X (Twitter) Scraper - Tweets, Profiles & Search

Scrape X (Twitter) and export tweets, user profiles and followers to JSON, CSV or Excel. Search tweets by keyword (Top or Latest), pull a single tweet's full details, get a user's profile, list a user's tweets or media posts, or collect an account's followers - all from one Actor. Each result is one clean, flat row with text, views, likes, retweets, replies, media and author data.

No login, no cookies, no proxies and no developer account to configure - data is fetched through a fast, managed pipeline. Just pick an operation, add your input and press Start.

Unofficial notice: This is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to X, Twitter or X Corp. "X" and "Twitter" are trademarks of their respective owners, used here only to describe what the Actor scrapes.

What is X (Twitter)?

X, formerly Twitter, is one of the world's largest real-time social networks, with hundreds of millions of monthly users. It is where news breaks first, where brands, founders, politicians and creators talk to their audiences in public, and where trends form within minutes. This scraper gives you programmatic access to X search, tweets, profiles and followers so you can monitor brands, track topics and research audiences at scale without an X account.

Operations

Pick one Operation and fill in the matching field:

Operation	Input field	What you get
Search tweets by keyword	keywords	Tweets matching each keyword, sorted Top or Latest, with text, media, engagement and author data.
Tweet details	tweetUrls	The full detail of each tweet, including reply context and attached media.
User profile	userUrls	A user's profile: followers, following, tweet and media counts, verification, bio, website, join date.
User's tweets	userUrls	The tweets on a user's timeline (pinned tweet first, then newest), including their retweets and thread replies.
User's media	userUrls	The user's Media tab: their tweets that carry photos or video, with direct image and MP4 links.
User's followers	userUrls	Accounts that follow the user, with handle, name, follower count, location and verification.

tweetUrls accept x.com/<user>/status/<id> and twitter.com/<user>/status/<id> links or bare numeric tweet IDs. userUrls accept profile URLs (https://x.com/nasa), @handles, bare handles or numeric user IDs - one per line.

Looking for the replies to a tweet? Use the X (Twitter) Comments Scraper.

How to use it (step by step)

1. Choose an Operation.
2. Fill in the matching input:
   • Search tweets -> add one or more Search keywords (words, phrases, #hashtags, $cashtags and X search operators such as from:nasa or lang:en all work).
   • Tweet details -> paste Tweet URLs / IDs.
   • User profile / tweets / media / followers -> paste User handles / URLs.
3. Set Maximum results per input (default 100, or 0 for all available) for the paginated operations.
4. For search, optionally set Search sort order (Top or Latest).
5. Press Start. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or via the API.

Input

Field	Type	Description
operation	string	Required. search_tweets, tweet_detail, user_profile, user_tweets, user_media, or user_followers.
keywords	array	Search keywords or X search queries (for search_tweets).
tweetUrls	array	Tweet URLs or numeric tweet IDs (for tweet_detail).
userUrls	array	Profile URLs, @handles or numeric user IDs (for the four user operations).
maxItems	integer	Max results per keyword / user. 0 = all available. Default 100.
searchSort	string	top or latest (search only).

Example input:

{
  "operation": "search_tweets",
  "keywords": ["openai", "from:nasa"],
  "searchSort": "latest",
  "maxItems": 200
}

Output

Every row carries a record_type of tweet, user or follower. Tweet fields:

Field	Description
tweet_id, tweet_url, conversation_id	Tweet identity, canonical x.com URL and thread root.
text, lang, create_time, source	Full text, language, time (ISO-8601 UTC) and posting client.
view_count, like_count, retweet_count, reply_count, quote_count, bookmark_count	Engagement metrics.
is_reply, in_reply_to_tweet_id	Reply context.
is_retweet, retweeted_tweet_id, retweeted_text, retweeted_author_screen_name	The original tweet, for retweets.
is_quote, quoted_tweet_id, quoted_text, quoted_author_screen_name	The quoted tweet, for quote tweets.
hashtags, mentions, urls	Hashtags, @mentions and expanded links.
media_type, media_count, image_urls, video_urls, video_duration_seconds	Attached photos and videos (highest-quality MP4 per video).
author_id, author_screen_name, author_name, author_profile_url, author_avatar_url, author_followers_count, author_verified	Author data.

