What this robot does
Meetup is the largest platform for local community groups, hosting everything from tech meetups and business networking events to hobby clubs and professional development circles. When you need to understand the community landscape for a keyword - how many groups exist, where they are concentrated, what they focus on, and how to access them - there is no built-in way to export that data from Meetup. Searching manually and noting down group details from page after page of results is slow and error-prone.
This Meetup groups scraper takes any keyword search URL from Meetup and extracts every group in the results: titles, locations, descriptions, group URLs, and group images. Use the data to map community density for market research, identify sponsorship and speaking opportunities, or build audience intelligence for event-driven marketing.
Why structured Meetup group data matters for your strategy:
- ✓ Map community density for any keyword or industry. See how many Meetup groups exist, where they are concentrated geographically, and how active their memberships are.
- ✓ Discover sponsorship and partnership targets by identifying the largest and most active Meetup groups in your market. Reach thousands of potential customers through a single community relationship.
- ✓ Analyze local market strength by comparing Meetup group sizes and event frequency across cities. Use community data as a proxy for professional interest and local demand.
- ✓ Build audience intelligence for event marketing. Understand the exact topics, formats, and group sizes that attract your target demographic on Meetup.
| Position | Group Title | Location | Description | Group URL | Image |
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| #1 | Tech Entrepreneurs NYC | New York, NY | A community for founders and tech startup enthusiasts | meetup.com/tech-entrepreneurs-nyc | thumbnail |
| #2 | Digital Marketing Meetup | New York, NY | Connect with digital marketers and growth hackers | meetup.com/digital-marketing-meetup | thumbnail |
| #3 | JavaScript Developers Group | New York, NY | Local JavaScript and web development professionals | meetup.com/javascript-developers-ny | thumbnail |
| #4 | Business Networking Events | New York, NY | Professional networking and business development | meetup.com/business-networking-events | thumbnail |
| #5 | Product Management Meetup | New York, NY | Product managers sharing insights and best practices | meetup.com/product-management-meetup | thumbnail |
How to scrape Meetup groups by keyword in 4 steps
No Meetup API key, no OAuth setup, and nothing to install. The robot searches Meetup and extracts group listings from the results page.
- A free Browse AI account (no credit card required).
- A Meetup search URL for the keyword or topic you want to find groups for.
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Sign up for free
Create your Browse AI account in under a minute. No credit card required. You will find this prebuilt robot in the robot library ready to use.
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Paste the Meetup search results URL
Go to Meetup and search for a keyword like "data science" or "startup founders." Apply any location or category filters you want. Copy the search results URL and paste it into the robot.
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Run the robot
Click run. The robot processes the Meetup search results and extracts every group listing: position ranking, title, location, description, group URL, and group image. Multiple pages of results are captured in a single run.
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Connect integrations or export your data
Your community data is structured and ready to use. Export to Google Sheets for quick sorting by member count or location, sync to Airtable for a filterable community database, or route through Zapier to get alerts when new groups matching your criteria appear on Meetup.
What can you do with Meetup group data?
Community group data reveals audience concentrations and market dynamics that other data sources miss entirely:
- Market research: Use Meetup group density and membership sizes as demand signals. Cities with large, active groups around a keyword indicate strong local interest in that topic.
- Event marketing and sponsorship: Identify the largest Meetup groups in your industry and reach out about sponsorship, speaking slots, or co-hosted events that put your brand in front of engaged audiences.
- Competitive landscape mapping: Search for your product category on Meetup and see which communities discuss it. Understand the geographic distribution of interest in your space.
- Local expansion planning: Compare Meetup group activity across cities before deciding where to host events, open offices, or concentrate go-to-market efforts.
- Community building: Study successful Meetup groups in your niche to learn what event formats, topics, and group descriptions attract the most members. Apply those patterns to your own community strategy.
- Audience segmentation: Extract groups across related keywords to map which community segments overlap. Use the data to tailor messaging for different audience clusters.
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Event marketers and community managers
Find the right Meetup groups for sponsorship, co-hosting, and outreach. Use member counts and event frequency to prioritize high-impact communities.
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Market researchers and location strategists
Measure community interest in a topic by geography. Meetup group density and membership serve as real-world demand signals for local market analysis.
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Speakers and thought leaders
Identify the most active Meetup groups in your expertise area. Focus speaking proposals on communities with large, engaged memberships.
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B2B sales and partnership teams
Discover concentrations of your target audience organized into Meetup groups. Use group data to plan regional outreach and identify partnership opportunities.
Each Meetup group from the search results yields a structured record with:
| Field | What it contains |
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| Position | The rank order of the group in the search results. |
| Group Title | The display name of the Meetup group as shown in search results. |
| Location | The city and region where the group is based. |
| Description | The group's description and about text. |
| Group URL | Direct link to the Meetup group page for further details. |
| Image | The group's profile image or logo. |
Meetup groups change frequently as new members join, events are scheduled, and organizers update their pages. Each extraction captures the current state of the search results. Schedule monthly runs to track community growth trends over time.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Meetup groups scraper?
A Meetup groups scraper searches Meetup by keyword and extracts group listings - titles, locations, descriptions, and direct group URLs - into structured rows for analysis and outreach planning.
Can I filter results by location?
Yes. Apply any location filter on Meetup before copying the search URL. The robot extracts only the groups that match your geographic criteria.
Do I need a Meetup API key?
No. This robot reads publicly visible Meetup search results without any API credentials. Paste the search URL and the extraction runs immediately.
Meetup group intelligence pairs well with event data and professional networks for complete market research:
- Eventbrite event details scraper - Combine Meetup group data with Eventbrite event listings to get a complete picture of community and professional events in a topic area.
- LinkedIn job search scraper - Pair Meetup community density data with LinkedIn job postings to correlate local talent interest with hiring demand.
- Clutch company scraper - Identify companies in regions with active Meetup communities in your industry. Use community data as a signal for local business activity.
Discover and map Meetup communities at scale
Groups, members, locations, events - extract the Meetup landscape for any keyword automatically.
