X (Twitter) Similar Accounts Finder - Lookalike Profiles

Find X (Twitter) accounts similar to any profile: peers, competitors and lookalike creators in the same niche. Every result is scored for how closely it matches and comes with a one-line reason why. No login required.

X has no public "similar accounts" list. This actor builds one from the strongest signals an account gives off: who it talks to, who it chooses to follow and which accounts describe themselves the same way. It then reads each candidate's bio and size, compares it with the account you gave it, and keeps only the ones that are actually alike, so you don't get a list padded with Elon Musk and the New York Times.

What you get

Each dataset record is one similar account:

• similarityScore (0-100), how closely it matches the account you entered
• reason, a short plain-English explanation, e.g. "Solo maker shipping bootstrapped startups, closely matching the build-in-public SaaS profile."
• source, how the account was found: mentions (the seed replies to, mentions, retweets or quotes it), following (the seed follows it) or search (matched a niche search). sources lists every way it was found.
• username, name, url, userId, profilePicture
• bio, location
• followers, following, tweetsCount
• verified
• seedUsername, the account it is similar to

The Key-value store tab also has a SEED_PROFILES record showing how each input account was understood: its niche, audience, account type and the keywords used to search for peers.

Use cases

• Competitor research: map the founders, brands and media accounts competing for the same audience
• Influencer and creator discovery: start from one creator you like and find more like them
• Lead generation: build prospect lists of similar accounts, filtered by follower count or verified status
• Partnership and collab outreach: find accounts in the same niche to co-promote with
• Audience and market mapping: see who else is active in a niche and how big they are

How to use

1. Enter one or more X usernames (with or without @, or paste the profile URL)
2. Set Max results per username (default 25)
3. Optionally set Minimum followers to skip small accounts, or turn on Verified accounts only
4. Optionally list Exclude usernames you already know about
5. Run the actor. Results appear in the Dataset tab and can be exported to JSON, CSV or Excel, or sent to Google Sheets

How it works

1. Reads the account's profile and about 40 of its latest posts to work out its niche, audience and type
2. Collects candidates from the accounts it interacts with and the accounts it most recently followed
3. Scores every candidate's bio and size against the seed account, strongest signals first
4. Only if those run dry, searches X for accounts in the same niche and scores those too
5. Stops as soon as it has the number of matches you asked for

Only accounts scoring 70 or more are returned. If very few candidates are a close match, the run stops early and says so rather than returning weak matches.

Example input

{
  "usernames": ["levelsio", "nba"],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "minFollowers": 1000,
  "excludeHandles": ["elonmusk"]
}

Example output

{
  "seedUsername": "levelsio",
  "username": "marc_louvion",
  "name": "Marc Lou",
  "url": "https://x.com/marc_louvion",
  "userId": "1234567890",
  "bio": "Shipping startups fast...",
  "followers": 200000,
  "following": 500,
  "tweetsCount": 30000,
  "verified": true,
  "location": "Bali",
  "profilePicture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/...",
  "similarityScore": 95,
  "reason": "Solo maker shipping bootstrapped startups in public, the same indie hacker niche.",
  "source": "mentions",
  "sources": ["mentions", "following"]
}

Pricing

You pay a small fee per username analyzed, plus a fee per similar account returned. Accounts that don't make the cut are never charged.

FAQ

Does it work for private (protected) accounts? Only partly. Protected accounts don't share their posts or follows, so there is less to go on and results will be thinner.

Why are big accounts the seed follows missing? Following someone doesn't make them similar. A founder who follows a celebrity CEO gets other founders back, not the CEO.

Can I get more than one run's worth? Raise Max results per username. If the actor stops early, it has run out of close matches for that account.