Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor
Reads a Snapchat topic's public Spotlight feed and returns each video with creator, engagement counts, AI-generated title/keywords, and related content-classification tags.
Open in Apify Store$0.99 / 1K on Free
Short answer
Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor is an Apify Store Actor for Snapchat data that returns 52 published output fields, including topicUrl, snapUrl, videoUrl, creatorProfileUrl. It lists $0.99 per 1,000 results on the Free plan (pay per event), $0.49 on the Business plan. It takes 9 input settings, none required. It covers 3 of the 5 core Snapchat fields this site tracks. Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
From the public Store listing and published build schema, synced 2026-11-12.What it returns
52 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.
recordTypeRow shape: video or topictopicIdTopic or hashtag slugtopicDisplayNameHuman-readable topic or hashtag labeltopicUrlCanonical Snapchat topic, tag or Explore URLtopicDescriptionSnapchat's topic summary, when the topic hub provides onetopicSourceSurface that supplied the row: tagPage, topicPage, exploreSearch, exploreFallback, relatedTopic or spotlightFeedrank1-based position on the source surfacesearchQuerySearch keyword that produced a topic rowrelatedToSeed topic ID for a one-hop related topic rownumSnapsSnapchat's reported number of snaps for a topictopicTypeSnapchat topic type codeiconUrlTopic icon URLsnapIdSpotlight snap IDstoryIdSnapchat story IDcompositeStoryIdComposite story ID with corpus, id and versionsnapUrlPublic Snapchat Spotlight URLembedUrlEmbeddable Spotlight URLvideoUrlDirect Snapchat CDN video URL (signed)videoUrlUnwatermarkedUnwatermarked CDN video URL, when Explore provides itvideoFormatVideo MIME type from topic JSON-LDthumbnailUrlThumbnail image URLcreatorUsernameCreator Snapchat usernamecreatorDisplayNameCreator display namecreatorProfileUrlCreator profile URLcreatorFollowerCountLegacy field; Snapchat reports 0 on these public surfacescreatorSubscriberCountCreator subscriber count from the public profile page; only with enrichVideos, cached once per creator, and distinct from followerCountviewCountPublic view countlikeCountBoost/like countshareCountShare countcommentCountLive public comment/reply count
Show the other 22 fields
pendingCommentCountPending comment count, when greater than zeroremixCountRemix count, when greater than zerorecommendCountRecommend countdurationSecondsVideo duration in secondswidthVideo width in pixelsheightVideo height in pixelsdescriptionOriginal Snapchat caption or descriptioncaptionOn-screen caption or secondary caption, when providedllmTitleSnapchat-generated AI titlellmDescriptionSnapchat-generated AI scene descriptionllmKeywordsSnapchat-generated AI keywordshashtagsHashtags found on the videodetectedLanguageHighest-scoring detected language coderelatedTagsS2I content tags with tagName and optional scoresoundTitleSound title from a Spotlight context cardsoundArtistSound artist from a Spotlight context cardisFeaturedLegacy field; true when Snapchat marks the video featuredstorySubtypeLegacy field; Snapchat story subtype codeuploadedAtUpload timestamp in ISO 8601 UTClatestUpdateAtLegacy field; latest story update in ISO 8601 UTCremainingSpotlightCountLegacy field; no longer served by SnapchatscrapedAtCollection timestamp in ISO 8601 UTC
Not in the schema among the core Snapchat fields: author, created_at. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.
How it differs from the other Snapchat Actors
Among the 9 catalogue Actors for Snapchat with a published schema, only this one returns relatedTo.
Pick another Actor if you need
| Actor | Fields it adds | Price / 1K |
|---|---|---|
| Snapchat Explore Search Across Spotlight, Lenses & Places | resultType, mediaUrl, teaserText, snapTitle | $0.99 |
| Snapchat Spotlight Video Link & Caption Downloader | availability, restricted, isAttributed | $0.99 |
| Snapchat Spotlight Hashtag Video Extractor | source_type, feed_page, encoding_format, rewatch_count | $0.99 |
| Snapchat Spotlight Comment & Reaction Scraper | commentId, sourceUsername, feedCountry, parentCommentId | $0.99 |
| Snapchat Highlight & Story Media Downloader | storySource, storyTitle, snapIndex, mediaType | $0.99 |
Input
| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | No | topicFeed | Choose what to collect: videos for topics/tags, topics for search keywords, or the current Spotlight feed. |
| topics | array | No | [] | Topic names, hashtags, or Snapchat URLs. Examples: food, #travel, https://www.snapchat.com/tag/food, https://www.snapchat.com/topic/cappuccino-foam-technique. |
| maxResultsPerTopic | integer | No | 50 | Maximum videos to keep for each topic after combining its topic/tag page with Explore results. Snapchat serves 19-32 videos per page and the combined pool is usually 40-54. |
| includeRelatedTags | boolean | No | true | Include Snapchat's scene-to-interest (S2I) tags for each video when the page provides them. Coverage is partial, so the field is omitted when unavailable. |
| searchQueries | array | No | [] | Keywords or phrases used to discover topics, such as coffee, new york, or taylor swift. |
| maxTopicsPerQuery | integer | No | 50 | Maximum topic rows to keep for each search query, including related topics when expansion is enabled. |
| includeRelatedTopics | boolean | No | false | Add one hop of related topics found on each discovered topic's topic, tag, or Explore page. This follows public page links; it does not recurse further. |
| enrichVideos | boolean | No | false | Visit each video's Spotlight page to fill missing AI title, comment/recommend counts, language, S2I tags and sound, and each creator's profile once for subscriberCount. Cached and bounded; failures keep the original row. |
| maxItems | integer | No | 1000 | Maximum rows to save across the whole run. |
Example input
Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.
