X (Twitter) User Tweets Scraper 🐦

Scrape recent tweets from any public X/Twitter user by username — no login, no API key, no developer account. Give it a list of handles, get clean structured tweets (text, metrics, media, links) as JSON. Built for reliability: it fetches straight from x.com and self-heals when X changes its internals.

💵 $0.05 per 1,000 tweets — one of the cheapest X scrapers on Apify (most cost $0.15–$0.40).

✨ What you get

• Just usernames in → tweets out. ["elonmusk", "nasa"] → their latest tweets.
• Rich structured data per tweet — text, created date, like/retweet/reply/quote/bookmark/view counts, language, media (images + video URLs), hashtags, mentions, links, and flags for retweet/reply/quote.
• Pagination — pull up to ~3,200 tweets per user (X's public timeline cap).
• No X API needed — no $200/mo X API tier, no app registration, no OAuth.
• Reliable — auto-harvests X's rotating GraphQL query-ids on every run, so it keeps working when other scrapers break. Residential proxies + Chrome TLS fingerprinting get clean responses.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Description
handles	array (required)	Usernames with or without @, or full profile URLs. e.g. ["elonmusk", "@nasa", "https://x.com/spacex"]
tweetsPerHandle	integer	Max tweets per user (default 20, up to 3200)
includeReplies	boolean	Include the user's replies (default false)
includeRetweets	boolean	Include retweets, shown as the original author (default true)
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy (required). Datacenter (default) is cheapest and works; switch to Residential for very high-volume runs

{
  "handles": ["elonmusk", "nasa"],
  "tweetsPerHandle": 50,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "includeRetweets": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

📤 Output

One dataset item per tweet:

{
  "id": "2069445014787129590",
  "url": "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2069445014787129590",
  "text": "…",
  "createdAt": "2026-06-23T15:38:34+00:00",
  "authorUserName": "elonmusk",
  "authorName": "Elon Musk",
  "authorId": "44196397",
  "replyCount": 12043, "retweetCount": 8021, "likeCount": 91244,
  "quoteCount": 410, "bookmarkCount": 1900, "viewCount": 12840322,
  "lang": "en",
  "isRetweet": false, "isReply": false, "isQuote": false,
  "hashtags": [], "mentions": [], "links": [],
  "media": [{ "type": "photo", "imageUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/…" }],
  "queryHandle": "elonmusk"
}

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull via the Apify API.

💵 Pricing — $0.05 / 1,000 tweets

Just $0.05 per 1,000 tweets (pay-per-result) — among the cheapest X scrapers on Apify (most charge $0.15–$0.40 per 1,000). No monthly fee, no commitment, no API key; you only pay for tweets you actually get.

⚙️ How it works / reliability

It calls x.com's own guest GraphQL endpoints (the same ones the website uses), through Apify Proxy with a real Chrome TLS fingerprint, and auto-discovers X's GraphQL query-ids from x.com's JavaScript (cached ~6h) — so when X rotates them (which breaks most scrapers), this one adapts automatically.

⚠️ Limitations

• Public accounts only — protected/suspended accounts return nothing.
• User timelines only (v1) — keyword/hashtag search and full conversation threads aren't included yet (X gates search behind login).
• Counts/fields reflect what X exposes publicly at fetch time.

❓ FAQ

Do I need an X account or API key? No. Which proxy? Apify Proxy is required. Datacenter (the default) works and is cheapest; pick Residential only for very high-volume runs or if datacenter ever gets blocked. Will it break when X changes their API? It auto-harvests query-ids (cached ~6h) to stay ahead of rotations; if X makes a deeper change, updates ship quickly.

⚖️ Legal

Scrapes only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the output in line with X's terms and applicable laws (e.g. GDPR/CCPA) — don't use it to harass, profile, or for prohibited purposes.