# Medium Article Scraper > Medium scraper: get the latest stories by tag, author or publication with title, date, tags, reading time and open text. No login. Export to CSV. URL: https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/medium-articles-scraper/ Category: Social media & communities · Status: live on Apify Store · Apify page: https://apify.com/cliqtomedia/medium-articles-scraper?fpr=cliqto Get the newest Medium stories by tag, author or publication. Each row has the title, date, tags and the text of open stories. No login is needed. ## How to use it: 3 steps 1. **Make a free Apify account.** Apify is the cloud platform where our tools run. The free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. You pay Apify, not us. 2. **Paste your input and press Start.** No code needed: you fill in a form (the input). It already has a working example. For example: `artificial-intelligence` in Tags. Each start is one run. 3. **Download the results.** When the run ends, the results are in a table (the dataset). Open Output, press Export and pick Excel or CSV. JSON and the API are there too. ## What it does Medium Article Scraper reads the latest Medium stories by tag, author, publication or story URL. It returns title, author, publication, date, tags, member-only flag, reading time and the full text of open stories. No login, cookies or API key. The example run saves 10 stories about AI in about 5 seconds and costs **$0.093** on the Free tier. - tag — topic tags, such as `artificial-intelligence` or `Machine Learning`; - author — usernames or profile links, such as `@ev` or `ev.medium.com`; - publication — publication names or links, such as `towards-data-science`; - article — story links. The Actor finds each story in its author or publication feed. ### Good for - Watch new stories on a topic, an author or a publication every day. - Collect story metadata and open text for research, newsletters or AI tools. - Check if a story is member-only before you share or analyze it. ### Not a good fit - Full author archives or search by keyword. RSS gives only the latest 10 stories. - Claps, responses, followers or view counts. RSS does not have them. - Text of member-only stories. The Actor does not log in and does not bypass the paywall; you get a preview flag only. ## Price Pay per event. Apify bills you, not us. | What you pay for | Price | When | |---|---|---| | Start fee | $0.003 | Charged once per run. This tool uses 1 GB of memory or less by default; more memory costs more. | | Saved story | $0.009 (from $0.0075 on paid Apify plans) | One Medium story saved as a Dataset row. Duplicates, onlyNew skips and not-found items are not charged. | - One result: about $0.01. - 1,000 results: about $9.00. - Every day 100 results, for 30 days: about $27.09 a month. Free to try: the Apify free plan gives you $5 of usage every month, no credit card needed. Prices checked on 24 October 2026. Current price: https://apify.com/cliqtomedia/medium-articles-scraper?fpr=cliqto ## Questions ### Can I get older stories? No. Each feed shows only the 10 latest stories. A schedule helps you collect more over time. ### Does it show claps or views? No. Medium RSS does not have claps, responses or views. ### Can I read member-only stories? No. You get a member-only flag, but not the paid text. ### How many feeds can I read in one run? Up to 20 feeds per run. ### Do I need a Medium account? No. The Actor reads public RSS feeds. It does not log in and does not use cookies. ### Can I get claps or responses? No. Medium RSS does not include them, and the Actor reads only RSS. ### Why is a story missing in article mode? The story is not among the 10 latest of its author or publication feed. `RUN_SUMMARY.articles` shows `not_in_feed`. ## Data fields - `id` (string): Medium story ID (12 hex characters), from the feed guid medium.com/p/. - `url` (string): Story URL without tracking parameters. - `title` (string): Story title. - `subtitle` (string): Feed snippet: the subtitle or first line. Null when the feed has full text instead. - `authorName` (string): Author display name from the feed. - `authorUsername` (string): Medium username when the URL or feed shows it. - `authorUrl` (string): Author profile URL, if the username is known. - `publicationSlug` (string): Publication slug, such as towards-data-science. Null for personal stories. - `publicationName` (string): Publication name, when read from a publication feed. - `publicationUrl` (string): Publication URL. - `publishedAt` (string): ISO time of publication. - `updatedAt` (string): ISO time of the last update reported by the feed. - `tags` (array): Story tags (feed categories). Can be empty. - `isMemberOnly` (boolean): true: member-only story, the feed has only a preview. false: open story. null: unknown (tag feeds without includeContent, or story not in the author/publication feed). - `contentAvailability` (string): full, preview_member_only, not_requested or unknown. - `wordCount` (integer): Words in the full feed text. Null when there is no full text. - `readingTimeMin` (number): Estimated reading time in minutes (Medium method: 265 words per minute plus image time). Estimate, not the value shown on Medium. - `imageUrl` (string): First image URL. - `contentText` (string): Plain text with paragraph breaks. Only with includeContent and open stories. - `contentHtml` (string): Story HTML as published in the feed. Only with includeContent and open stories. - `sourceType` (string): Feed type the row came from: tag, author or publication. - `sourceValue` (string): Tag, username or publication slug from your input. - `feedUrl` (string): Medium RSS feed URL that was read. - `fetchedAt` (string): ISO time when the feed was read. ## Input settings - `mode` (string, required): Which list to read. Only the list for this mode is used. - `tags` (array): Tag slugs or names, such as artificial-intelligence or "Machine Learning", or medium.com/tag/... URLs. Each tag gives up to 10 latest stories. Up to 20 tags per run: Medium allows about 25 feed reads per IP. - `authors` (array): Usernames (ev or @ev) or profile URLs (medium.com/@ev, ev.medium.com). Each author gives up to 10 latest stories. Up to 20 per run. - `publications` (array): Publication slugs (towards-data-science, gitconnected) or medium.com URLs. For a custom domain, use the slug. Each gives up to 10 latest stories. Up to 20 per run. - `articleUrls` (array): Story URLs on medium.com or *.medium.com. Found only if the story is among the 10 latest in its author or publication feed. Up to 20 different authors or publications per run. - `maxItems` (integer): Maximum rows for the whole run. Every row is a charged result. - `includeContent` (boolean): Add text and HTML of open stories. Member-only stories stay previews. In tag mode it also reads author or publication feeds while the per-run request budget allows; other rows keep contentAvailability unknown. - `onlyNew` (boolean): Skip stories that earlier runs with the same memory name already returned. For scheduled runs. - `stateKey` (string): Name of the memory used by "Only new articles". Use different names for different watch lists. ## Step by step on Apify 1. Open Input. 