Hacker News Data Scraper

Extract Y Combinator's Hacker News based on any search criteria. Crawl the front page, Show HN, Ask HN, news, job listings, and historical data. Get links, titles, comments, ratings, and more!

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Last 7 dayson this actor

1rank move
1other change
35new rivals on Hacker News

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Key figures30 readings

Price / 1k$0.30per 1,000 results

Users / 30d12↑ 12 over 30 readings

Users, all time193↑ 17 over 30 readings

Runs / 30d59↑ 28 over 30 readings

Runs / user / mo4.92runs per monthly user

Standing

#7of 381

on Hacker News, by users in the last 30 days among actors classified to this platform.

Store search presence

2top-10 keywords

best #1 for “hacker news”

hacker news#1
hacker news scraper#1

re-crawled daily

Recorded changes

2026-10-23platformPlatform standing moveentered top-3 on news.ycombinator.com (#5 → #3 of 324)—on record
2026-10-23schemaInput schema changed—on record
2026-10-14searchKeyword rank moveleft top-10 for “news scraper” (#10 → #11)—on record

showing 3 of 10 in the last 30 days · followers get all 10 by email

History

30 readings since 2026-09-25

Users / 30d30 readings

Users, all time30 readings

Runs / 30d30 readings

Standing30 readings

Alternatives on Hacker News

The actors either side of #7 of 381, ranked by users in the last 30 days. Same platform, adjacent adoption — the comparable set.

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#	Actor	Grade	Price / 1k	Users /30d	Success	Rating	Age	Fresh
2	Hacker News Scrapergentle_cloud	C	RES$0.20 /1kgood price	55214 total	100.0%	—	7m	aging
3	Remote Jobs Scraperflash_scraper	B	RES$3.00 /1khigh price	42115 total	98.2%	—	2m	fresh
4	Latest News MCP Server: free news API for AImrbridge	C	EVT$8.00 /1k tool-read	33113 total	99.8%	—	8m	aging
5	Hacker News Search — Stories, Comments & Developer Sentimentryanclinton	C	EVT$5.00 /1k story-fetched	33158 total	100.0%	—	8m	aging
6	Username Availability Checker 🔍easyapi 1 open	C	RES$2.99 /1kfair price	16688 total	82.7%	—	22m	aging
7	Hacker News Data Scraperepctex	D	RES$0.30 /1kfair price	12193 total	—	5.0 (7)	5.6y	fresh	This
8	Hacker News Who Is Hiring Scraper — HN Jobs API & Alertsbikram07	—	FREEfree	816 total	—	—	4m	aging
9	Hacker News Who Is Hiring Scraper – Jobs, Salary & Emaillogiover	—	RES$3.50 /1khigh price	867 total	—	—	7m	fresh
10	Hacker News "Who is Hiring" Jobs Scraperseemuapps	—	EVT$2.00 /1k job-comment-scrape	716 total	—	—	5m	aging
11	Trends Aggregatormiccho27	C	RES$5.00 /1ksteep price	665 total	100.0%	5.0 (1)	7m	aging
12	All Jobs Scraper: 21 Boards in One + Only New Jobsnomad-agent	—	RES$0.20 /1kgood price	643 total	—	—	3m	fresh

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