You can access the 🧵 Threads — Who They Follow programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "urls": ["zuck"],
10    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("scraperx/threads-user-following-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

🧵 Threads — Who They Follow API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use 🧵 Threads — Who They Follow API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

🧵 Threads — Who They Follow API in JavaScript

🧵 Threads — Who They Follow API through CLI

🧵 Threads — Who They Follow OpenAPI definition

🧵 Threads — Who They Follow API

🧵 Threads — Who They Follow

scrapelabsapi/threads-user-following-scraper

ScrapeLabs

🧵 Threads — Who They Follow

scrapeflow/threads-user-following-scraper

ScrapeFlow

Insta Scrape Followers

mraxes/insta-scrape-followers

extract all the information from the username, including who they follow.

Mrakus Raxes

🧵 Threads User Following Scraper

api-empire/threads-user-following-scraper

🧵 Instagram Threads — Who They Follow Scraper pulls any user's following list: usernames, names, bios, links, follower counts, verification & IDs. 📥 Export CSV/JSON. 🔎 Ideal for competitor analysis, influencer discovery, outreach & growth.

API Empire

Threads Liker Scraper

futurizerush/threads-liker-scraper

Extract users who liked any Threads post. Get usernames, display names, profile pictures, follow status, and timestamps. Supports batch processing of multiple posts. Requires a Threads Session ID.