X (Twitter) Profile Scraper: Followers, Bio & Tweets

The most complete X (Twitter) profile scraper and social media data API on Apify. Give it a username or profile URL and get back every public profile field X exposes, from follower count and verification to business category and join date, plus the account's most recent tweets with full engagement metrics. No login, no cookies, no API key, no official Twitter API access token required.

Ideal for influencer data, lead generation, competitor research, audience analysis, and social media monitoring at scale. Export clean JSON, CSV, or Excel and drop it straight into your CRM, spreadsheet, or data pipeline.

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns (the recentTweets array is trimmed to 1 tweet to keep the sample short; every value shown is real):

{
  "profileImageUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1321163587679784960/0ZxKlEKB.jpg",
  "profileImageShape": "Square",
  "username": "NASA",
  "displayName": "NASA",
  "url": "https://x.com/NASA",
  "userId": "11348282",
  "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
  "bioUrls": [],
  "bioHashtags": [],
  "bioMentions": [],
  "website": "http://www.nasa.gov/",
  "location": "Pale Blue Dot",
  "isVerified": true,
  "isBlueVerified": true,
  "verified": false,
  "verifiedType": "Government",
  "isIdentityVerified": false,
  "verifiedReason": "This account is verified because it is a government or multilateral organization account.",
  "verifiedSince": "2009-08-07T19:53:50.941Z",
  "isProtected": false,
  "canDm": false,
  "professionalType": null,
  "professionalCategories": [],
  "isBusinessAccount": true,
  "affiliatesCount": 87,
  "affiliation": null,
  "accountCreated": "Wed Dec 19 20:20:32 +0000 2007",
  "accountCreatedISO": "2007-12-19T20:20:32.000Z",
  "birthdate": { "day": 1, "month": 10, "year": 1958 },
  "followerCount": 92383412,
  "fastFollowerCount": 0,
  "normalFollowerCount": 92383412,
  "followingCount": 117,
  "tweetCount": 74272,
  "mediaCount": 28136,
  "listedCount": 96943,
  "favouritesCount": 16984,
  "bannerUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/11348282/1775567134",
  "defaultProfileImage": false,
  "withheldInCountries": [],
  "pinnedTweetId": null,
  "pinnedTweetIds": [],
  "numTweetsFetched": 1,
  "recentTweets": [
    {
      "id": "2095621168208248911",
      "url": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2095621168208248911",
      "text": "RT @Astro_Jessica: Photo or it didn't happen. Some initial views from my camera during Tuesday's spacewalk...",
      "createdAt": "Thu Sep 03 21:13:15 +0000 2026",
      "createdAtISO": "2026-09-03T21:13:15.000Z",
      "likeCount": 0,
      "replyCount": 0,
      "retweetCount": 240,
      "quoteCount": 0,
      "bookmarkCount": 0,
      "viewCount": 46693,
      "lang": "en",
      "conversationId": "2095621168208248911",
      "possiblySensitive": null,
      "isReply": false,
      "inReplyToUsername": null,
      "isQuote": false,
      "quotedStatusId": null,
      "isRetweet": true,
      "source": "Twitter for iPhone",
      "hashtags": [],
      "mentions": ["Astro_Jessica"],
      "links": [],
      "media": []
    }
  ],
  "observedAt": "2026-09-04T05:37:12.054Z",
  "error": null
}

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Table of contents

• What it does
• Why this X profile scraper
• Use cases
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• How it compares
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

Give the actor a list of X (Twitter) handles or profile URLs. For each one it reads the public profile and writes a single normalized record containing the full profile plus the account's most recent tweets. Handles can be provided as @name, name, or a full profile URL such as https://x.com/nasa; duplicates are removed automatically. Missing source values are returned as null, never invented, and each tweet carries its own engagement metrics (likes, replies, retweets, quotes, bookmarks, views), entities (hashtags, mentions, links), and media.

The actor reads only public data. Protected, suspended, or non-existent accounts return a record with a populated error field instead of profile data, and are never charged.

Why this X profile scraper

• No API key and no login. No Twitter developer account, no OAuth token, no cookies to paste.
• Every public field, honest nulls. Follower and following counts, verification type and reason, business/creator category, affiliate badge, birthdate (when public), banner, pinned tweets and more. If X does not expose a value, you get null, never a fake.
• Follower counts you can trust. followerCount plus the fastFollowerCount / normalFollowerCount split X reports internally.
• ISO timestamps. Every date is returned both in the raw X format and as sortable ISO 8601 (accountCreatedISO, createdAtISO).
• Profile and timeline in one record. No second run to fetch recent tweets.
• Bulk and fast. Pass hundreds of handles in one run; profiles are fetched concurrently.

Use cases

• Influencer marketing: rank creators by follower count, engagement, verification, and category.
• Lead generation: pull bio links, websites, locations, and open-DM status for outreach.
• Competitor and brand monitoring: track follower growth and posting activity over time.
• Audience and market research: enrich a list of usernames into a full social media dataset.
• Data pipelines: feed clean JSON/CSV into dashboards, CRMs, or notebooks.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns the NASA profile and its 20 most recent tweets.

{
  "handles": ["NASA"],
  "maxTweetsPerUser": 20
}

Add more handles to the handles array to scrape several accounts in one run. Set maxTweetsPerUser to 0 if you only want profile fields and no tweets.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
handles	string[]	yes	(none)	Public X handles or profile URLs to scrape, one record per handle. Accepts @name, name, or https://x.com/name. Duplicates are removed.
startUrls	string[]	no	[]	Optional list of full X profile URLs. Merged with handles and de-duplicated.
maxTweetsPerUser	integer	no	20	Maximum recent tweets to keep per handle, 0 to 40. X's public timeline returns up to about 40 recent tweets in one page. Set 0 for profile only.
maxProfiles	integer	no	(none)	Optional cap on how many profiles to process in one run. Leave empty for no limit.

