How to Scrape Bluesky Posts and Profiles at Scale (No API Key Needed)

Why Scrape Bluesky? Bluesky has grown to over 30 million users, built on the open AT Protocol. Unlike X/Twitter which has locked down its API behind expensive tiers, Bluesky's public API is completely free to use — no API key, no OAuth, no rate limit headaches. This makes it a goldmine for: Social media monitoring — track brand mentions and sentiment Lead generation — find people discussing topics relevant to your business Market research — analyze conversations and trending topics Academic research — study public discourse on decentralized social media In this tutorial, I'll show you how to scrape Bluesky posts and profiles at scale using an Apify actor I built. The Easy Way: Use the Apify Actor I published a free Bluesky Scraper on Apify that handles everything — pagination, data extraction, and export. Here's how to use it. Step 1: Set Up Your Input The actor accepts a simple JSON input: { "searchQuery" : "artificial intelligence" , "handles" : [ "jay.bsky.team" , "bsky.app" ], "max