{
"mode": "topicFeed",
"topics": [
"food"
],
"maxResultsPerTopic": 3,
"includeRelatedTags": false,
"searchQueries": [],
"maxTopicsPerQuery": 50,
"includeRelatedTopics": false,
"enrichVideos": false,
"maxItems": 3
} Run it from code or an AI agent
The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.
Python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
"mode": "topicFeed",
"topics": [
"food"
],
"maxResultsPerTopic": 3,
"includeRelatedTags": False,
"searchQueries": [],
"maxTopicsPerQuery": 50,
"includeRelatedTopics": False,
"enrichVideos": False,
"maxItems": 3
}
run = client.actor("dataspryva/snapchat-topic-spotlight-feed-and-content-tag").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item) pip install apify-client
JavaScript
import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
"mode": "topicFeed",
"topics": [
"food"
],
"maxResultsPerTopic": 3,
"includeRelatedTags": false,
"searchQueries": [],
"maxTopicsPerQuery": 50,
"includeRelatedTopics": false,
"enrichVideos": false,
"maxItems": 3
};
const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/snapchat-topic-spotlight-feed-and-content-tag").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items); npm install apify-client
cURL
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~snapchat-topic-spotlight-feed-and-content-tag/run-sync-get-dataset-items" -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"mode":"topicFeed","topics":["food"],"maxResultsPerTopic":3,"includeRelatedTags":false,"searchQueries":[],"maxTopicsPerQuery":50,"includeRelatedTopics":false,"enrichVideos":false,"maxItems":3}' Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).
MCP (AI agents)
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dataspryva/snapchat-topic-spotlight-feed-and-content-tag",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
} Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.
What a run costs
The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.
| Apify plan | Per 1,000 | 10,000 results | 100,000 results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | $0.99 | $9.90 | $99 |
| Starter plan | $0.82 | $8.20 | $82 |
| Scale plan | $0.66 | $6.60 | $66 |
| Business plan | $0.49 | $4.90 | $49 |
- Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
- The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
- Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
- Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.
Where it fits among Snapchat routes
It ranks 1 of 13 catalogue Actors for Snapchat on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.
- 1 Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor 52 output fields, pay per event 3 of 5 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 2 Snapchat Explore Search Across Spotlight, Lenses & Places 111 output fields, pay per event 3 of 5 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 3 Snapchat Spotlight Video Link & Caption Downloader 28 output fields, pay per event 3 of 5 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - 4 Snapchat Spotlight Hashtag Video Extractor 61 output fields, pay per event 3 of 5 core fields
$0.99 / 1K - + 6 other Store tools, combined Reference only 5 of 5 core fields
from $1.00 / 1K - API Snapchat APIs Limited access fields not compared
Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.
Official route: Snapchat APIs
Limited access. Snap develops Login Kit, Bitmoji Kit, Marketing API and other partner products. There is no open general-purpose public content API.
Marketing and partner products have their own commercial terms.
Other Store tools for Snapchat
Reference only, from their public listings.
| Tool | Fields | Price / 1K |
|---|---|---|
| Snapchat Profile & Spotlight Scraper | 69 | $2.50 |
| Snapchat Spotlight Video Downloader | 17 | $1.00 |
| Snapchat Spotlight Scraper · 5,000 Free Videos/Month | 11 | $1.00 |
| Snapchat Spotlight Scraper | 13 | $1.00 |
| Snapchat Spotlight Scraper | – | $1.50 |
What people use it for
- Discover topic videos
- Analyze video engagement
- Extract content tags
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Questions people ask
How much does Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor cost?
The published result rate depends on your Apify plan: $0.99 per 1,000 on Free, $0.82 per 1,000 on Starter, $0.66 per 1,000 on Scale, $0.49 per 1,000 on Business. So 10,000 results cost about $9.90 on the Free plan and $4.90 on Business, plus a start fee of $0.10 per run per GB of memory on Free. Platform usage is billed separately.
What data does Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor return?
Its published output schema lists 52 fields: recordType, topicId, topicDisplayName, topicUrl, topicDescription, topicSource, rank, searchQuery, relatedTo, numSnaps, topicType, iconUrl, and 40 more. A listed field is not guaranteed to be filled in every row.
What input does Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor need?
No input is strictly required; the defaults run as is. Common settings: mode, topics, maxResultsPerTopic, includeRelatedTags, searchQueries, maxTopicsPerQuery.
What are the alternatives to Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor for Snapchat?
13 catalogue Actors cover Snapchat. Close alternatives: Snapchat Explore Search Across Spotlight, Lenses & Places; Snapchat Spotlight Video Link & Caption Downloader; Snapchat Spotlight Hashtag Video Extractor. The Snapchat page compares all of them field by field.
How do I run Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor from Python or the API?
Use the Apify API client: in Python, ApifyClient(token).actor("dataspryva/snapchat-topic-spotlight-feed-and-content-tag").call(run_input=...), then read the run's default dataset (run.default_dataset_id); in JavaScript the same call is client.actor("dataspryva/snapchat-topic-spotlight-feed-and-content-tag").call(input). Without a client, POST the input JSON to https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~snapchat-topic-spotlight-feed-and-content-tag/run-sync-get-dataset-items with your API token. Ready-to-paste code with the example input is on this page.
Sources
- Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor on Apify Store
- Published build with input and output schema (JSON)
- Snapchat APIs documentation
Cite this page
Scraper Finder. "Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor." https://scraperfinder.com/catalogue/snapchat-topic-spotlight-feed-and-content-tag/ (data checked 2026-11-12).
Run Snapchat Topic Spotlight Feed & Content Tag Extractor
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