Threads Account Posts Scraper

Extract every public post from any Threads account in bulk — full caption text, images, video, like counts, repost / quote info, timestamps, and the author profile — as clean structured JSON.

Why use this actor

• No account / no login required — just give it a Threads username or profile URL.
• No API key needed — Threads has no public API; this actor returns the same posts the web app shows on a user's profile.
• Full post content — caption text, image / video URLs, link-preview cards, carousel media, like count, repost count, reply count, and parent-thread context for multi-post threads.
• Bulk input — pass a list of usernames or URLs in one run; one dataset row per published thread.
• Posts only (not replies) — the actor mirrors the "Threads" tab of a profile, so you get the user's own posts plus their reposts of others. Replies live in a separate sister actor (see below).
• Stable JSON output suitable for pipelines, spreadsheets, and databases — every row carries _input, _source, _scrapedAt envelope fields so you can join results back to your input list.

How it works

1. You provide a list of Threads usernames (e.g. zuck) or full profile URLs.
2. The actor resolves each handle to its internal user ID, then walks the user's posts feed page by page using a paging cursor.
3. For each thread it returns the root post plus any follow-up posts in the same thread chain, along with the author profile and engagement counters.
4. 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

{
  "usernames": [
    "zuck",
    "https://www.threads.com/@mosseri"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["DATACENTER"]
  }
}

Field	Type	Description
usernames	array	List of Threads usernames or profile URLs. Both zuck and https://www.threads.com/@zuck are accepted.
maxPosts	integer	Maximum number of threads returned per user. Use 0 to fetch everything. Default: 30.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy settings. Datacenter proxy works for most cases.

Output

Input: zuck, maxPosts: 3

Each row in the dataset is one thread — a list of posts (thread_items) chained by the same author, top-level post first.

{
  "_input": "zuck",
  "_source": "S1-primary",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-05-18T10:59:13.348602+00:00",
  "id": "3896177221392711419",
  "thread_items": [
    {
      "post": {
        "pk": "3896177221392711419",
        "id": "3896177221392711419_63055343223",
        "code": "DYSAIo_FL77",
        "taken_at": 1778680540,
        "like_count": 2198,
        "caption": {
          "text": "Today we're starting to roll out Incognito Chat with Meta AI on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app -- a completely private way to interact with AI, similar to how end-to-end encryption means no one can read your conversations, even Meta or WhatsApp..."
        },
        "user": {
          "pk": "63055343223",
          "id": "63055343223",
          "username": "zuck",
          "is_verified": true,
          "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.fcgk12-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-19/550174606_..."
        },
        "image_versions2": {
          "candidates": [
            { "width": 1920, "height": 1400, "url": "https://instagram.fcgk12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/671768087_..." }
          ]
        },
        "original_width": 1920,
        "original_height": 1400,
        "video_versions": null,
        "carousel_media": null,
        "carousel_media_count": null,
        "has_audio": null,
        "text_post_app_info": {
          "link_preview_attachment": null,
          "reply_to_author": null,
          "is_post_unavailable": false,
          "share_info": { "quoted_post": null, "reposted_post": null }
        }
      },
      "line_type": "none",
      "should_show_replies_cta": true,
      "reply_facepile_users": [],
      "view_replies_cta_string": "Show replies"
    },
    {
      "post": {
        "pk": "3896177217181602913",
        "id": "3896177217181602913_63055343223",
        "code": "DYSAIlEFFRh",
        "taken_at": 1778680539,
        "like_count": 570,
        "caption": {
          "text": "Incognito Chat handles all AI inference in a Trusted Execution Environment that ensures your messages are not accessible to us. The conversations on your phone also disappear when you exit the session..."
        },
        "user": {
          "pk": "63055343223",
          "username": "zuck",
          "is_verified": true
        },
        "text_post_app_info": {
          "reply_to_author": { "username": "zuck", "id": "63055343223" },
          "share_info": { "quoted_post": null, "reposted_post": null }
        }
      },
      "line_type": "none",
      "should_show_replies_cta": true
    }
    // ... 1 more follow-up post in this thread
  ]
}

A second thread with a link-preview attachment:

{
  "_input": "zuck",
  "_source": "S1-primary",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-05-18T10:59:13.348602+00:00",
  "id": "3886015488044874110",
  "thread_items": [
    {
      "post": {
        "pk": "3886015488044874110",
        "code": "DXt5n9UlLl-",
        "taken_at": 1777469167,
        "like_count": 1498,
        "caption": {
          "text": "As part of our philanthropic work to help cure all diseases, our team @biohub is announcing the Virtual Biology Initiative -- a new effort to build the imaging tools, molecular tools, and open data infrastructure needed to build AI models that can reason about cells."
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "post": {
        "pk": "3886015488875339430",
        "code": "DXt5n-GFJ6m",
        "taken_at": 1777469167,
        "like_count": 727,
        "caption": { "text": "This has the potential to unlock developing models that understand biology..." },
        "text_post_app_info": {
          "link_preview_attachment": {
            "display_url": "biohub.org",
            "title": "Biohub launches the Virtual Biology Initiative",
            "url": "https://l.threads.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbiohub.org%2Fnews%2Fvirtual-biology-initiative",
            "image_url": "https://external.fcgk12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/emg1/v/t13/17965211273658538491?...",
            "favicon_url": "https://external.fcgk12-2.fna.fbcdn.net/emg1/v/t13/16140870347078187614?..."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Field reference

