Threads Search Scraper - Posts, Users, Replies & Profiles

Search Threads by keyword, find accounts, export the replies on any post and look up profile details in bulk. No login, no cookies, no Threads account needed.

One actor, four modes:

Mode	You give it	You get
Search posts by keyword	Keywords or #hashtags, optional date range	Matching posts with text, engagement counts, media and author
Search users by keyword	Keywords or names	Matching accounts, optionally with bio, follower count and bio links
Replies on post URLs	Threads post URLs	The post plus its replies, and optionally replies to replies
Profile details for usernames	A list of usernames	Bio, follower count, verified badge, bio links, topics and profile picture

What you get

Posts and replies (type: "post" or "reply")

• Post URL, post ID, shortcode, full text and publish time (createdAt)
• Likes, replies, reposts, quotes, and views (views are shown for posts opened by URL)
• Media type (text, image, video, carousel, GIF), image URLs, video URL and alt text
• Topic tag, hashtags, @mentions, links in the text, link preview URL and title
• Quoted post URL, whether the post is a reply and who it replies to
• Author username, display name, user ID, verified badge, profile picture and profile URL
• For replies: parentPostUrl, sourcePostUrl and depth (1 = direct reply, 2 = reply to a reply, ...)
• For search results: the searchQuery that found the post

Profiles (type: "profile")

• Username, display name, user ID, profile URL, verified badge, private flag
• Biography, follower count, bio links and the topics the profile posts about
• Profile picture (standard and HD)
• For user search results: the searchQuery that found the account

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets from the Dataset tab, or pull results through the Apify API.

Use cases

• Social listening and brand monitoring: track what people say on Threads about your brand, product or competitors, day by day
• Trend and hashtag research: collect every post on a topic for a date range and see what gets the most engagement
• Influencer discovery and lead generation: find creators by keyword, then pull their follower counts, bios and bio links in bulk
• Audience and sentiment analysis: export the full reply thread under a viral post for analysis or an LLM
• Competitor analysis: compare follower counts and bio links across a list of accounts

How to use

Search posts by keyword

1. Choose Search posts by keyword.
2. Add one or more keywords in Search keywords. Short keywords and hashtags give the most results.
3. Optional: set Start date and End date to search a specific period.
4. Set Max posts per keyword (default 50) and Max requests per keyword (default 10).
5. Run the actor.

Without dates, the actor starts from the latest posts and then goes back one day at a time. With dates, it goes back one day at a time from the end date to the start date. Each day returns up to about 20 posts, so Max requests per keyword is roughly how many days get scanned.

To go further back in time: the run log ends with a line like To go further back, set End date to 2026-09-19. Put that date in End date and run again.

Search users by keyword

1. Choose Search users by keyword and add keywords. Each keyword returns about 10 matching accounts.
2. Turn on Include full profile details if you also want bio, follower count and bio links for every account found.

Replies on post URLs

1. Choose Replies on post URLs and paste one or more post URLs (threads.com/@user/post/CODE, threads.net/... and threads.com/t/CODE all work).
2. Keep Include the original post on to get a row for the post itself, with its view count.
3. Turn on Include replies to replies to open every reply that has its own replies. Max requests per post limits how many reply branches are opened.

Threads shows logged-out visitors only the first 5 to 10 direct replies on a post, and the actor returns the same. With Include replies to replies on, the actor also collects the conversations under those replies, several levels deep.

Profile details for usernames

1. Choose Profile details for usernames.
2. Paste usernames or profile URLs, one per line (with or without @).

Private or missing accounts are skipped and noted in the log.

Input example

{
  "mode": "searchPosts",
  "searchQueries": ["basketball", "#wnba"],
  "startDate": "2026-09-01",
  "endDate": "2026-09-07",
  "maxPostsPerQuery": 100,
  "maxRequestsPerKeyword": 7
}

Output example

Post from a keyword search:

{
  "type": "post",
  "postId": "3993746224234379567",
  "code": "Ddsowf6jDkv",
  "url": "https://www.threads.com/@iamedgardosy/post/Ddsowf6jDkv",
  "text": "Unang biyernes sa Doha, later basketball game naman 🏀",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-25T04:47:52.000Z",
  "likeCount": 32,
  "replyCount": 1,
  "repostCount": 0,
  "quoteCount": 0,
  "viewCount": null,
  "mediaType": "image",
  "imageUrls": ["https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/..."],
  "altText": null,
  "videoUrl": null,
  "topic": null,
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "links": [],
  "linkPreviewUrl": null,
  "linkPreviewTitle": null,
  "isReply": false,
  "replyToUsername": null,
  "quotedPostUrl": null,
  "authorUsername": "iamedgardosy",
  "authorFullName": "Tito EdSy",
  "authorId": "38941220960",
  "authorIsVerified": false,
  "authorProfilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "authorProfileUrl": "https://www.threads.com/@iamedgardosy",
  "searchQuery": "basketball",
  "sourcePostUrl": null,
  "parentPostUrl": null,
  "depth": null,
  "isAuthorThread": false
}

Profile:

{
  "type": "profile",
  "username": "sportsillustrated",
  "userId": "63496592589",
  "fullName": "Sports Illustrated",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.threads.com/@sportsillustrated",
  "isVerified": true,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "biography": "Sports, sports and more sports.",
  "followerCount": 632515,
  "bioLinks": ["https://lnk.bio/sportsillustrated"],
  "topics": ["UFC Threads", "Boxing Threads", "Wrestling Threads"],
  "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "profilePicUrlHd": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "searchQuery": null,
  "detailsFetched": true
}

Pricing

You pay per result pushed to the dataset:

• post-result: each post or reply row
• profile-result: each profile row

Duplicates are removed before charging, so each post is charged once per keyword even when two days overlap.

Tips

• Want a profile's own recent posts? Use our Threads Posts Scraper.
• Keyword search is not case sensitive. Multi-word phrases work, but single words and hashtags return more posts.
• Engagement counts are captured at the time of the run.
• The free plan returns up to 50 results per run. Upgrade to a paid Apify plan to remove the limit.

FAQ

Do I need a Threads or Instagram account? No. The actor only reads public data.

Can I get every reply on a post with hundreds of replies? No. Threads shows logged-out visitors only the first 5 to 10 direct replies on a post. With Include replies to replies on, you also get the conversations under those replies.

Why do some posts in a date search fall a few hours outside the day? Threads groups posts by day in its own time zone, so posts close to midnight UTC can show up in the day before or after.