About parenting and The State of Web Scraping 2026 report
A quick update and a new project for the next year
If you’re reading this newsletter from some time, you may have noticed that the frequency of The Lab articles on Thursdays has dramatically dropped in the past two months.
The reason is quite simple: there’s the coincidence of daily work sprints to catch some deadlines, and at the same time, I’ve become the father of Edoardo, my first son.
While I could not be happier, this slowed down the production of The Lab articles, which take time and careful study to write. Since these articles are the main benefit for paying readers, if some of you are understandably unhappy with this, write to me and I’ll extend your subscription by two months for free.
But this special note is also to share with you a new project for 2026… The State of Web Scraping report 2026, in collaboration with Apify.
Help Shape “The State of Web Scraping 2026” (and get rewarded for it)
Apify and The Web Scraping Club are teaming up to produce a detailed, data-driven report on the web scraping industry.
To make it truly valuable, we need insights from the people who build, break, and run scrapers every day, just like you.
Share your experience in our short industry survey and help map out the real trends behind proxies, infrastructure, anti-bot systems, AI-powered scraping, and the tools that matter in 2026.
As a thank-you, everyone who completes the survey will receive two free months of The Web Scraping Club membership.
Your answers stay anonymous, but your impact won’t.