User Scraper

Understand X accounts beyond tweets with profile data, followers, or following data for research, outreach, and audience analysis.

About SIMO IT

SIMO IT provides actionable scraping solutions that convert social graph data into growth and research signals.

Features

• collect profile data for one or many X handles
• fetch only followers as a flat dataset
• fetch only following as a flat dataset
• analyze network overlap and relationship patterns
• build lead lists and influencer maps

Use cases

• account research before outreach and partnerships
• audience and community analysis
• profile segmentation for sales and marketing campaigns

Output

Choose one output mode per run: user profiles, followers, or following.

How to use

1. Open the Actor on Apify.
2. Provide handles or userUrls.
3. Choose whether you want users, followers, or following.
4. Configure pagination and run the Actor.

No technical setup is required from your side. Backend infrastructure is managed by SIMO IT.

Need a custom plan, custom limits, or a tailored data workflow? Contact contact@simoit.tech.

Related Actors

• Need tweet content instead of account metadata? Use Tweet Scraper.
• Need posts from one selected profile? Use Profile Scraper.
• Need list-based monitoring across curated sources? Use List Scraper.
• Need trend discovery before mapping who matters in a topic? Use Trends Scraper or Global Trending Scraper.

Input

• inputTargetType (string, optional, default: users): Output mode.
  • users: return profile records
  • followers: return follower records for each source handle
  • following: return following records for each source handle
• handles (string, conditionally required): X usernames (without @), comma-separated or new lines.
• userUrls (string, optional): X/Twitter profile URLs (comma-separated or new lines).
• page (integer, optional, default: 1): Starting page number.
• limit (integer, optional, default: 20, max: 100): Records per page.
• maxPages (integer, optional, default: 1): Number of pages to fetch starting from page. Example: page=2 and maxPages=3 fetches pages 2..4.
• followersMaxItems (integer, optional): Maximum followers per handle.
• followingMaxItems (integer, optional): Maximum following per handle.

Filters and pagination

• user target: handles, userUrls
• output mode: inputTargetType
• page controls (followers/following): page, limit, maxPages
• output caps: followersMaxItems, followingMaxItems

Example input

{
  "inputTargetType": "followers",
  "userUrls": "https://x.com/openai, https://twitter.com/apify",
  "limit": 20,
  "followersMaxItems": 100
}

Example output

{
  "source_handle": "openai",
  "source_user_id": 4398626122,
  "relationship": "follower",
  "user": {
    "id": 12345,
    "username": "example_follower",
    "displayname": "Example Follower"
  }
}

FAQ

Do I need my own backend or API setup?
No. This Actor is ready to run on Apify, and backend infrastructure is managed by SIMO IT.

Can I run multiple handles in one job?
Yes. Pass multiple usernames in handles as comma-separated or newline-separated text.

Will this return followers and following by default?
No. The default mode is users. Switch inputTargetType to followers or following.