X (Twitter) Account Scraper

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Extract public profile data from any X (Twitter) account in bulk — handle, display name, bio, follower and following counts, tweet count, profile image, banner, verified status, and account creation date — in a clean structured JSON output.

Why use this actor

• No account / no login required — just give it an X handle or profile URL.
• Identity-flexible input — bare handle (jack), at-prefixed (@elonmusk), or full profile URL (https://twitter.com/nasa, https://x.com/nasa) all work.
• Exact follower & following counts plus tweet count, listed count, and media count — the same numbers X's web app displays.
• Verified status — the is_blue_verified flag plus the structured verification_info block tells you whether the badge comes from a paid subscription or an identity check.
• Account creation date in the response so you can sort by account age, spot suspicious newly-created accounts, or audit brand handles.
• Automatic retries with exponential backoff; suspended, protected, or non-existent handles surface as _error rows instead of crashing the run.

How it works

1. You provide a list of X handles or profile URLs.
2. The actor fetches each profile the same way X's web app does and assembles a flat JSON record per account.
3. Results stream into your dataset, ready to download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You do not need to manage scrapers, browsers, or rotating IPs — all handled internally.

Input

{
"handles":["jack","nasa"],
"proxyConfiguration":{
"useApifyProxy":true,
"apifyProxyGroups":["DATACENTER"]
}
}

Output

Input: jack

{
"_input":"jack",
"_source":"S1-primary",
"_scrapedAt":"2026-05-18T11:03:56.348095+00:00",
"rest_id":"12",
"id":"VXNlcjoxMg==",
"screen_name":"jack",
"name":"jack",
"created_at":"Tue Mar 21 20:50:14 +0000 2006",
"description":"no state is the best state",
"url":"https://t.co/ZEpOg6rn5L",
"entities":{
"description":{},
"url":{
"urls":[
{
"display_url":"primal.net/jack",
"expanded_url":"http://primal.net/jack",
"indices":[0,23],
"url":"https://t.co/ZEpOg6rn5L"
}
]
}
},
"location":"",
"followers_count":7537416,
"friends_count":3,
"statuses_count":30509,
"favourites_count":38827,
"listed_count":33146,
"media_count":2963,
"normal_followers_count":7537416,
"fast_followers_count":0,
"profile_banner_url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/12/1742427520",
"profile_image_shape":"Circle",
"default_profile":false,
"default_profile_image":false,
"is_blue_verified":true,
"has_graduated_access":true,
"possibly_sensitive":false,
"translator_type":"regular",
"verification_info":{
"is_identity_verified":false,
"reason":{
"description":{
"text":"This account is verified because it's an affiliate of @Square on X. Learn more",
"entities":[
{"from_index":54,"to_index":61,"ref":{"url":"https://twitter.com/Square","url_type":"ExternalUrl"}}
]
},
"verified_since_msec":"1324658988066"
}
},
"pinned_tweet_ids_str":["1833951636005552366"],
"has_custom_timelines":true
}

Error envelope

Accounts that are suspended, deactivated, protected, or have never existed return a structured error instead of crashing the run:

{
"_input":"this-handle-does-not-exist-xyz",
"_error":"not_found",
"_errorDetail":"empty user result",
"_source":"S1-primary",
"_scrapedAt":"2026-05-18T11:03:56.348095+00:00"
}

_error values you may see:

Filter on _error to triage failed rows.

Pricing

This actor is billed per result: $8.00 per 1,000 profiles. Each successful profile = 1 result. Errors (suspended, not-found, blocked) are not billed.

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Notes

• followers_count, friends_count, and statuses_count are the exact numbers X's web app displays — eventually-consistent and may lag the live network by a few minutes.
• Protected accounts return their public metadata only (display name, bio, follower/following counts, creation date) — tweets and media are not exposed.
• Suspended accounts return {"_error": "unavailable", "_errorDetail": "Suspended", "_input": "..."}. Use the error envelope to triage.
• rest_id is the most reliable identifier — handles can change but rest_id is permanent. Store it if you need long-term joins.
• For large jobs (>1,000 profiles), Apify Proxy rotation is recommended to avoid per-IP rate limits.