Field notes from the world of data extraction.
Articles, interviews and analysis on how data is gathered, used and fought over — written by the people closest to it.
The future I dreamed of is dawning
Zyte's CEO Shane Evans shares a 15-year vision for effortless, AI-driven web data extraction and introduces the 2026 Web Scraping Industry Report with 26 actionable insights.
2026 Web Scraping Industry Report.
View the free 2026 Web Scraping Industry Report and learn how modern teams use AI and automation to collect reliable, compliant web data.
Best proxy providers for web scraping in 2026 | Zyte
Compare the best proxy providers for web scraping in 2026. Learn which residential, ISP, and mobile proxies work best—and when teams move beyond proxies to automation.
Swiss Army Knife Docker Container for Web Scraping
Scrapy in 2026: New release brings modern async crawling standards
Scrapy 2.14.0 modernizes the framework with native async/await, smarter scheduling, and cleaner spider configuration. Here’s what the new release means for production crawlers in 2026.
Building blocks of a web scraping business
Why most web scraping startups fail—and how to build one that scales. Learn real unit economics, proxy costs, margins, and a path to SaaS-level profitability.
Data in 2026: Bets and forecasts from web experts
What will 2026 have in store for the world of web data? We asked eight experts for their predictions.
AI and the web: What 2025 changed and what comes next
2025 was the year AI learned to reason. From reasoning-first LLMs to autonomous agents and a reshaped web economy, this retrospective explores what changed—and what’s coming next.
Best Web Scraping APIs for 2026 | Benchmark Analysis
See the best web scraping APIs for 2026 based on Proxyway’s December 2025 benchmark. Compare success rates, speed, cost predictability, and architectural differences.
2026 Web Scraping Industry Report by Zyte
A practical walkthrough of the Web Scraping Industry Report 2026, covering how AI, automation, and access controls are reshaping web data collection at scale.
Your Web Scrapers Keep Getting Blocked. Here's Why
