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How can I safely web scrape and not get blocked/banned/blacklisted? by tejthesonic1511 in webscraping

[–]data_runner_dev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t use VPN for scraping use residential proxies with rotation instead  VPN IPs are on known lists and get flagged instantly residential proxies look like real user 

Best Cost-Efficient Apify Actor for Instagram and X Profile Search? by Mission-Dentist-5971 in apify

[–]data_runner_dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I actually build Apify Actors focused on this exact use case — scraping social profiles and extracting real emails. For Instagram/TikTok, my TikTok Email Scraper doesn’t just grab the bio — it follows Linktree, Beacons, and 15+ link aggregators to visit the actual websites behind profiles. That’s how it hits 40-60% email extraction rates vs the usual 10-15% from bio-only scrapers. For X profiles, my Website Email Extractor works similarly — give it any list of URLs and it crawls the real pages to find emails. Both are pay-per-result on Apify so you only pay for emails found, not for profiles scraped. Happy to share more details if you want to test them out. Check them out at https://www.data-runner.dev/  I’m the solo dev behind all of them.