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Scrape lemmy.world Front Page: Hot Posts + Scores

The hottest lemmy.world front-page posts as structured data: title, link, author, score, and comment count. Sort by Hot, New, or Top, no login needed.

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How it works

  1. 1
    Open it on Apify

    Hit Run on Apify — it opens the tool in the cloud, no install.

  2. 2
    Set the inputs

    Adjust instance, mode, query (sensible defaults are pre-filled).

  3. 3
    Click Run

    The tool runs on Apify’s cloud and collects the data for you.

  4. 4
    Export the results

    Download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pipe straight into your app, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

Inputs

FieldWhat it doesType
instanceThe Lemmy instance host to scrape (bare domain, no https://). Examples: lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, sh.itjust.works.string
modeWhat to scrape: "feed" = the instance front-page feed; "community" = a single community (put its name in Query); "search" = search posts by keyword (put the terstring
queryFor mode "community": the community name, e.g. "technology" or "technology@lemmy.world". For mode "search": the keywords to search for, e.g. "linux". Ignored instring
sortHow to sort posts. Hot/Active rank by recent engagement; New is chronological; the Top* options rank by score within a time window.string
maxItemsMaximum number of posts to return. The actor paginates (50 per request) until it reaches this many or runs out of posts.integer
notionConnectorOptional. Write each post as a page into your Notion when the run finishes. Authorize a Notion connector once in Settings → API & Integrations → MCP connectors,string
notionParentIdOptional. The Notion data source ID of the database to write into (only used if a Notion connector is set). Leave empty to create the pages privately in your wostring

What you get

A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:

authorauthorActorbodycommentscommunitycommunityTitledownvotesidnsfwpostUrlpublishedscorethumbnailtitle

Export every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.

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