Field	Type	Description
_input	string	The username or URL exactly as you supplied it. Use this to join results back to your input list.
_source	string	Internal tag for the path used to fetch the record. S1-primary is the fastest, richest path; S2-fallback indicates a fallback was used.
_scrapedAt	string	ISO-8601 UTC timestamp when the thread was scraped.
id	string	Thread ID — equal to the root post's pk. Use this to deduplicate across runs.
thread_items	array	One entry per post in the thread chain. thread_items[0] is always the root post; following entries are the author's own follow-up posts.
thread_items[].post.pk	string	Numeric post ID.
thread_items[].post.id	string	Full post identifier in the form <post_pk>_<user_pk>.
thread_items[].post.code	string	Short slug used in the public post URL: https://www.threads.com/@<username>/post/<code>.
thread_items[].post.taken_at	integer	Unix timestamp (seconds) of when the post was published.
thread_items[].post.like_count	integer	Number of likes.
thread_items[].post.caption.text	string	Full post caption / text body. null when the post is image-only.
thread_items[].post.user	object	Author profile snapshot (pk, username, is_verified, profile_pic_url).
thread_items[].post.image_versions2.candidates	array	All image sizes available for the post (width, height, URL). Empty when the post has no image.
thread_items[].post.video_versions	array	Video renditions when the post is a video, otherwise null.
thread_items[].post.carousel_media	array	Slides when the post is a multi-image carousel, otherwise null.
thread_items[].post.carousel_media_count	integer	Number of slides in the carousel, otherwise null.
thread_items[].post.original_width / original_height	integer	Dimensions of the primary media in pixels.
thread_items[].post.has_audio	boolean	true if the video has audio, null for non-video posts.
thread_items[].post.text_post_app_info.link_preview_attachment	object	Embedded link card with url, display_url, title, image_url, favicon_url. null when no link is attached.
thread_items[].post.text_post_app_info.reply_to_author	object	The user this post replies to. For the root post in a chain this is null; for follow-ups it points back to the same author.
thread_items[].post.text_post_app_info.share_info.quoted_post	object	The post being quoted, if this is a quote-thread.
thread_items[].post.text_post_app_info.share_info.reposted_post	object	The post being reposted, if this row is a repost from another user.
thread_items[].post.text_post_app_info.is_post_unavailable	boolean	true if the post has been removed or hidden.
thread_items[].line_type	string	Visual connector flag used by the web app ("none", "line"). Usually safe to ignore.
thread_items[].should_show_replies_cta	boolean	true if the post has replies a viewer can expand.
thread_items[].reply_facepile_users	array	Up to 3 small avatars of users who replied (used for the "Replied by" stack in the UI).

Error envelope

Usernames that can't be resolved or fail to fetch return a structured error instead of crashing the run:

{
  "_input": "this-handle-does-not-exist-xyz",
  "_error": "user_resolve_failed",
  "_source": "S1-primary",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-05-18T10:24:10.012345+00:00"
}

Possible _error values: user_resolve_failed (handle not found / private / banned), fetch_failed (transient network or rate-limit error — accompanied by _errorDetail). Filter on _error to triage failed rows.

Pricing

This actor is billed per result: $6.00 per 1,000 threads (Tier 4). Each successful thread = 1 result. Errors are not billed.

Other Sosmed Actors

Platform	Actor	Best for
Threads	Threads Account Replies Scraper	Replies the user posted on other people's threads
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Instagram	Instagram Account Posts Scraper	Same author's Instagram feed
Twitter / X	X Account Tweets Scraper	Tweets timeline for any handle
Bluesky	Bluesky Account Posts Scraper	Posts feed for any Bluesky handle
Mastodon	Mastodon Account Scraper	Posts feed for any fediverse handle

Browse the full catalog at apify.com/xtracto.

Notes

• Posts only, not replies. The output mirrors the "Threads" tab of a profile. Replies the user wrote on other people's posts are not included — use the Threads Account Replies Scraper for those.
• Reposted threads are flagged. When the user reposted someone else's thread, text_post_app_info.share_info.reposted_post is populated with the original post. Filter it out if you only want original content.
• Quote-threads are flagged via text_post_app_info.share_info.quoted_post and still count as the user's own posts.
• Pagination is cursor-based — the actor walks the feed until it hits maxPosts or runs out of threads. Older posts cost the same as newer ones; set maxPosts: 0 if you want the full archive.
• Private / banned / never-existed accounts return {"_error": "user_resolve_failed", "_input": "..."} and consume no result credit.
• Counters (like_count) are eventually-consistent and may lag the live network by a few minutes.
• The internal user.pk is the most reliable identifier — usernames can change but pk does not.