2. Keep the example: Mode `tag`, Tags `artificial-intelligence`, Max items `20`. 3. Click Start. 4. Open Articles in the output. Check `title`, `authorName`, `publishedAt` and `tags`. ## Use cases | Goal | Input | Key fields | Next step | |---|---|---|---| | Topic monitoring | `tags` + `onlyNew` on a schedule | `title`, `url`, `publishedAt`, `tags` | Send new rows to Slack, email or a sheet. | | Content research | `publications` + `includeContent` | `contentText`, `wordCount`, `readingTimeMin` | Feed open text to an LLM or a search index. | | Author tracking | `authors` | `title`, `publishedAt`, `isMemberOnly` | Keep a list of new posts by people you follow. | | Link check | `articleUrls` | `isMemberOnly`, `contentAvailability` | See if a story is open before you share it. | ## Tips - Run it on a schedule with only-new on to build your own history. - Use author or publication mode to get full text more often. - Do not start two big runs at the same time; Medium may slow them. ## Limits - 10 stories per feed. Medium RSS has no paging. A run cannot go deeper than the 10 latest stories. - 20 feeds per run. Medium allows about 25 feed reads in a short time from one IP address. After that it answers HTTP 429 for 10 minutes or more. The Actor does not try to go around this limit. - Medium limit during a run. If Medium answers 429, the Actor stops reading. It keeps the rows saved so far and ends `SUCCEEDED` with `status: "partial"` and `errorCode: "RATE_LIMITED"`. Feeds not read get `skipped`. If no row was saved, the run is `FAILED` with `RATE_LIMITED`. Runs that start at the same time can share this limit, so a big run right after another big run can stop early. - Text in tag mode. A tag feed has only a snippet. With `includeContent`, the Actor reads the author or publication feed of each story to get the text, but only while the per-run request budget allows. Other rows keep `contentAvailability: "unknown"`. For reliable full text, use `author` or `publication` mode. - Member-only stories. Only the preview. `isMemberOnly: true`, no text. - Time. A run stops reading after 4 minutes (or 10 seconds before its timeout) and ends `partial` with `DEADLINE`. - Feed failure. If a feed fails after retries, the run is `FAILED` with `SOURCE_ERROR`, but saved rows stay in the Dataset. ## Sample result ```json { "id": "aac387e10cb6", "url": "https://medium.com/data-science/deep-dive-into-websockets-and-their-role-in-client-server-communication-aac387e10cb6", "title": "Deep Dive into WebSockets and Their Role in Client-Server Communication", "subtitle": null, "authorName": "clara", "authorUsername": null, "authorUrl": null, "publicationSlug": "towards-data-science", "publicationName": "TDS Archive", "publicationUrl": "https://medium.com/data-science", "publishedAt": "2025-02-03T11:02:00.000Z", "updatedAt": "2025-02-03T11:02:00.167Z", "tags": ["software-development", "system-design-concepts", "websocket", "client-server-model", "getting-started"], "isMemberOnly": false, "contentAvailability": "full", "wordCount": 1837, "readingTimeMin": 7.6, "imageUrl": "https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*HzsgZYLeeRwRNm5gbwQWrg.jpeg", "contentText": "…", "contentHtml": "…", "sourceType": "publication", "sourceValue": "towards-data-science", "feedUrl": "https://medium.com/feed/towards-data-science", "fetchedAt": "2026-10-15T00:20:38.167Z" } ``` ## Use it from code Actor ID: `cliqtomedia/medium-articles-scraper` ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN") run = client.actor("cliqtomedia/medium-articles-scraper").call(run_input={ "mode": "tag", "tags": [ "artificial-intelligence" ] }) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) ``` ```bash curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cliqtomedia~medium-articles-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"mode": "tag", "tags": ["artificial-intelligence"]}' ``` ```python # pip install langchain-apify # set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool tool = ApifyActorsTool("cliqtomedia/medium-articles-scraper") result = tool.invoke({"run_input": {"mode": "tag", "tags": ["artificial-intelligence"]}}) print(result) ``` run-sync waits up to 300 seconds; for longer runs start a run and use a webhook. LlamaIndex and MCP: https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/ai-agents/ ## Use cases with this tool - [Hear what people say about you](https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/use-cases/social-listening/): Find what people say about your brand and your topic on Bluesky, Hacker News, YouTube and more. - [Find the right creators, fast](https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/use-cases/creator-outreach/): Find podcasts, YouTube channels and newsletters in your niche, with public contact details. ## Similar tools - [Substack Newsletter Scraper](https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/substack-newsletter-scraper/) - [Hacker News Stories & Comments Scraper](https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/hacker-news-stories-comments-scraper/) - [Bilibili Scraper: Videos, Comments & Creators, No Login](https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/bilibili-scraper/) - [Bluesky Scraper — Posts, Profiles, Feeds & Threads, No Login](https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/bluesky-scraper/) - [Pinterest Search Scraper: Pins & Boards, No Login](https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/pinterest-search-scraper/) - [Product Hunt Launches Scraper – Daily Top, No Login](https://cliqtomedia.com/actors/product-hunt-launches/)