How To Scrape OnlyFans & Dating Sites In 2026

How to Scrape OnlyFans & Dating Sites: 2026 Guide

OnlyFans creator databases power affiliate campaigns worth millions annually. Dating app profiles feed lead generation pipelines for adult content promotion, management agencies, and cross-platform marketing operations. The technical challenge today isn't building scrapers, but keeping them running without detection.

Anti-bot systems evolved dramatically through 2025. Cloudflare deployed behavioral fingerprinting that tracks cursor acceleration. PerimeterX (now HUMAN Security) analyzes WebGL rendering patterns. Dating apps implemented device attestation for mobile API requests. Standard scraping infrastructure—datacenter proxies, headless browsers, residential IP pools—fails within minutes on these platforms now.

This guide breaks down what works in 2026: carrier-grade mobile proxies, session management strategies, and extraction pipelines that stay operational across OnlyFans, Tinder, and Bumble without constant infrastructure churn.

If someone is searching for how to scrape OnlyFans right now, they probably already know the basics: headless browsers, rotating proxies, maybe a CAPTCHA-solving service bolted on. That stack fails fast in 2026 though. Platforms aren't just checking IP reputation anymore. They're profiling entire sessions. One mismatched header, one unrealistic mouse path, and the request gets soft-blocked or fed empty data. Most scrapers don't even realize they're getting bad results until campaigns are already built around them.

So here's what actually works, what doesn't, and how to build extraction pipelines across OnlyFans and dating platforms without burning through infrastructure every 48 hours.

Why Most Scraping Setups Fail on These Platforms

OnlyFans sits behind Cloudflare's enterprise tier. That alone filters out the majority of automated traffic before it touches the application layer. On top of that, internal rate-limiting watches session behavior - how fast pages load, whether JavaScript executes fully, whether the TLS fingerprint matches the declared user-agent.

Tinder and Bumble are worse in some ways. Both use PerimeterX (now HUMAN Security), which layers behavioral biometrics on top of standard bot detection. Datacenter proxy sessions typically get challenged within the first few requests. Not blocked outright - just served an interstitial that loops forever if automation can't solve it naturally.

Residential proxies help, but they're not the answer everyone thinks they are. Most residential pools recycle IPs that have already been flagged by these platforms. An IP might look "clean" on paper, but Cloudflare and PerimeterX maintain their own reputation databases that update faster than third-party scoring tools can keep up with.

Datacenter IPs are dead for this use case. Residential IPs are unreliable. So what's left?

Premium Mobile Proxies: Why Carrier-Grade IPs Matter

Mobile IPs assigned by actual cellular carriers sit in a completely different trust tier. When someone connects through a 4G or 5G tower, they share an IP pool with thousands of legitimate users on that carrier. Platforms can't aggressively block these IPs without risking massive false positives against real mobile users. That's kind of the whole point.

And that's the core advantage of premium mobile proxies for scraping OnlyFans, Tinder, and Bumble. Carrier-exclusive IPs don't just pass initial checks. They maintain trust across extended sessions, which is where everything else falls apart.

VoidMob's mobile proxy infrastructure runs on authentic device-level connections through real carrier networks. Sticky sessions can hold the same IP for extended periods, which matters enormously when scraping paginated creator profiles or cycling through dating app results that require session continuity. Rotating too fast triggers anomaly detection. Holding too long looks suspicious on datacenter IPs. Mobile sticky sessions hit the sweet spot between the two.

How to Scrape OnlyFans Creator Profiles and Analytics

OnlyFans doesn't offer a public API for creator discovery. Everything has to come from the frontend or third-party aggregator sites that index public profiles.

Here's the general extraction flow working in mid-2026:

Step 1: Seed list generation. Pull creator usernames from aggregator directories, Reddit promotion threads, or Twitter/X bio links. Custom Python scrapers with BeautifulSoup handle this layer fine since aggregator sites have minimal protection. Nothing fancy needed here.

Step 2: Profile-level extraction. Hit each OnlyFans creator's public page to grab bio text, subscription price, media count, and like counts. This is where Cloudflare gets aggressive. Each request needs a full browser fingerprint - not just headers, but proper TLS handshake, JavaScript execution, and canvas rendering.

