Threads User Search API

Returns the Threads accounts that match a name or username, in Threads' own ranking, for words in any language. Each has its user ID, username, display name, bio, profile picture, verified badge and profile link. A leading @ searches usernames. One request returns the whole list Threads ranks for the query.

GET /v1/threads/search_profiles

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1 credit per page, $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000 pages
19 typed fields null when unknown
100 accounts per page, Threads' search ranking
query is all it needs, e.g. nasa

Send one request. Get up to 100 accounts back.

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$ npm install socialtap

query = nasa

Open in playground

GET /v1/threads/search_profilesTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "nasa",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles",
    params={"query": "nasa"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'nasa')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'query' => 'nasa',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("query", "nasa")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles?query=nasa' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/669747085_18089786557960389_922072622069351626_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=SC…",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": "NASA",
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "28829152388",
      "is_private": null,
      "is_verified": true,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": null,
        "following_count": null,
        "post_count": null,
        "total_like_count": null,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "threads",
      "platform_specific": {
        "threads": {
          "interest_tags": [],
          "verified_link_urls": []
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links",
        "platform_specific.threads.interest_tags",
        "platform_specific.threads.verified_link_urls"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.threads.com/@nasa",
      "username": "nasa"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/775442147_17925135474400969_1913045756150209499_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s206x206_tt6&_nc_cat=102&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid…",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": "아직포기할수 없어 기도 한다",
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": null,
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "72121680968",
      "is_private": null,
      "is_verified": false,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": null,
        "following_count": null,
        "post_count": null,
        "total_like_count": null,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "threads",
      "platform_specific": {
        "threads": {
          "interest_tags": [],
          "verified_link_urls": []
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links",
        "platform_specific.threads.interest_tags",
        "platform_specific.threads.verified_link_urls"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.threads.com/@nasajangvi",
      "username": "nasajangvi"
    },
    {
      "approximate_fields": [],
      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.89012-19/573323465_1219825463302212_7278921664109726296_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ig_cache_key=YW5vbnltb3VzX3Byb2ZpbGVfcGlj.3-ccb7-5&ccb=SCRUBBED&_nc_sid=SCRUBBED&efg=SCRUBBED&_nc_ohc=SCRUBBED&_nc_oc=SCRUBBED&_nc_zt=24&_nc_ht=s…",
      "banner_url": null,
      "bio": "U either die a hero or watch urself become the villain",
      "category": null,
      "country_code": null,
      "created_at": null,
      "display_name": "楊鈞翰",
      "external_links": [],
      "id": "63312256631",
      "is_private": null,
      "is_verified": false,
      "location": null,
      "metrics": {
        "follower_count": null,
        "following_count": null,
        "post_count": null,
        "total_like_count": null,
        "total_view_count": null
      },
      "platform": "threads",
      "platform_specific": {
        "threads": {
          "interest_tags": [],
          "verified_link_urls": []
        }
      },
      "type": "unknown",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "external_links",
        "platform_specific.threads.interest_tags",
        "platform_specific.threads.verified_link_urls"
      ],
      "url": "https://www.threads.com/@nasa0426",
      "username": "nasa0426"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": false,
    "next_cursor": null,
    "next_cursor_expires_at": null,
    "end_reason": "platform_limit"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "threads",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 543,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.threads.searchProfiles.list({ query: "nasa" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "query=" + encode("nasa");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("nasa"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profiles")
        .query(&[("query", "nasa")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/threads/search_profilesLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 27 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field Threads doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
Words to find accounts by: Threads matches them against usernames and display names, in any language and any case (nasa, mark zuckerberg, 東京).
Write one parser
Threads, TikTok, Instagram and 24 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).
usernamestring: Handle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestring: Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.
urlstring: Canonical profile URL.
typestring: Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
biostring: Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.
avatar_urlstring: Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

What teams build with the Threads User Search API.

Find a brand's or creator's account by name
Discover accounts in a niche by keyword
Match a display name to its username
Build creator lists with bios and badges

Good to know before you build.

Threads ranks at most about 100 accounts for a query and serves no further page, so page.end_reason is platform_limit, or end when nothing matches.
metrics, is_private, external_links, created_at, location and the platform_specific lists are null, because Threads' search results don't carry them. The Threads Profile API has an account's follower count, links and privacy.
avatar_url is a Threads CDN link and can expire.
Case does not matter: the query is lowercased.
If the full search fails, the search box's typeahead answers instead, with about ten accounts and no bios.

1 credit per page. Failed requests are free.

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Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
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