# Social Media Phone Finder (`caprolok/social-media-phone-finder`) Actor

Extract phone numbers from websites and social media profiles—like TikTok and Twitter. Works with URLs, usernames, or keyword searches. Perfect for lead generation, data scraping, and enrichment workflows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/caprolok/social-media-phone-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Caprolok](https://apify.com/caprolok) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 75 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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.
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Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Social Media Phone Finder

Find social profiles by niche keyword and extract publicly listed phone numbers across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter (X), Threads, Reddit, Facebook, and VK.

### Expected hit-rate (honest)

Public phones on social SERP are **much rarer** than emails. Many profiles seed **0** numbers even when the search returns profile links. Enrichment can add a few more, but treat this Actor as sparse contact discovery - not a phone directory.

### What you can extract

- Validated E.164 `phone_numbers[]` (invalid strings dropped before charge)
- `phone` (primary), best-effort `phone_country`, `phone_line_type` (usually `unknown`)
- Name, username, about / bio
- Platform, profile link, thumbnail
- Followers / following / posts when present
- Keyword used for the run

### Phone mode

| Mode | Bias |
| ---- | ---- |
| `creator` (default) | WhatsApp / call-me / +country style bios |
| `local_business` | call us / hours / store wording (IG and Facebook often better) |

### Link-in-bio (Linktree)

When `include_link_in_bio` is on (default), after platform profiles the Actor runs a capped `site:linktr.ee` filler (`platform: linktree`). Prefer `SEARCH_CONFIG.indexes.LINKTREE_BIOS`; exploded social-only stores often return 0 (fail-open).

### How to use

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open the [Social Media Phone Finder](https://apify.com/caprolok/social-media-phone-finder) on Apify.
3. Enter a keyword, choose platforms, set max results (optional `phone_mode` / `include_link_in_bio` / location / exclusions).
4. Click Start, then download JSON / CSV / Excel or use the API.

### Pricing

This actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing.

| Event | When it charges |
| ----- | --------------- |
| `data_request` (primary) | Once per profile row with ≥1 validated E.164 phone |
| `platform_usage` | Usage true-up based on Apify platform compute |

Free users are capped and may see upgrade placeholders after a small reveal. Set the Console Monetization primary event to `data_request`.

### Input parameters

| Field | Type | Description | Required |
| ----- | ---- | ----------- | -------- |
| `keyword` | string | Niche or industry keyword | Yes |
| `platforms` | array of string | One or more of `INSTAGRAM`, `TIKTOK`, `YOUTUBE`, `TWITTER`, `THREADS`, `REDDIT`, `FACEBOOK`, `VK` | Yes |
| `max_results` | integer | Max profiles with phone numbers (default 10) | Yes |
| `phone_mode` | string | `creator` or `local_business` | No |
| `include_link_in_bio` | boolean | Linktree filler pass (default true) | No |
| `location` | string | Country filter (e.g. `US`) | No |
| `exclusions` | array of string | Keywords / usernames to exclude | No |

#### Sample input

```json
{
    "keyword": "marketing",
    "platforms": ["INSTAGRAM"],
    "location": "US",
    "max_results": 10,
    "phone_mode": "creator"
}
```

### Sample output

```json
[
  {
    "contentType": "profile",
    "phone_numbers": ["+15551234567"],
    "phone": "+15551234567",
    "phone_country": "US/CA",
    "phone_line_type": "unknown",
    "keyword": "marketing",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "user_link": "https://www.instagram.com/example",
    "username": "example"
  }
]
```

### Support

Questions or feature requests: open an issue on the actor page or contact the publisher via Apify.

### Related scrapers

| Actor | Use for |
| ----- | ------- |
| [Social Media Email Finder](https://apify.com/caprolok/social-media-email-finder) | Public emails by niche |
| [Social Media Profile Extractor](https://apify.com/caprolok/social-media-profile-extractor) | Enrich known handles |
| [Social Media Influencer Finder](https://apify.com/caprolok/social-media-influencer-finder) | Creator shortlist |
| [Social Media Posts Extractor](https://apify.com/caprolok/social-media-posts-extractor) | Posts from known accounts |
| [Social Media Hashtag Posts Extractor](https://apify.com/caprolok/social-media-hashtag-posts-extractor) | Niche hashtag / keyword posts |

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Keyword, niche, or industry to find relevant profiles (e.g. marketing).

## `location` (type: `string`):

Restrict search to a specific country (e.g. US).

## `platforms` (type: `array`):

Select one or more platforms to search for profiles with phone numbers.

## `exclusions` (type: `array`):

Exclude usernames, keywords, or domains from results.

## `phone_mode` (type: `string`):

creator = WhatsApp / call-me style bios; local\_business = store / hours / call-us bias (IG/FB often better).

## `include_link_in_bio` (type: `boolean`):

After platform search, fill remaining slots from site:linktr.ee. Fail-open if the index has no Linktree pages.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of profiles with phone numbers to return across selected platforms.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "marketing",
  "platforms": [
    "INSTAGRAM"
  ],
  "exclusions": [],
  "phone_mode": "creator",
  "include_link_in_bio": true,
  "max_results": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset of profiles with phone numbers, usernames, and profile links.

# 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 = {
    "keyword": "marketing",
    "platforms": [
        "INSTAGRAM"
    ],
    "exclusions": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("caprolok/social-media-phone-finder").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 = {
    "keyword": "marketing",
    "platforms": ["INSTAGRAM"],
    "exclusions": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("caprolok/social-media-phone-finder").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 '{
  "keyword": "marketing",
  "platforms": [
    "INSTAGRAM"
  ],
  "exclusions": []
}' |
apify call caprolok/social-media-phone-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=caprolok/social-media-phone-finder",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VFMCBOcd2yE5YpuXZ/builds/F87NNzGd9cqU10BNO/openapi.json