamp (UTC)
likes	42	Like count
reposts	10	Repost count
replies	5	Reply count
has_image	false	Whether post contains an image
urls	["https://…"]	External URLs referenced
tags	["bluesky","web3"]	Hashtags (without #)
language	en	Detected language code

Analytics enrichment fields

Field	Description
sentiment_score	0–1 float, higher = more positive
sentiment_polarity	Polarity dimension (-1 to +1)
sentiment_label	positive / neutral / negative
crypto_relevance	0–1 score for cryptocurrency relevance
crypto_narrative_signal	Detected narrative tag (e.g. DeFi, NFT, macro)
viral_potential	Predicted virality score (log-normalized)
influencer_tier	mega / macro / mid / micro / nano
fomo_panic_signal	Detected FOMO or panic language flag
fomo_fear_index	0–1 FOMO/fear intensity score
early_signal_probability	Probability this post is an early trend signal
content_type	Classifier: opinion, news, question, announcement, etc.
engagement_quality_score	Quality-weighted engagement (filters bot-like patterns)
time_sensitivity	How time-sensitive the content is (0–1)
narrative_tag	High-level topic cluster label

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Cost estimation

Pay-Per-Event pricing

Event	Price
Actor start (one-time per run)	$0.005
Per post scraped	$0.003

Run type	Posts	Estimated cost
Quick keyword sample	100	$0.305
Hashtag deep dive	500	$1.505
User feed full history	1,000	$3.005
Daily brand monitoring	200	$0.605

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FAQ

Does this require a Bluesky account or AT Protocol credentials? No. This Bluesky posts scraper uses the public https://public.api.bsky.app AppView endpoint, which requires no authentication for public posts. You can start scraping immediately with zero setup.

What is AT Protocol and why does it matter for data collection? AT Protocol (atproto) is the open decentralized protocol that powers Bluesky. Because the protocol is open and public data is explicitly accessible via the AppView API, scraping is fully supported for non-authenticated public content — unlike Twitter/X which locked its API behind costly tiers.

How does this compare to the official Bluesky API? The official Bluesky social media API rate-limits unauthenticated requests to ~3,000 per 5 minutes. This actor handles rate-limit compliance automatically (built-in semaphore with 3 concurrent requests and request delays), and adds a full analytics enrichment layer that the raw API does not provide.

Disclaimer: This actor accesses publicly available data from the Bluesky public AppView API. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bluesky PBLLC or the AT Protocol project. Respect applicable terms of service and local data protection regulations when processing collected data.

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