Output reference

One dataset item per handle. Types: string, number, boolean, object, object[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
profileImageUrl	string	Full-resolution profile avatar URL.
profileImageShape	string	Avatar shape, for example Circle, Square, or Hexagon.
username	string	The account handle (screen name).
displayName	string	Display name shown on the profile.
url	string	Canonical profile URL on x.com.
userId	string	Numeric X user ID as a string.
bio	string	Profile description / bio.
bioUrls	string[]	Expanded links contained in the bio text.
bioHashtags	string[]	Hashtags contained in the bio text.
bioMentions	string[]	@mentions contained in the bio text.
website	string	Website link from the profile, or null.
location	string	Self-reported location, or null.
isVerified	boolean	Whether the account carries any verified badge.
isBlueVerified	boolean	Whether the account has an X (blue) verified badge.
verified	boolean	Legacy verification flag.
verifiedType	string	Verification type, for example Government, Business, or null.
isIdentityVerified	boolean	Whether the account passed X identity verification.
verifiedReason	string	Human-readable reason the account is verified, or null.
verifiedSince	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when verification was granted, or null.
isProtected	boolean	Whether the account is protected (private).
canDm	boolean	Whether the account accepts direct messages from anyone.
professionalType	string	Business, Creator, or null for a professional account.
professionalCategories	string[]	Business category names for a professional account.
isBusinessAccount	boolean	Whether the account is a business/organization account.
affiliatesCount	number	Number of affiliated accounts, or null.
affiliation	object	Parent-organization badge (label, url, badgeUrl), or null.
accountCreated	string	Account creation timestamp in raw X format.
accountCreatedISO	string	Account creation timestamp as ISO 8601.
birthdate	object	Public birthday parts (day, month, year), or null. Only publicly shared parts are filled.
followerCount	number	Number of followers.
fastFollowerCount	number	X internal "fast follower" count.
normalFollowerCount	number	X internal "normal follower" count.
followingCount	number	Number of accounts followed.
tweetCount	number	Total tweets posted.
mediaCount	number	Total media items posted.
listedCount	number	Number of lists the account appears on.
favouritesCount	number	Number of likes the account has given.
bannerUrl	string	Profile banner image URL, or null.
defaultProfileImage	boolean	Whether the account still uses the default avatar.
withheldInCountries	string[]	Country codes where the account is withheld.
pinnedTweetId	string	ID of the pinned tweet, or null.
pinnedTweetIds	string[]	All pinned tweet IDs.
numTweetsFetched	number	Count of tweets returned in recentTweets.
recentTweets	object[]	Most recent tweets. Each holds id, url, text, createdAt, createdAtISO, likeCount, replyCount, retweetCount, quoteCount, bookmarkCount, viewCount, lang, conversationId, possiblySensitive, isReply, inReplyToUsername, isQuote, quotedStatusId, isRetweet, source, hashtags, mentions, links, and media.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed handle a single item with a populated error field is written instead and is not charged.

How it compares

Every value below reflects what each actor advertises for public X (Twitter) profile scraping. This actor is a strict superset: it accepts the same inputs and returns the same fields, plus more.

Capability	This actor	apidojo/twitter-user-scraper	data-slayer/twitter-user	lead.gen.labs/twitter-x-profile-details
Username / handle input	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Profile URL input	Yes	Yes	No	Partial
No login / no API key	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Follower / following counts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fast vs normal follower split	Yes	No	No	No
Verification type	Yes	Yes	Partial	Partial
Verified reason and date	Yes	No	No	No
Business / creator category	Yes	Yes	No	No
Affiliate badge + affiliate count	Yes	Partial	Partial	No
Public birthday	Yes	No	No	No
Bio links / hashtags / mentions	Yes	No	No	No
Recent tweets with engagement	Yes	Partial	No	No
ISO 8601 timestamps	Yes	No	No	No
Open-DM flag	Yes	Yes	No	No

Named competitors are independent third-party actors; capabilities are summarized from their public Apify listings and may change.

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~x-profile-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"handles":["NASA","OpenAI"],"maxTweetsPerUser":20}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~x-profile-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"handles":["nasa"],"maxTweetsPerUser":10}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/x-profile-scraper \
  --input '{"handles":["NASA"]}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per profile record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. A handle that cannot be read (not found, suspended, protected, rate-limited) is written with a populated error field and is not charged.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 handles per run. Upgrade for more.

FAQ and troubleshooting

Do I need a Twitter/X API key or developer account? No. The actor needs only public data, so there is no API key, OAuth token, or login. Just enter handles and run.

Why did a handle return an error? The account is protected, suspended, does not exist, or X rate-limited the request at that moment. Error records are not charged. Re-run rate-limited handles.

How many tweets do I get per handle? X's public timeline exposes up to about 40 recent tweets in one page, so maxTweetsPerUser above 40 is capped by what X returns. Set it to 0 for profile fields only.

Can I pass profile URLs instead of handles? Yes. @nasa, nasa, and https://x.com/nasa are all accepted and normalized to the same handle. You can also put URLs in startUrls.

Can I look up accounts by numeric user ID? Not at this time. X does not expose the by-ID lookup to unauthenticated requests reliably, so this actor works from handles and profile URLs, which are stable and public.

Why is viewCount or bookmarkCount null on some tweets? X does not expose those counters for every tweet in the public timeline. Missing values are returned as null, never invented.

Is this an official X tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with X (formerly Twitter). It reads only data that is publicly available.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with X (formerly Twitter). Accesses only publicly available profile data.