User (user) rows add user_id, screen_name, name, description, location, website, profile_url, avatar_url, banner_url, followers_count, following_count, tweet_count, media_count, verified, verification_type, is_protected, affiliates_count, pinned_tweet_id and create_time (join date). Follower (follower) rows add followed_screen_name plus the follower's user_id, screen_name, name, location, profile_url, avatar_url, followers_count, verified and create_time.

Example tweet row:

{
  "record_type": "tweet",
  "operation": "tweet_detail",
  "input": "2105677443327570430",
  "tweet_id": "2105677443327570430",
  "tweet_url": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2105677443327570430",
  "text": "@Space_Station @SpaceX @NASAAdmin \"Human spaceflight is truly a team sport...\"",
  "lang": "en",
  "create_time": "2026-10-01T15:13:18+00:00",
  "is_reply": true,
  "in_reply_to_tweet_id": "2105662944889675873",
  "view_count": 26670,
  "like_count": 95,
  "retweet_count": 9,
  "reply_count": 4,
  "mentions": ["Space_Station", "SpaceX", "NASAAdmin", "astro_watkins"],
  "media_type": "video",
  "video_urls": ["https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/.../3840x2160/....mp4"],
  "video_duration_seconds": 54,
  "author_screen_name": "NASA",
  "author_followers_count": 92378239,
  "author_verified": true
}

Common use cases

• Brand and competitor monitoring - search a brand, product or cashtag on a schedule and collect every new mention with engagement data.
• Social listening and sentiment analysis - build datasets of tweets around a topic, hashtag or event.
• Influencer and lead research - pull profiles and recent tweets of accounts in a niche, or list who follows a competitor.
• Content and media archiving - export a user's tweets or media posts with direct image and video links.
• AI and market research - feed clean, structured X data into dashboards, spreadsheets or models.

Notes on reliability

• X search matches more than the tweet text (quoted tweets, linked articles, media and account signals), so some results will not contain your keyword literally. Very rare or nonsense keywords can still return loosely related tweets.
• Latest is mostly newest-first but X may mix in a few older, highly relevant tweets; sort by create_time if you need strict order.
• Tweet details for a retweet return the retweet itself with X's shortened "RT @user:" text; run the original tweet's id for its full text.
• The followers list returns the basic profile of each follower (handle, name, follower count, location, verification, join date); use User profile on a follower for the full bio and counts.
• Image and video URLs are served by X's CDN; fetch them promptly.
• Counts reflect what X returns at scrape time. If a tweet or account is deleted, suspended, protected or does not exist, that input is skipped and the run continues.

FAQ

Do I need an X account, cookies or a developer API key? No. Just add your input and press Start.

Does it scrape replies to a tweet? Not this Actor - use the X (Twitter) Comments Scraper for replies and comments.

Can I use X search operators? Yes. Queries like from:nasa, to:nasa, lang:en, min_faves:100, since:2026-09-01 or "exact phrase" go straight into Search keywords.

Which user inputs work? https://x.com/<handle>, https://twitter.com/<handle>, @handle, a bare handle, or a numeric user ID. Numeric entries are read as user IDs; write a numeric handle as @123.

Can I run several keywords or users at once? Yes - add multiple lines. Cross-input duplicate tweets are removed automatically.

Can I try it for free? Yes. Users on the free Apify plan can fetch up to 10 results in total to try the Actor. Upgrade to a paid Apify plan to run it without that limit.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and HTML, plus the Apify API and integrations such as Google Sheets, Zapier, Make and webhooks.

Pricing

This Actor is pay per result: you are charged for each record it returns (tweets, tweet details, user profiles and followers), plus standard Apify platform usage. Different record types have different prices; see the Pricing tab for current rates. You are never charged for inputs that return nothing.

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