# Threads Profile Scraper API 💰$2/1K: Followers & Posts (`spellzcode/threads-profile-data`) Actor

Get public Threads profiles by username: followers, bio, verified status and recent posts with likes. No login or cookies needed. Accounts not found are free. Pay per profile.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/spellzcode/threads-profile-data.md
- **Developed by:** [Mårten Fitzback](https://apify.com/spellzcode) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 profile founds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Threads Profile Scraper: Followers, Bio, Recent Posts

Give it Threads usernames and get each profile with its recent posts. Useful for competitor tracking, creator research and brand monitoring.

**You pay only for profiles found.** Accounts not available and refused pages come back with the reason and cost nothing.

### What you get

| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| `username`, `name`, `url` | Who they are |
| `followers`, `verified` | Public stats |
| `bio`, `avatarUrl` | Profile details |
| `recentPosts`, `postsReturned` | The posts shown on the public page, with text and likes |
| `status`, `error` | `ok`, `not_found` or `refused`, and why |

### Limits

It reads public Threads pages one at a time, without logging in, without proxies and without solving CAPTCHAs. If Threads refuses repeatedly, the run stops, says so and charges nothing for those pages, so very large jobs may need several runs. Only the few posts on the public page are returned. Not affiliated with Threads. You are responsible for using the data lawfully, including the site's terms and privacy law such as GDPR.

### Example output

```json
{
  "query": "nba",
  "status": "ok",
  "username": "nba",
  "name": "NBA",
  "followers": 12195965,
  "verified": true,
  "bio": "…",
  "avatarUrl": "https://…",
  "postsReturned": 4,
  "recentPosts": [
    {
      "text": "…",
      "likes": 86,
      "postedAt": "2026-10-28T12:10:39.000Z",
      "url": "https://www.threads.com/@nba/post/…"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.threads.com/@nba"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.002 per profile found** ($2 per 1,000), with 10-30% off on paid Apify plans, plus a tiny start fee of $0.00005. Apify's platform usage is included in the price. Apify's free monthly credit covers a first test.

### Questions

Found a problem? Open an issue on the Issues tab and it will be looked at.

### Related tools

- [TikTok Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/spellzcode/tiktok-profile-data): followers, likes and bio for TikTok accounts by link
- [LinkedIn Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/spellzcode/linkedin-profile-data): public LinkedIn profiles by link
- [Contact Details Scraper](https://apify.com/spellzcode/website-contact-extractor): public emails, phones and social links from company websites
- [All SpellzCode actors](https://github.com/Nutshell2000/spellzcode-apify-actors)

Tutorial: [keep your CRM's job titles current from LinkedIn profile links](https://dev.to/spellzcode/keep-your-crms-job-titles-current-from-linkedin-profile-links-without-logging-in-or-using-cookies-3pkk)

# Actor input Schema

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Threads usernames or profile links.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "nba",
    "https://www.threads.com/@nasa"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per result.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "usernames": [
        "nba",
        "https://www.threads.com/@nasa"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("spellzcode/threads-profile-data").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "usernames": [
        "nba",
        "https://www.threads.com/@nasa",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("spellzcode/threads-profile-data").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "usernames": [
    "nba",
    "https://www.threads.com/@nasa"
  ]
}' |
apify call spellzcode/threads-profile-data --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,spellzcode/threads-profile-data"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/4RwlTLvYlCVz5ku1m/builds/MsjuCCCJh7UjfdBeJ/openapi.json