Scraper #2: Scrape Leads from Any Meetup Event
Local meetups are goldmines for finding your ICP. Here's how to export the attendee list.
Meetup.com hosts thousands of local tech, founder, and industry events every week. Every attendee who RSVPs is an engaged, locally-active lead - and with the right workflow, you can export the entire attendee list to a Google Sheet in minutes.
Key Takeaways
- Works with any public Meetup event - no special access required
- Meetup attendees are engaged, local leads who actively invest time in their industry
- Uses the same DevTools copy-as-fetch pattern as the Luma scraper
- Output goes straight to Google Sheets with names, profiles, and member data
- Combined with Luma, covers the two biggest event platforms in tech
How to Scrape Meetup Event Attendees (4 Steps)
- Go to any Meetup event page - navigate to the event and open the attendee/RSVP list
- Open Chrome DevTools (F12 or Cmd+Option+I) - find the API request that loads the attendee list in the Network tab
- Copy as fetch - right-click the request → Copy → Copy as fetch, then paste into Needle's workflow builder
- Connect Google Sheets and run - clean attendee data (names, profiles, member info) is written directly to your spreadsheet
Event Platform Comparison for Lead Generation
| Factor | Luma | Meetup |
|---|---|---|
| Audience Type | Tech, AI, startup-heavy | Broad - tech, business, professional, hobby |
| Event Style | Curated, invite-driven, often virtual | Community-organized, grassroots, mostly in-person |
| Geographic Reach | Global, skews US/EU | Global with strong local presence in 190+ countries |
| Typical Event Size | 20–200 attendees | 10–500 attendees |
| Data Quality | High - often includes LinkedIn URLs | Good - names, profiles, member history |
5 Best Meetup Categories for B2B Leads
- Founder and startup meetups - early-stage founders actively looking for tools, often decision-makers with budget authority
- Software engineering meetups - developers and technical leads who evaluate and champion new tools
- Data science and AI meetups - professionals working on exactly the problems your AI/data product solves
- Product management meetups - PMs who influence buying decisions and tool adoption within their teams
- Industry-specific professional groups - fintech, healthtech, SaaS operations - highly targeted audiences in your vertical
Summary
Meetup.com is one of the most underutilized lead generation channels for B2B companies. Attendees self-select by interest, invest their personal time, and are locally active - making them high-quality prospects for outreach. With Needle, you can export any public Meetup event's attendee list to Google Sheets in 4 steps using the same DevTools copy-as-fetch pattern. Combined with the Luma scraper, you now have full coverage of the two biggest event platforms in tech - two lead sources you can start tapping today.
Part 2 of the 7-day lead scraper series. Tomorrow: we're going after LinkedIn.
