500px Popular Photo & Photographer Scraper

Extract trending and popular photo data from 500px — including EXIF metadata, pulse scores, photographer profiles, and engagement metrics — from any of the platform's four discovery feeds: Popular, Fresh, Upcoming, and Editors Choice.

What data you get

Each record contains:

Field	Description
photo_id	Unique 500px photo ID
title	Photo title
description	Caption or description
category	Category name (e.g. Landscapes, People, Abstract)
photographer_username	Photographer's 500px username
photographer_display_name	Photographer's full display name
photographer_profile_url	Direct link to the photographer's 500px profile
pulse_score	500px highest pulse score — the platform's popularity metric (0–100)
rating	Photo rating out of 100
votes_count	Total votes received
views_count	Total view count
exif_camera	Camera make and model
exif_lens	Lens used
exif_focal_length	Focal length in mm
exif_aperture	Aperture (f-stop)
exif_iso	ISO sensitivity
exif_shutter_speed	Shutter speed
location	Location where the photo was taken
taken_at	Date/time the photo was captured (ISO 8601)
uploaded_at	Date/time the photo was uploaded to 500px (ISO 8601)
photo_page_url	Canonical 500px URL for the photo page
editors_choice	Whether the photo was selected as Editor's Choice

Use cases

• Gear-usage analytics — Discover which camera bodies and lens combinations produce the highest-rated photos on the Popular feed. Identify winning gear combinations by category.
• Trend research — Track which photography styles, subjects, and categories are gaining traction over time.
• Talent discovery — Find photographers whose work consistently reaches the Popular or Editors Choice feeds.
• Training datasets — Build labeled datasets of high-quality photography with rich metadata (no image bytes downloaded — page URLs only).
• Competitive analysis — Understand engagement benchmarks: average pulse, votes, and views for top-performing content.

Input configuration

Field	Default	Description
feature	popular	Which feed to scrape: popular, fresh, upcoming, or editors_choice
maxItems	0 (default 100)	Maximum records to retrieve. Leave at 0 for the default of 100.

Feed descriptions

• popular — Currently trending photos ranked by real-time engagement (views, votes, pulse).
• fresh — Recently uploaded photos, ordered by upload time.
• upcoming — Photos with growing engagement signals, ranked by momentum.
• editors_choice — Hand-picked selections by the 500px editorial team.

Notes

• Metadata only: This actor collects photo page URLs, EXIF data, scores, and photographer profiles. It never downloads image binaries — fully copyright-safe.
• No account required: The 500px public API does not require authentication.
• EXIF availability: EXIF fields are present when the photographer has enabled "Show EXIF data" on their upload. Missing values appear as null.
• Pulse score: The pulse score reflects the photo's highest-ever popularity score. A score above 95 is in the top tier of the platform.