Snapchat Explore Search Across Spotlight, Lenses & Places
Snapchat Explore Search Across Spotlight, Lenses & Places produces creator, page and audience lists: social profiles, channels, pages and the people who engage with them. Columns include query, result type, rank, href, story id, raw snap id. Contact and quality columns: emails, phone numbers, websites.
Useful for influencer and community outreach; these are profiles, not street addresses.
The columns you get
| Column | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Query query | Search query that produced this row |
| Result type resultType | Result family: spotlight, lens, topic, user, snapProEntity, publisherEdition, publisher or place |
| Rank rank | 1-based position in the query's sorted result set |
| Href href | Canonical Snapchat URL for this result |
| Story id storyId | Spotlight snap identifier |
| Raw snap id rawSnapId | Raw Spotlight snap identifier |
| Thumbnail link thumbnailUrl | Thumbnail image URL |
| Media link mediaUrl | Direct video URL when the page exposes one |
| Video preview link videoPreviewUrl | Spotlight video preview URL |
| Creator username creatorUsername | Spotlight creator username |
| Creator display name creatorDisplayName | Spotlight creator display name |
| Teaser text teaserText | Short Spotlight caption or title |
| Raw caption rawCaption | Raw Spotlight caption text |
| Name or title title | Result title (Spotlight, profile, episode, publisher or place) |
| Snap title snapTitle | Legacy Spotlight title field |
| Description description | Result description or AI-generated Spotlight summary |
| Snap description snapDescription | Legacy Spotlight description field |
| Caption caption | Legacy Spotlight caption field |
| Keywords keywords | AI keywords attached to a Spotlight video |
| View count viewCount | Spotlight view count |
| Like count likeCount | Spotlight like count |
| Comment count commentCount | Spotlight comment count |
| Share count shareCount | Spotlight share count |
| Posted at postedAt | ISO 8601 Spotlight publish timestamp when available |
| Duration seconds durationSeconds | Spotlight video duration in seconds when available |
| Width width | Spotlight video width in pixels when available |
| Height height | Spotlight video height in pixels when available |
| Bolt video link boltVideoUrl | Legacy watermarked Spotlight video URL |
| Flat video link flatVideoUrl | Legacy unwatermarked Spotlight video URL |
| Gradient from gradientFrom | Spotlight card gradient start colour |
| Gradient to gradientTo | Spotlight card gradient end colour |
| Lens id lensId | AR lens identifier |
| Lens name lensName | AR lens display name |
| Creator name creatorName | Lens creator name |
| Creator is official creatorIsOfficial | Whether the lens creator is an official partner |
| Icon link iconUrl | Lens or topic icon URL |
| Deeplink link deeplinkUrl | Snapchat deep link |
| Unlock link unlockUrl | Lens unlock URL |
| Thumbnail sequence thumbnailSequence | Legacy animated lens thumbnail sequence |
| Topic text topicText | Related topic or hashtag label |
What it costs
- 100 rows in one run$0.50
- 1,000 rows in one run$1.39
- 10,000 rows in one run$10.30
Free-plan prices: $0.99 per 1,000 results plus a $0.40 start fee (4 GB run) per run, plus Apify platform usage at $0.20 per compute unit. The Free plan includes $5 a month (Apify pricing).
What you fill in
- Queries
One or more public Snapchat Explore keywords, e.g. food, travel, selenagomez. Legacy keywords, query, searchQueries and searchTerms inputs are still accepted i… - Mode
Result family to return. 'Users' includes both Snapchat user cards and public profiles; 'Profiles' returns public profiles only. - Max results per query
Records returned for each query in the selected page window. Legacy maxResults and maxItems inputs are still accepted in code. - Page
Snapchat exposes one fixed result set per query with no cursor. Page 1 returns the first maxResultsPerQuery records, page 2 the next batch, and so on. Legacy s… - Proxy configuration
Optional proxy override. Direct access works by default; no proxy is required.
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Questions
What does Snapchat Explore Search Across Spotlight, Lenses & Places cost?
$0.99 per 1,000 results on the Apify Store (Free plan), plus a start fee per GB of run memory and Apify platform usage: one run of 1,000 rows costs about $1.39 before platform usage. The Free plan includes $5 a month.
Do I need to code to use it?
No. You fill in a form on the Apify Store page, start the run and download the results as CSV, Excel or JSON. You need a free Apify account.
Is it a good fit for a business list?
Useful for influencer and community outreach; these are profiles, not street addresses.