# X (Twitter) User Search Scraper - Find Accounts by Keyword (`seemuapps/x-user-search-scraper`) Actor

Search X (Twitter) for user profiles matching any keyword or phrase and export bios, follower counts, and verification status to a dataset.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-user-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 user results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

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- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## X (Twitter) User Search Scraper - Find Accounts by Keyword

Search X (Twitter) for user profiles matching any keyword or phrase and export bios, follower counts, and verification status to a dataset. No login required.

### What you get

- Username, display name, user ID, bio, and location for each matching account
- Follower count, following count, tweet count, and media count
- Blue verification status and verified type
- Profile picture and cover photo URLs
- Pinned tweet IDs and account creation date
- Cursor-based pagination - fetch thousands of matching accounts across multiple runs

### Free tier vs. paid

Free runs are capped at **25 users per run**, up to **3 runs per day**, with a 30-minute wait between runs, to help cover data costs. Upgrade to any paid plan on the actor's pricing page to honor your `Max Users` setting in full with no wait.

### Use cases

- Lead generation - find prospects whose bio matches your target job title, industry, or niche
- Audience research - discover who is talking about a topic or product
- Influencer discovery - surface accounts in a niche by keyword before checking follower counts
- Competitor follower mining - search for keywords common among a competitor's audience
- Sales prospecting by bio keyword - e.g. "founder", "recruiter", "marketing agency"

### How to use

1. Enter a **Search query** - a keyword or phrase to match against usernames, display names, and bios
2. Set **Max Users** (default 100; 0 for unlimited)
3. Run the actor - one matching user per row in the **Dataset** tab
4. To fetch the next page, open the **Key-value store** tab → copy the `NEXT_PAGE_ID` value → paste it into **Page ID** on your next run

### Output format

One user per dataset row - perfect for direct CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets export:

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "startup founder",
  "username": "example",
  "userId": "123456789",
  "name": "Example User",
  "description": "Bio text…",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "isBlueVerified": true,
  "followersCount": 12345,
  "followingCount": 678,
  "tweetsCount": 9999,
  "createdAt": "Mon Jan 01 12:00:00 +0000 2020",
  "profilePicture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/...",
  "profileUrl": "https://x.com/example"
}
```

### Pagination

Each run returns up to **Max Users**. If more matching accounts exist, the actor saves a resume cursor to the default **Key-value store** under the key `NEXT_PAGE_ID`.

1. Open the **Key-value store** tab on the run page
2. Copy the value of `NEXT_PAGE_ID`
3. Start a new run with the same **Search query** and paste the cursor into **Page ID**

When `NEXT_PAGE_ID` is `null`, the search results are fully exhausted.

### Input options

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| Search query | string | Keyword or phrase to match against usernames, names, and bios (required) |
| Max Users | integer | Cap on results - default 100, 0 for unlimited |
| Page ID | string | `NEXT_PAGE_ID` from the previous run's Key-value store |

### Related X (Twitter) actors

Part of a complete X (Twitter) toolkit - explore the rest of the suite:

- [X (Twitter) Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-profile-scraper) - Public profile data - bio, counts, links
- [X (Twitter) User Tweets Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-user-tweets-by-username) - Full timeline of any account by username
- [X (Twitter) Tweet Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-tweet-scraper) - Search and export tweets by query, hashtag, user
- [X (Twitter) Tweet Replies Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-tweet-replies-scraper) - Every reply under a post for sentiment analysis
- [X (Twitter) Quote Tweets Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-quote-tweets-scraper) - Every quote tweet of a post, with engagement
- [X (Twitter) Followers & Following Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-followers-following-scraper) - Full followers and following lists, no login
- [X (Twitter) List Members Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-list-members-scraper) - Members or followers of any public list
- [X (Twitter) Active Hours Analyzer](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-active-hours-analyzer) - Posting heatmap, peak hours, and time zone
- [X (Twitter) Retweeters Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-tweet-retweeters-scraper) - Find every account that retweeted a post
- [X (Twitter) User Mentions Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-user-mentions-scraper) - Brand and keyword monitoring across mentions
- [X (Twitter) Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-trends-scraper) - Trending topics and hashtags by location
- [X (Twitter) Article to Markdown Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-article-to-markdown-scraper) - Long form Articles as clean Markdown
- [X (Twitter) MCP Server](https://apify.com/seemuapps/x-mcp) - All X tools for AI agents via MCP

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Keyword or phrase to search for across X (Twitter) usernames, display names, and bios.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of matching users to return. Set 0 for unlimited.

## `pageId` (type: `string`):

Optional. Paste NEXT\_PAGE\_ID from a previous run's Key-value store to resume from where that run left off.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "marketing agency founder",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per matching user: username, userId, name, description, location, isBlueVerified, follower/following/tweet counts, profile URLs, etc.

## `nextPageId` (type: `string`):

NEXT\_PAGE\_ID record in the default key-value store. Paste into Page ID on the next run to resume; null when the list is exhausted.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "marketing agency founder"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/x-user-search-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "query": "marketing agency founder" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/x-user-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "marketing agency founder"
}' |
apify call seemuapps/x-user-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=seemuapps/x-user-search-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/QQzKczWq0UlvJnNye/builds/ncbI3IrQjA7WlIXQw/openapi.json