Dev.to Top Articles Scraper - Tags, Reactions, Comments
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$3.00 / 1,000 article returneds
Dev.to Top Articles Scraper - Tags, Reactions, Comments
Scrape top dev.to articles by reaction count. Filter by tag (ai, webdev, javascript, python, rust, etc), time window (today, week, month, year), and minimum reactions. Returns title, URL, author, reactions, comments, tags. Useful for tech content research. $0.005 per article. Free preview.
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👁 Dev.to Top Articles Scraper - Tags, Reactions, Comments
Pulls the top articles from Dev.to over a configurable time window. Returns article metadata plus author handle, profile URL, Twitter, GitHub, and website. Filter by tag. Pairs with the AI Sales Personalizer for outreach to influential developer authors.
What you get back per article
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
id | Dev.to article ID |
title | Article title |
description | First-paragraph summary |
url | Article URL |
author | Dev.to username |
author_name | Display name |
author_url | Author's Dev.to profile |
author_website | Their personal site (if set) |
author_twitter | Twitter handle (if set) |
author_github | GitHub handle (if set) |
tags | Comma-separated Dev.to tags |
reactions | Public reactions count |
comments | Comments count |
reading_time_minutes | Estimated reading time |
published_at | Publish timestamp |
Pricing
- Preview mode: $0 (5 articles, no charges)
- Standard: $0.005 per article returned
Typical run for "AI tag, top 7 days" = 30 to 80 articles = $0.15 to $0.40.
Use cases
Devtools companies use Dev.to top articles to identify influential authors writing about their category. An author who writes a top-ranking "review of X" article is the ideal partnership / sponsorship / customer target.
Recruiters at AI / devtools companies use the author lists for sourcing candidates with proven technical writing skills and audience.
Content marketers monitor top articles to identify the topics gaining traction in their category, then write competing/complementary content.
Community managers identify their target audience's most-read authors to invite as guest speakers, podcast guests, or partner content collaborators.
How to use it
- Click Try for free with
preview_modeticked. - Set
top_days: 1 (today), 7 (this week), 30 (this month). - (Optional) Set
tag: 'ai', 'webdev', 'javascript', 'rust', 'python', etc. - (Optional)
min_reactions: 10 default, 50+ for popular only. - Hit Start.
Pipeline: combine with AI Sales Personalizer
- Run this with
tag: ai,top_days: 30,min_reactions: 50. Get back 50 to 200 authors of trending AI articles. - Take the
author_websitecolumn (the authors who set a personal site). Typically 30 to 50 percent of authors. - Feed those URLs into AI Sales Personalizer.
- Get back personalized openers referencing the author's own site and content.
Total monthly cost: $1 (Dev.to scrape) + ~$10 (50 personalizations at $0.15) = $11/month for fresh influencer-tier developer prospects with personalized first touches.
Sister actors
- AI Sales Personalizer: turns author URLs into personalized cold openers
- GitHub Trending Scraper: complementary OSS-maintainer leads
- HN Who Is Hiring Scraper: complementary hiring signals
- Show HN Lead Scraper: complementary product-launch leads
- ProductHunt Daily Launches Scraper: complementary product-launch leads
- Greenhouse Public Jobs Scraper: complementary per-company hiring monitoring
Pairing the full seven-actor portfolio gives the most complete developer-audience B2B intelligence available on Apify Store for under $20/month.
What this does NOT do
- Does not pull article body content (the
urlis provided so you can fetch separately if needed) - Does not authenticate with Dev.to user accounts
- Does not extract email addresses (use Hunter, Clearbit, or your own enrichment)
Tips
- Run weekly with
tag: ai, top_days: 7to maintain a fresh pipeline of trending developer authors. - Combine multiple tags via separate runs since the API accepts one tag at a time.
- Filter by
author_websitenot null in your downstream tools, since those authors have a clear outreach surface.
FAQ
Q: Is this allowed by Dev.to? Yes. The Dev.to API is publicly documented and free to use. They explicitly support article listing endpoints without auth.
Q: How current is the data? Dev.to's top rankings refresh hourly. The data is real-time enough for most use cases.
Tags
devto developer-content b2b lead-generation devrel content-marketing recruiting developer-influencers
Built by Emily Ward, Sydney. Seventh actor in the B2B intel portfolio.
Pairs well with
- github-trending-scraper: Pair top dev.to articles with trending repos. Free preview.
- seo-competitor-gap: Mine top dev.to articles for content gap opportunities. $0.05 per competitor.
- contact-details-extractor: Pull author contacts from linked profile pages. $0.01 per site.
Integrations
This actor works out of the box with every Apify-supported integration:
- API: call via Apify API or any official SDK (Python, JavaScript, PHP, .NET). Returns a clean dataset URL.
- Schedule: set a daily, weekly, or custom cron cadence in Apify Console. Combine with
notificationfor fresh feeds. - Webhooks: wire
ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDEDto Slack, Discord, Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream, or any HTTPS endpoint. - MCP: this actor is discoverable through Apify's hosted MCP server at
mcp.apify.comfor Claude, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, and other MCP clients. - n8n / Make / Zapier: native HTTP-Request integration. Trigger the actor on schedule, pipe results to Google Sheets, Airtable, your CRM, or any database.
Try it free
Every Apify user gets $5/month in free platform credits (around 250 events at this actor's per-event price). Run preview mode first to confirm output shape before scaling.
New to Apify? Sign up here to get free credits on signup.
What's New
- 2026-06-03: Metadata, categories, and SEO refreshed. Latest version live on Apify Store.
Last Updated
2026-06-03
