# Username Checker - Social Media Handle Availability (10 Sites) (`s-r/cross-platform-handle-checker`) Actor

Check if a username is available across Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Threads, Snapchat, Pinterest, GitHub, Reddit and LinkedIn in one run. Social media handle availability, follower reach and verified status - brand protection and creator vetting.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/s-r/cross-platform-handle-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [SR](https://apify.com/s-r) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $12.00 / 1,000 platform checkeds

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#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.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Cross-Platform Handle Checker

Give it one username and see, across **Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Threads,
Snapchat, Pinterest, GitHub, Reddit and LinkedIn**, where that handle exists,
where it's still free, and a quick profile snapshot (followers, verified, name)
wherever it's taken — in a single run.

### Two things at once

- **Availability** — which platforms still have `@yourbrand` free (brand
  protection, launch planning, squatting checks).
- **Profile snapshot** — for platforms where the handle exists, the follower
  count, verified badge, display name and profile URL.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `handle` | The username to check (with or without `@`). One per run. Required. |
| `platforms` | Which platforms to check. Defaults to all ten. |

### Output

The first row is a `handle_summary` (present-on, still-available, verified-on,
total followers). Then one `presence` row per platform: `exists`, resolved
`handle`, `name`, `followers`, `verified`, the public `url`, and platform-specific
extras. A platform that can't be reached returns `exists:false` with an `error`
so a single failure never sinks the run.

### Uses

- **Brand protection** — claim your handle everywhere before someone else does.
- **Influencer / creator vetting** — one person's reach across every platform.
- **Social footprint audits** — a brand's presence and follower spread at a glance.

Follower counts are reported where a platform exposes them; some platforms return
presence and profile identity but not a public follower number.

# Actor input Schema

## `handle` (type: `string`):

The username to check across platforms (with or without @). One per run.

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

Which platforms to check. Defaults to all.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many sub-scrapers to run at once. Keep at or below your plan's concurrent-run limit (free plan = 5).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "handle": "nike",
  "platforms": [
    "instagram",
    "tiktok",
    "x",
    "youtube",
    "threads",
    "snapchat",
    "pinterest",
    "github",
    "reddit",
    "linkedin"
  ],
  "concurrency": 4
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `presence` (type: `string`):

One row per platform: exists, handle, followers, verified, url.

# 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 = {
    "handle": "nike",
    "platforms": [
        "instagram",
        "tiktok",
        "x",
        "youtube",
        "threads",
        "snapchat",
        "pinterest",
        "github",
        "reddit",
        "linkedin"
    ],
    "concurrency": 4
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("s-r/cross-platform-handle-checker").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 = {
    "handle": "nike",
    "platforms": [
        "instagram",
        "tiktok",
        "x",
        "youtube",
        "threads",
        "snapchat",
        "pinterest",
        "github",
        "reddit",
        "linkedin",
    ],
    "concurrency": 4,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("s-r/cross-platform-handle-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "handle": "nike",
  "platforms": [
    "instagram",
    "tiktok",
    "x",
    "youtube",
    "threads",
    "snapchat",
    "pinterest",
    "github",
    "reddit",
    "linkedin"
  ],
  "concurrency": 4
}' |
apify call s-r/cross-platform-handle-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,s-r/cross-platform-handle-checker"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/ffq8tiw3tGFbMMziP/builds/YK8Q9ZgMgcpNLpOuj/openapi.json