Bulk Social Handle Checker — Instagram, TikTok & X

Check thousands of social handles in one run. Paste a list of usernames or profile URLs and get back, for every one: does it still exist, is it public or private, and what are its follower counts right now.

Influencer lists and CRM records go stale fast — accounts get deleted, renamed, or flipped to private, and the follower count you recorded six months ago is fiction. This actor re-verifies the whole list in a single pass.

What you get

Every record is one handle:

• status — active, private, not_found, or error
• exists — a plain boolean for quick filtering
• isPrivate — whether the account is private or protected
• username — the account's current username as the platform reports it, which reveals renames
• Live counts — followers, following, and post count at check time
• Profile — display name, bio, verification status, profile picture, and any external link in the bio
• userId — the stable numeric platform ID, which survives a username change
• checkedAt — an exact UTC timestamp for every row, so you can prove when a list was last verified

Supported platforms

Instagram, TikTok, and X (Twitter) — all three can be mixed freely in a single run.

Use cases

• Influencer list hygiene — re-verify a creator list before a campaign, and catch the accounts that vanished
• CRM and lead enrichment — confirm the social handles on your contact records still resolve, and refresh follower counts
• Campaign monitoring — track follower growth across a roster of creators by re-running on a schedule and comparing exports
• Fraud and impersonation checks — confirm whether a handle exists and is verified before paying or partnering
• Username availability sweeps — bulk-check whether a set of handles is taken across all three platforms at once
• Deleted account detection — find which accounts in a historical dataset are gone

How to use

1. Paste usernames or profile URLs into Handles, one per line
   • Bare usernames (natgeo, @nasa) are checked against the Default platform
   • Full profile URLs (https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa, https://x.com/nasa) are detected automatically
2. Pick the Default platform for bare usernames
3. Run the actor — results appear in the Dataset tab

Sort or filter the dataset by status to isolate the dead handles, or by followerCount to rank a roster.

Output format

Each dataset record:

{
  "inputHandle": "https://x.com/nasa",
  "platform": "x",
  "username": "NASA",
  "status": "active",
  "exists": true,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "isVerified": true,
  "userId": "11348282",
  "displayName": "NASA",
  "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
  "followerCount": 92278246,
  "followingCount": 119,
  "postCount": 74335,
  "profileUrl": "https://x.com/NASA",
  "profilePicUrl": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/…",
  "externalUrl": "https://t.co/9NkQJKAVks",
  "checkedAt": "2026-08-14T00:26:41.484Z",
  "error": null
}

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets directly from the Apify console.

Notes

• Every handle produces a record, including ones that fail — a handle is never silently dropped from your export, so input and output row counts always line up.
• The username field returns what the platform reports today. If it differs from your inputHandle, the account has been renamed.
• Private accounts still return follower and post counts, since those are public on all three platforms even when the content is not.