Threads Account Finder: Leads & Contacts by Keyword

Find Threads (threads.com) accounts by keyword and get one row per account with the contact details they show publicly: e-mails and phone numbers written in the bio, bio links, username, full name, follower count, verification, bio text, profile URL and the keyword that found the account. You can also look up usernames you already have.

• No login needed. It reads what a logged-out visitor sees. No account of yours is involved.
• Only accounts with an e-mail (optional): accounts without one are skipped and not charged.
• Up to ~100 accounts per keyword, each opened for its follower count and bio links.
• Skip accounts you already have: give your lead list a name and later runs leave out accounts earlier runs returned.
• Export to CSV, Excel or JSON, or pull results through the Apify API.

This Actor is a focused version of the Threads Scraper (same code, same prices). Use the Threads Scraper if you also need posts, replies, reposts or post search.

What can you use it for?

• Outreach lists: coffee shops, real-estate agents, coaches, agencies, creators in a niche, with the e-mail they publish for business enquiries.
• Influencer research: accounts for a topic with follower counts and verification, ready to sort.
• Enriching a list you have: paste usernames and get followers, bio, links and contacts for each.

Input

Field	What it does
searchQueries	Keywords that describe the accounts, e.g. coffee shop, marketing agency. Threads matches usernames, names and bios.
usernames	Optional. Usernames or profile URLs (zuck, @mosseri, https://www.threads.com/@nasa). One row each.
emailOnly	Only return accounts with an e-mail in their bio (the rest are not charged). Default off.
maxPosts	Max accounts per keyword, 1-100. Default 50.
onlyNewSinceLastRun + monitorName	Skip accounts an earlier run with the same list name returned.

{ "searchQueries": ["coffee shop", "specialty coffee"], "maxPosts": 100, "emailOnly": true }

{ "usernames": ["nasa", "@natgeo", "https://www.threads.com/@nike"] }

The field names are the same as in the Threads Scraper, so an input works in both.

Output example

{
    "type": "profile",
    "username": "examplecoffeeroasters",
    "fullName": "Example Coffee Roasters",
    "userId": "6312345678",
    "biography": "Small-batch roastery in Portland. Wholesale: hello@examplecoffee.com",
    "followerCount": 4821,
    "isVerified": false,
    "isPrivate": false,
    "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent…jpg",
    "bioLinks": [{ "url": "https://examplecoffee.com", "title": null }],
    "emails": ["hello@examplecoffee.com"],
    "phones": [],
    "profileTags": ["Coffee"],
    "followingCount": null,
    "searchKeyword": "coffee shop",
    "url": "https://www.threads.com/@examplecoffeeroasters",
    "source": "accounts:coffee shop",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

(The account above is made up; the fields are what you get.) searchKeyword is null for rows from usernames. emails and phones are empty lists when the bio has none. Values Threads doesn't show are null, never 0.

How much does it cost?

The same prices as the Threads Scraper, from $1.50 per 1,000 accounts, plus $0.005 per run. One result = one account row. An account row with an e-mail costs an extra $0.01, because finding one means opening about 50 profiles. Rows without an e-mail never pay that extra.

Apify plan	Price per 1,000 results
Free	$2.50
Starter (Bronze)	$2.00
Scale (Silver)	$1.75
Business (Gold) and above	$1.50

Example: 500 accounts on the Free plan, 20 of them with an e-mail, cost 500 x $0.0025 + 20 x $0.01 = $1.45.

You pay only for rows you receive: accounts filtered out by emailOnly, duplicates and accounts a named list already returned are free. Platform usage (compute, proxy) is included.

Limitations

• E-mails and phones come only from what people write in their bio. Many accounts don't write one, so with emailOnly expect a small fraction of the accounts a keyword finds: in our tests about 2-5% of the accounts had an e-mail in their bio (businesses and agencies more often than personal accounts), so a keyword with ~100 matching accounts typically gives 1-5 e-mails. The Actor doesn't guess, buy or verify addresses, and it doesn't open the websites in bio links.
• Threads' account search returns up to ~100 accounts per keyword to logged-out visitors. Use several specific keywords for bigger lists (coffee shop berlin, coffee roaster, cafe owner).
• Phone numbers are recognised when written with spaces, dashes, brackets or a leading +.
• An unknown username fails that input only; the rest of the run is delivered.

FAQ

Do I need a Threads or Instagram account? No. Nothing is logged in.

Is it legal? It collects data that the account owners made public. You are responsible for how you use it, including data protection and anti-spam rules (for example GDPR and CAN-SPAM) when you contact people.

Why fewer rows than maxPosts with emailOnly? Only accounts that wrote an e-mail in their bio are returned. The Actor checks every account the keyword finds before it stops.

More scrapers from the same developer

• Threads Scraper: posts, profiles, replies, reposts, keyword and hashtag search, account search
• Google Trends API & Scraper: interest over time, regions, related queries and Trending Now, a pytrends alternative
• YouTube Scraper: videos, channels, Shorts, comments, subtitles and community posts without the API quota
• Bilibili Scraper: videos, creators, full comment threads and danmaku from B站, no login
• Google Hotels Scraper: hotel prices from every booking site across dates, room rates and reviews
• Google Ads Transparency Scraper: every Google ad a competitor runs, with the real ad copy
• Threads Hashtag & Keyword Monitor: only the new posts for your keywords and #hashtags, for scheduled runs

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