# Threads Scraper: Profiles & Posts (`tindacloud/threads-scraper`) Actor

Scrape public Threads (by Meta) profiles and posts without login: followers, bio, verification, post text, likes, replies, reposts, quotes, images, videos and links. Bulk profiles, fast, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tindacloud/threads-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Seungki Min](https://apify.com/tindacloud) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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.

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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 Scraper: Profiles & Posts

Scrape **public Threads profiles and posts** without logging in. Add usernames or profile URLs and get follower counts, bios, verification, and each profile's recent posts with **text, likes, replies, reposts, quotes, images, videos and link previews**, in clean rows ready for analysis.

### Why this scraper

- **No login, no cookies, no browser.** Fast HTTP requests only: 10 profiles and 80 posts in about 40 seconds in testing.
- **Engagement metrics on every post:** likes, replies, reposts, quotes and shares, plus the author's follower count and verification, so you can compute engagement rates right away.
- **Full post content:**
  - text, publish time, detected language
  - image, video and carousel media URLs
  - link previews, quoted and reposted posts
  - pinned posts, and follow-up posts in the author's own threads
- **Bulk profiles.** Process many accounts per run; missing or private accounts are skipped quickly without being charged.
- **Three output modes.** Posts (with author stats), profiles only (cheap audience checks), or both.
- **Date filter.** Keep only posts published after a given day.

### Input example

```json
{
  "usernames": ["zuck", "https://www.threads.com/@nasa", "@netflix"],
  "mode": "both",
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 30,
  "includeSelfThreadReplies": true,
  "postedAfter": "2026-09-01"
}
```

### Output examples

**Profile**

```json
{
  "type": "profile",
  "username": "nasa",
  "fullName": "NASA",
  "userId": "28829152388",
  "isVerified": true,
  "followerCount": 12737290,
  "biography": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
  "bioLinks": [],
  "profileUrl": "https://www.threads.com/@nasa"
}
```

**Post**

```json
{
  "type": "post",
  "postId": "3917199181999591572",
  "code": "DZcr-bdiVCU",
  "url": "https://www.threads.com/@nike/post/DZcr-bdiVCU",
  "username": "nike",
  "text": "Dear Football, Eric Cantona has a message for you.",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T14:02:58.000Z",
  "likeCount": 511,
  "replyCount": 27,
  "repostCount": 40,
  "quoteCount": 3,
  "shareCount": 15,
  "isReplyInThread": false,
  "isPinned": false,
  "language": null,
  "media": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "url": "https://scontent-hou1-1.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t16/f2/m84/AQN…",
      "thumbnail": "https://scontent-hou1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/721151782_1287538230210612_2941108055147219641_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_cat=100&ig_cache_key=MzkxNzE5OTE4MTk5OTU5MTU3Mg%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkZFRUQueHBpZHMuNjQwLnNkci52aWRlb19kZWZhdWx0X2NvdmVyX2ZyYW1lLkMzIn0%3D&_nc_ohc=25BnBLjnBGcQ7kNvwEpyGnt&_nc_oc=AdozGm5esVPqp45DiNO9u4YKy0O92foRZd9H3StOfS6uYIYCkUlONuOld5xR_vtiDcM&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-hou1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=-F6W0hPtUHhASIIVnx28pw&_nc_ss=7a22e&oh=00_AQISrNfFC9rpromStBvAb2BXj4Am7uxKZDQL7qXONEDxAg&oe=6AB1A348"
    }
  ],
  "linkPreview": null,
  "authorFollowerCount": 15062887,
  "authorIsVerified": true
}
```

### Use cases

- **Social media & brand monitoring:** track what brands, creators and competitors post and how it performs.
- **Influencer marketing:** vet creators by followers, posting frequency and engagement.
- **Market & trend research:** collect posts from industry voices and media accounts.
- **Content strategy & AI analysis:** feed post text and engagement into dashboards or LLMs.

### Pricing

Pay per record (a profile or a post), plus a negligible start fee per run. Choose *Profiles only* for the cheapest audience checks.

### Monitoring mode

Turn on `onlyNewPosts` and the Actor remembers the posts it already returned for each profile. On the next run you get **only new posts**. Useful for following a set of accounts on a schedule without paying for their whole history each time.

### Notes and limits

- Threads shows logged-out visitors roughly the **latest 25 threads per profile**, including the author's follow-up posts in those threads (often 30–50 posts). Older posts and reply sections under posts are not available without login.
- Only public profiles and posts are collected.
- If something breaks after a Threads change, open an issue and it will be fixed quickly. The scraper also re-detects Threads' internal query automatically when it changes.

### Related Actors

Other scrapers from the same maker, built the same way — no browser where it isn't needed, one flat price per result:

- [YouTube Transcripts](https://apify.com/tindacloud/youtube-transcripts)
- [YouTube Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/tindacloud/youtube-comments-scraper)
- [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/tindacloud/google-news-scraper)
- [Website Contact & Email Scraper](https://apify.com/tindacloud/website-contact-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

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

Threads usernames (with or without @) or profile URLs, e.g. “zuck”, “https://www.threads.com/@nasa”.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Posts include the author's follower count and verification. Choose Profiles only for fast audience checks.

## `maxPostsPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

Newest first. Threads shows logged-out visitors roughly the latest 25 threads per profile (including the author's follow-up posts in each thread).

## `includeSelfThreadReplies` (type: `boolean`):

Threads often continue across several posts by the same author. Turn off to get only the first post of each thread.

## `postedAfter` (type: `string`):

Optional date filter (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `onlyNewPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Monitoring mode. Remembers the posts you already pulled for each profile and returns only ones posted since. Run it on a schedule to follow accounts — you pay only for new posts.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many records. You are charged per record.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Apify datacenter proxy works for public Threads profiles.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "zuck",
    "nasa"
  ],
  "mode": "posts",
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 50,
  "includeSelfThreadReplies": true,
  "onlyNewPosts": false,
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `records` (type: `string`):

All profiles and posts in a table view.

# 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": [
        "zuck",
        "nasa"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tindacloud/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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "usernames": [
        "zuck",
        "nasa",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tindacloud/threads-scraper").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": [
    "zuck",
    "nasa"
  ]
}' |
apify call tindacloud/threads-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/PDfPqsvI9xFPWo300/builds/gGZGx1DrCUFLFnfDb/openapi.json