Step 3: OnlyFans creator analytics derivation. Cross-reference extracted data points (subscriber estimates from like ratios, posting frequency, niche tags) to build competitive intelligence. Top earners by category, trending niches, pricing strategies - all derivable from public data if the extraction layer works consistently. The tricky part is keeping that extraction layer stable long enough to build a meaningful dataset.

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from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
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import json
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def scrape_of_profile(username, proxy_url):
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  with sync_playwright() as p:
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      browser = p.chromium.launch(
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          proxy={"server": proxy_url},
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          headless=False  # headed mode reduces detection
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      )
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      context = browser.new_context(
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          user_agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14; Pixel 8) AppleWebKit/537.36",
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          viewport={"width": 412, "height": 915}
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      )
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      api_responses = []
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      def capture_response(response):
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          if "/api2/v2/users/" in response.url:
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              try:
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                  api_responses.append(response.json())
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              except:
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                  pass
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      page = context.new_page()
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      page.on("response", capture_response)
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      page.goto(f"https://onlyfans.com/{username}", wait_until="networkidle")
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      page.wait_for_timeout(3000)
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      # Extract from intercepted API responses
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      data = {"username": username}
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      for resp in api_responses:
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          if "name" in resp:
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              data["display_name"] = resp.get("name")
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              data["bio"] = resp.get("about")
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              data["media_count"] = resp.get("mediasCount")
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              data["likes_count"] = resp.get("favoritesCount")
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      browser.close()
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      return data

The key technique here is response interception rather than DOM scraping. OnlyFans loads profile data through internal API endpoints (/api2/v2/users/), and Playwright can capture those JSON responses before they render. This avoids fragile CSS selectors that break whenever OnlyFans updates their frontend markup—the API response schema stays consistent for months.

Headed mode is critical here. Headless flags get caught by Cloudflare's JS challenges significantly more often. Always use mobile viewport dimensions too - OnlyFans serves a lighter challenge flow to mobile user-agents, which makes the whole process significantly smoother.

For a deeper dive into avoiding detection at scale, see our guide on avoiding proxy bans through fingerprinting and session management.

How to Scrape Tinder and Bumble for Lead Pipelines

Tinder lead scraping and Bumble profile extraction follow a different pattern because both apps are mobile-first. Web versions exist but serve limited data. Real extraction happens through their mobile APIs.

For Tinder, authenticated API requests through a valid token can pull user bios, photos, distance, and basic interests. Getting that token requires a real phone number for SMS verification - and this is where non-VoIP numbers from services like VoidMob come in. VoIP numbers face 60-80% rejection rates on platforms with fraud detection. They've clearly tightened the filtering compared to previous years.

Once authenticated, Tinder's recommendations endpoint returns structured JSON with profile data. The token expires after 30-60 minutes of inactivity, so automated re-authentication keeps sessions alive:

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import requests
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import time
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import random
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def scrape_tinder_profiles(auth_token, proxy_url):
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  session = requests.Session()
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  session.proxies = {"https": proxy_url}
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  session.headers.update({
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      "X-Auth-Token": auth_token,
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      "User-Agent": "Tinder/14.15.0 (iPhone; iOS 17.4; Scale/3.00)",
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      "Content-Type": "application/json",
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      "platform": "ios"
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  })
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  profiles = []
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  while len(profiles) < 100:
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      response = session.get("https://api.gotinder.com/v2/recs/core")
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      if response.status_code == 401:
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          # Token expired - re-authenticate with fresh SMS number
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          break
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      data = response.json()
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      for result in data.get("data", {}).get("results", []):
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          user = result.get("user", {})
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          profiles.append({
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              "name": user.get("name"),
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              "bio": user.get("bio"),
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              "distance_mi": result.get("distance_mi"),
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              "photos": [p.get("url") for p in user.get("photos", [])]
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          })
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      # Randomized delay mimicking natural swipe behavior
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      time.sleep(random.uniform(2, 6))
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  return profiles

The mobile proxy is critical here because Tinder validates that the requesting IP matches a mobile carrier ASN. Datacenter IPs return empty recommendation sets even with a valid token. Pair each session with a geo-appropriate mobile IP—a Miami-area proxy for Miami-based profiles—since Tinder serves recommendations based on the requesting IP's location.

