Twitter/X Profile & Tweet Scraper

Scrape Twitter/X profiles and tweets without API key: followers, bio, tweet text, retweets, likes, replies, media links, hashtags. No login needed. Ideal for social listening, brand monitoring, influencer research, sentiment analysis.

Use cases

• Track an account's tweets and engagement without API costs
• Monitor competitor or brand activity on X
• Collect a profile's timeline for sentiment analysis
• Benchmark follower growth across accounts
• Archive tweets from key accounts on a schedule

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
handles	array	Yes	["elonmusk"]	List of Twitter/X usernames to scrape (without the @ symbol).
maxTweets	integer	No	20	Maximum number of tweets to extract per profile.
includeReplies	boolean	No	false	Whether to include reply tweets in the results.

Example input

{
  "handles": [
    "elonmusk"
  ],
  "maxTweets": 20,
  "includeReplies": false
}

Output

Each dataset item looks like this — real output from an actual run of this Actor:

{
  "handle": "WWE",
  "name": "WWE",
  "bio": "| Raw: Mondays at 8e/5p on Netflix | NXT: Tuesdays at 8e/7c on The CW | SmackDown: Fridays at 8e/7c on USA Network",
  "followersCount": 13255851,
  "followingCount": 376,
  "tweetCount": 370142,
  "verified": true,
  "profileImageUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1383079031805972485/3sWoMX-R_400x400.jpg",
  "tweets": [
    {
      "id": "2097479752428748879",
      "text": "RT @WWENXT: #AndStill 🏆\n\n@kelani_wwe is STILL the NXT Women's Champion! https://t.co/WIx881kdnu",
      "createdAt": "Wed Sep 09 00:18:36 +0000 2026",
      "retweetCount": 222,
      "likeCount": 0,
      "replyCount": 0,
      "url": "https://twitter.com/WWE/status/2097479752428748879",
      "hashtags": [
        "AndStill"
      ],
      "mediaUrls": [
        "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRu-eXsWUAA-SRD.jpg"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "2097506561568452714",
      "text": "Don't miss the Triple Threat No. 1 Contender's Match NEXT WEEK! 🙌 https://t.co/aM2z6p5rWD",
      "createdAt": "Wed Sep 09 02:05:08 +0000 2026",
      "retweetCount": 169,
      "likeCount": 1378,
      "replyCount": 15,
      "url": "https://twitter.com/WWE/status/2097506561568452714",
      "hashtags": [],
      "mediaUrls": [
        "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2097506506878996481/vid/avc1/1920x1080/2pdOfzbFAjfyY0DI.mp4?tag=16"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-09T13:21:43.011Z"
}

Field	Type
handle	string
name	string
bio	string
followersCount	number
followingCount	number
tweetCount	number
verified	boolean
profileImageUrl	string
tweets	array of object — each with id, text, createdAt, retweetCount, likeCount, replyCount, url, hashtags, mediaUrls
scrapedAt	string

Results are exportable from Apify Console or the API as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.

How to run it

In Apify Console — open the Actor, fill in the input form, click Start, then download the results from the Dataset tab.

With the JavaScript client

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('cloud9_ai/twitter-scraper').call({
  "handles": [
    "elonmusk"
  ],
  "maxTweets": 20,
  "includeReplies": false
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

With the Python client

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')

run = client.actor('cloud9_ai/twitter-scraper').call(run_input={
  "handles": [
    "elonmusk"
  ],
  "maxTweets": 20,
  "includeReplies": False
})

for item in client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items():
    print(item)

With the API — POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cloud9_ai~twitter-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN with the input JSON as the body.

Notes and limits

• No API key, account, or login is needed — just the input above.
• maxTweets caps how much a single run collects, which is also what caps the run's cost.
• Requests are paced and failed requests are retried automatically, so runs stay inside the source's rate limits.
• Only publicly available data is collected. How you use the output is your responsibility, including the source's terms of use and any applicable data-protection law.

Support

Found a bug, or need a field that isn't in the output? Open an issue on the Issues tab of this Actor in Apify Console. Issues there are read and answered.

License

Apache-2.0