Tweet Scraper — X (Twitter) Search, Hashtags & Profiles

Get the tweets of any X (Twitter) account, hashtag, mention, tweet link, reply thread or list, with likes, reposts, replies, views, author and media. No login, no cookies, JSON/CSV/Excel export. Pay only for tweets returned.

What you get

Need	Input	Result
A account's timeline	handles	latest tweets, original only if you wish
Topic tracking	hashtags, searchQuery, mentioning	tweets with date, language and engagement filters
Exact tweets	tweetIds, startUrls	one row per tweet
Conversation	repliesToTweets, quotesOfTweets	replies or quote tweets
Curated feeds	listIds	list timeline
Watching	onlyNewSinceLastRun + a schedule	only tweets you have not received yet

Which X Actor should I use?

You want	Use
Accounts, hashtags, tweet IDs, replies, lists, monitoring	This Actor
Open keyword search with Top/Latest/People/Photos/Media tabs	X Twitter Search Scraper
Profile details (bio, followers)	X Twitter Profile Scraper

Pricing

Pay per tweet returned: $0.002 (volume plans pay less: Silver about 3% off, Gold about 8% off). Start fee $0.00005. Apify platform usage is included in the price. 100 tweets cost about $0.20, 1,000 about $2. Free Apify plan runs return up to 50 tweets per run.

How we compare

	This Actor	Typical rival
Price per tweet	$0.002, platform usage included	$0.00015 to $0.0004, platform usage often extra
Monitor mode (only new tweets)	yes	no
Replies, quotes, lists, tweet IDs in one Actor	yes	usually add-ons or separate Actors
Input checks	bad dates or language stop the run, nothing billed	silent empty result
Run cost	lean, no browser	varies

Input fields

Field	Type	Purpose
searchQuery	string	Keywords or X advanced search syntax
hashtags	array[string]	Hashtags to scrape, one query per hashtag
handles	array[string]	X usernames to scrape via from:username queries
startUrls	array[object]	Direct X.com or twitter.com profile/search URLs
mentioning	string	Username to find tweets that mention that account
sort	string	Latest, Top, or Both
maxTweetsPerQuery	integer	Max tweets per source
lang	string	ISO 639-1 language filter
startDate	string	Since date in YYYY-MM-DD format
endDate	string	Until date in YYYY-MM-DD format
minimumLikes	integer	Minimum likes filter
minimumRetweets	integer	Minimum retweets filter
minimumReplies	integer	Minimum replies filter
onlyVerified	boolean	Verified-account filter
onlyImages	boolean	Image-only filter
onlyVideos	boolean	Video-only filter
excludeReplies	boolean	Excludes reply tweets
excludeRetweets	boolean	Excludes retweets
includeSourceQuery	boolean	Adds source_query to each record
tweetIds	array[string]	Exact tweets by ID or link
repliesToTweets	array[string]	Replies to these tweets
quotesOfTweets	array[string]	Quote tweets of these tweets
listIds	array[string]	Timelines of X Lists
onlyNewSinceLastRun	boolean	Monitor mode: skip tweets returned by earlier runs of the same sources

Focused input example

{"handles": ["OpenAI"], "sort": "Latest", "lang": "en", "maxTweetsPerQuery": 10, "excludeRetweets": true, "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true}

Output fields

Field	Type	Purpose
tweet_id	string	Unique tweet identifier
text	string	Tweet display text
full_text	string	Complete tweet text
author_handle	string	Author username without @
author_name	string	Author display name
author_id	string	Numeric author ID
author_followers	number or null	Followers count
author_following	number or null	Following count
author_verified	boolean	Verified status
created_at	string	Tweet timestamp
like_count	number	Like count
retweet_count	number	Retweet count
reply_count	number	Reply count
quote_count	number	Quote count
view_count	number or null	View count when available
is_reply	boolean	Reply indicator
is_retweet	boolean	Retweet indicator
is_quote	boolean	Quote-tweet indicator
has_media	boolean	Media indicator
media_urls	array[string]	Media URLs
hashtags	array[string]	Hashtags in the tweet
urls	array[string]	Expanded external URLs
lang	string or null	Detected language
conversation_id	string or null	Conversation root ID
in_reply_to_user	string or null	Replied-to username
url	string	Direct tweet permalink
source_url	string	Queried API URL
scraped_at	string	Extraction timestamp

Illustrative output record

{
  "tweet_id": "1773456789012345678",
  "text": "Just launched our new AI product! 🚀 #AI #tech",
  "full_text": "Just launched our new AI product! 🚀 #AI #tech https://t.co/example",
  "author_handle": "openai",
  "author_name": "OpenAI",
  "author_id": "1288285673",
  "author_followers": 2500000,
  "author_following": 342,
  "author_verified": true,
  "created_at": "Mon Mar 25 14:30:00 +0000 2024",
  "like_count": 4200,
  "retweet_count": 1100,
  "reply_count": 830,
  "quote_count": 210,
  "view_count": 980000,
  "is_reply": false,
  "is_retweet": false,
  "is_quote": false,
  "has_media": true,
  "media_urls": ["https://pbs.twimg.com/media/example.jpg"],
  "hashtags": ["AI", "tech"],
  "urls": ["https://openai.com/blog/example"],
  "lang": "en",
  "conversation_id": "1773456789012345678",
  "in_reply_to_user": null,
  "url": "https://x.com/openai/status/1773456789012345678",
  "source_url": "https://twitter.com/i/api/2/search/adaptive.json?q=AI&count=40",
  "scraped_at": "2026-03-31T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Available through Apify MCP as khadinakbar/x-tweet-scraper. Agents can pay per request (x402) with no account setup. Every row has tweet_id, url and source_url for deduplication. Example prompt: "Get the 20 latest English tweets from @OpenAI, originals only, with like counts."

Example with the Apify API

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('khadinakbar/x-tweet-scraper').call({ handles: ['OpenAI'], maxTweetsPerQuery: 5, excludeRetweets: true });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

FAQ

Do I need an X account or cookies?

No. Collection is cookieless.

How does monitor mode work?

Turn on onlyNewSinceLastRun and schedule the Actor. It remembers tweet IDs per set of sources and returns only new ones.

Why are some results fewer than I asked for?

Public data only: deleted, private or protected tweets are not returned. You are charged only for tweets returned.

Can I get an account's followers or bio?

Use the Profile Scraper linked above.

What happens on bad input?

The run stops with INVALID_INPUT and nothing is charged.

How fresh is the data?

Live at the time of the run.

Legal

Collects publicly available data. You are responsible for complying with X's terms and applicable law (GDPR, CCPA) when storing or using personal data.