# Threads Scraper - Profiles & Posts (`swerve/threads-scraper`) Actor Scrape Threads (Meta) profiles and recent posts in bulk. Get followers, bio, verified status, and posts with likes, replies, reposts and media by username. No login or API key. Pay per result. - **URL**: https://apify.com/swerve/threads-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Swerve](https://apify.com/swerve) (community) - **Categories:** Social media - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Threads Scraper - Profiles & Posts Scrape **Threads** (Meta's Threads, threads.com) in bulk. Paste a list of handles or profile URLs and get each account's followers, bio and verified status, plus its recent posts with likes, replies, reposts, quotes and media. **No login and no API key.** ### What you can do with it - Pull follower counts, bios and verified status for a list of Threads creators - Collect each account's recent posts with full engagement for monitoring and research - Track how a competitor's or brand's Threads following and posts change over time - Enrich a list of Threads handles with profile and post data for outreach ### Input | Field | What it does | Example | |-------|--------------|---------| | **Threads usernames** | The accounts to scrape, as handles or profile URLs. | `zuck`, `@mosseri`, `https://www.threads.com/@natgeo` | | **Include recent posts** | Also return each profile's recent posts (likes, replies, reposts, quotes, media). On by default. | on | ### Output One profile row per username, plus one row per recent post (each row has a `type`). Profile: ```json { "type": "profile", "username": "zuck", "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck", "fullName": "Mark Zuckerberg", "userId": "63055343223", "biography": "Mostly superintelligence and MMA takes", "followerCount": 5673739, "isVerified": true, "profilePicUrl": "https://.../profile.jpg" } ```` Post: ```json { "type": "post", "postId": "3937491905269768921", "code": "DakyAavlKLZ", "url": "https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DakyAavlKLZ", "authorUsername": "zuck", "text": "Today we're releasing...", "takenAt": "2026-07-09T14:00:34.000Z", "likeCount": 2787, "replyCount": 639, "repostCount": 192, "quoteCount": 62, "imageUrl": "https://.../image.jpg", "hasMedia": true } ``` ### How it works Every Threads profile page renders the account data and its recent posts as JSON. This actor reads that JSON directly over a residential connection (used by default for reliability), so it is fast and needs no login and no API key. ### Limits - Public accounts only. Private accounts return their profile with limited data. - Posts are the account's most recent posts. Threads keeps an account's full back-catalogue behind a signed endpoint, so this actor covers profiles plus recent posts, which are reliably available. - Reply text is not returned (reply counts are). ### Pricing Pay per result. You only pay for the profiles and posts you actually get. # Actor input Schema ## `usernames` (type: `array`): Paste Threads handles or profile URLs. Examples: zuck, @mosseri, https://www.threads.com/@natgeo . One profile row plus its recent posts are returned per username. ## `includePosts` (type: `boolean`): Also return each profile's recent posts with likes, replies, reposts, quotes and media. On by default. Turn off for profile stats only. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Optional overall cap on rows (profiles plus posts). Leave blank for everything. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Threads is scraped through a residential proxy by default for reliability. Leave as is unless you have a reason to change it. ## Actor input object example ```json { "usernames": [ "zuck", "mosseri" ], "includePosts": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "usernames": [ "zuck", "mosseri" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("swerve/threads-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "usernames": [ "zuck", "mosseri", ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("swerve/threads-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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": [ "zuck", "mosseri" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call swerve/threads-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=swerve/threads-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Threads Scraper - Profiles & Posts", "description": "Scrape Threads (Meta) profiles and recent posts in bulk. Get followers, bio, verified status, and posts with likes, replies, reposts and media by username. No login or API key. Pay per result.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "WZ0GJYnOMuOeEqlqV" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/swerve~threads-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-swerve-threads-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/swerve~threads-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-swerve-threads-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/swerve~threads-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-swerve-threads-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "usernames": { "title": "Threads usernames", "type": "array", "description": "Paste Threads handles or profile URLs. Examples: zuck, @mosseri, https://www.threads.com/@natgeo . One profile row plus its recent posts are returned per username.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "includePosts": { "title": "Include recent posts", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also return each profile's recent posts with likes, replies, reposts, quotes and media. On by default. Turn off for profile stats only.", "default": true }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max rows in total", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional overall cap on rows (profiles plus posts). Leave blank for everything." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "Threads is scraped through a residential proxy by default for reliability. Leave as is unless you have a reason to change it.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```