Threads Profile Scraper

What does it do?

Threads Profile Scraper extracts data from Meta's Threads social media platform. It visits profile pages and collects posts, engagement metrics, follower counts, bios, and other publicly visible profile information. The actor uses a real browser (Puppeteer) to render Threads pages and extract structured data that you can export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Why use this actor?

Threads is Meta's fast-growing text-based social platform. This scraper enables you to monitor influencer activity, track brand mentions, analyze engagement patterns, and gather competitive intelligence from Threads profiles. It handles the dynamic JavaScript rendering required by the Threads platform automatically.

How to use it

1. Go to the actor's page on the Apify platform.
2. Click Start to open the input configuration.
3. Enter one or more Threads usernames (without the @ symbol).
4. Set the maximum number of posts per profile.
5. Click Start and wait for the results.
6. Download your data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format from the Dataset tab.

You can also call this actor via the Apify API to integrate it into your workflows and automation pipelines.

Input configuration

Field	Type	Description	Default
profiles	array	List of Threads usernames to scrape	["zuck", "mosseri"]
maxPosts	integer	Max posts to collect per profile	100
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings	Apify Proxy

Output data

Each item in the dataset contains:

{
    "username": "zuck",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.threads.net/@zuck",
    "profileFollowers": 12500000,
    "bio": "Meta CEO",
    "postText": "Excited about the latest updates...",
    "likes": 45230,
    "replies": 1203,
    "reposts": 890,
    "postedAt": "2026-02-19T12:00:00.000Z",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-02-19T14:30:00.000Z"
}

Cost of usage

This actor uses Puppeteer (headful browser), which consumes more compute than lightweight scrapers. A typical run scraping 2 profiles with up to 100 posts each takes about 2-5 minutes and costs approximately $0.05-0.15 in platform credits. Using residential proxies will increase costs. The actor is priced at $0.75 per 1,000 results with pay-per-event pricing.

Tips

• Start with a small number of profiles to test before scaling up.
• Threads may require login for some content; this scraper accesses publicly available data only.
• Use the Apify scheduler to run the scraper periodically and track profile changes over time.
• If you get blocked, try enabling residential proxies in the proxy configuration.
• The actor works best with public profiles that have visible posts.
• Combine this with other social media scrapers to build a complete brand monitoring pipeline.

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