Product Hunt Scraper

What this actor does

Monitor launches, makers, topics, comments, upvote velocity, rank movement, and breakout momentum.

Product Hunt Scraper turns launch pages and discovery surfaces into startup research feeds for VC, competitor tracking, and webhook alerts.

Use cases

• Startup launch tracking
• VC deal-flow research
• Competitor momentum monitoring

Output fields

The actor is designed for compact JSON records that are easy to send into dashboards, webhooks, MCP clients, vector databases, and AI pipelines.

Best first run

Use today mode with a small maxProducts value first, then inspect launch URL, makers, topics, comments, upvotes, rank movement, and momentum fields before enabling watch mode.

Use through Apify MCP

MCP clients can call this actor as a focused Apify tool. Open the URL below in a compatible client, connect with Apify OAuth or your client's supported token configuration, then use the prompt as a small first run.

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=harvestlab/producthunt-scraper

Suggested MCP prompt:

Use harvestlab/producthunt-scraper through Apify MCP. Start with a small first run: Use today mode with a small maxProducts value first, then inspect launch URL, makers, topics, comments, upvotes, rank movement, and momentum fields before enabling watch mode. Return compact JSON with these fields when available: product, makers, topics, upvotes, comments, upvote_velocity. Include source URLs or source identifiers in the response.

Sample JSON output

Field values vary by source and input, but the record shape is kept compact so it can move cleanly into dashboards, webhooks, and AI workflows.

{
  "product": "Example Product",
  "makers": "Example Maker",
  "topics": "AI, productivity",
  "upvotes": 884,
  "comments": 42,
  "upvote_velocity": 38
}

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