Bumble: Web App Proxying as the Practical Path

Bumble's mobile API requires certificate pinning bypass, which means intercepting TLS traffic between the app and Bumble's servers. This involves patching the APK or using tools like Frida to disable pinning at runtime—doable but complex and fragile across app updates.

The practical alternative is Bumble's web app at bumble.com/app, which serves a stripped-down version of the mobile experience over standard HTTPS. The tradeoff: web profiles expose fewer data points—no precise distance, limited photo sets, and no "recently active" timestamps. But for lead generation purposes, bios, interests, and profile photos are usually sufficient.

For web-based Bumble extraction, use Playwright with the same mobile proxy setup described for OnlyFans. Bumble's web app loads profile data via JSON endpoints that can be intercepted the same way. Set viewport to mobile dimensions since Bumble serves its web app as a responsive mobile-first layout, and mobile user-agents trigger fewer CAPTCHA challenges.

Learn more about VoIP detection mechanisms in our post on avoiding VoIP detection with real vs virtual numbers.

Building the Cross-Promotion Funnel

This is where how to scrape OnlyFans and dating site extraction converge for OnlyFans affiliate marketing.

The pipeline is straightforward once the infrastructure is in place:

1. Extract dating app bios that mention content creation, link-in-bio references, or keywords like "link below," "subscribe," or "exclusive content"
2. Parse bio links - pull Linktree, Beacons, or direct OnlyFans URLs from Tinder/Bumble bios using regex matching
3. Cross-reference OnlyFans profiles - hit each extracted URL through the OnlyFans scraper to grab creator analytics (subscriber estimates, media count, posting frequency)
4. Build segmented lists by geography, niche, engagement level, and pricing tier
5. Run targeted outreach - affiliate partnerships, promotion swaps, or management services pitched with actual performance data

The difference between manual research and an automated pipeline is significant:

Sticky mobile sessions make this viable because geo-targeted extraction requires maintaining a consistent location fingerprint. Scraping Tinder profiles in Miami needs a Miami-area mobile IP that holds for the entire session. Jumping between cities mid-crawl triggers immediate flags, and there's no recovering a session once that happens. For advanced geo-targeting strategies across scraping projects, check out ASN vs geo targeting for scraping.

Sequential scraping chains (dating site first, then OnlyFans lookup, then analytics derivation) work best when each step uses the same proxy session. This reduces total IP consumption and keeps behavioral patterns consistent across the whole pipeline.

Troubleshooting Common Issues

Cloudflare turnstile loops: Usually means the browser fingerprint doesn't match the proxy's ASN. Mobile proxies should pair with mobile user-agents. A desktop UA on a T-Mobile IP just looks wrong to their detection system.

Empty response bodies: OnlyFans sometimes returns 200 OK with blank content when it suspects automation. Adding randomized delays between 2-8 seconds between page loads helps. Uniform delays (exactly 5 seconds every time) are actually a detection signal themselves, which is something a lot of people miss.

Tinder 401 errors after 30 minutes: Token refresh is required. Automating re-authentication using a fresh SMS verification number solves this. Batch-purchasing non-VoIP numbers keeps the process sustainable at scale.

One thing that often gets overlooked: DNS leaks. If a scraper resolves DNS through a local resolver while traffic routes through a mobile proxy, that mismatch is detectable. Force DNS through the proxy tunnel or use DoH endpoints.

FAQ

Wrapping Up

Scraping OnlyFans and dating sites in 2026 comes down to infrastructure quality. Scripts and tools matter, but they're secondary to the proxy layer. Mobile carrier IPs - real ones, not spoofed - remain the single biggest factor in sustained extraction success.

VoidMob offers sticky mobile sessions on authentic carrier networks, combined with non-VoIP SMS verification for API authentication, covering both sides of the pipeline. Build the seed list from dating apps, enrich through OnlyFans public profiles, derive analytics, and run affiliate campaigns on clean data.

Scraping itself isn't the hard part anymore. Staying undetected is. For a similar walkthrough on another platform, see our Instagram scraping guide with Python and Playwright.