Twitter Followers Scraper API

Scrape Twitter followers and collect data such as profile URL, profile name, handle, user ID, biography, verification status, profile image, external link, and follower and following counts.

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Available Twitter scrapers

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X (formerly Twitter) - Posts

ID, User posted, Name, Description, Date posted, Photos, URL, Quoted post, and more.
Views10.9K+
Downloads1.2K+
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X (formerly Twitter) - Posts - Collecting Twitter posts URLs

ID, User posted, Name, Description, Date posted, Photos, URL, Quoted post, and more.
Views10.9K+
Downloads1.2K+
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X (formerly Twitter) - Profiles

X id, URL, ID, Profile name, Biography, Is verified, Profile image link, External link, and more.
Views3.6K+
Downloads231+
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X (formerly Twitter) - Profiles - Collect profile information by user name

X id, URL, ID, Profile name, Biography, Is verified, Profile image link, External link, and more.
Views3.6K+
Downloads231+
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How it works

From zero to Twitter Followers data in 3 steps

No proxies to configure, no infrastructure to manage. Pick, call, and receive.

  1. Pick a scraper

    Choose from the Twitter Followers scrapers above or create your own with AI in minutes.

  2. Call the API

    One API call with up to 5,000 target URLs. Python and Node.js SDKs, CLI, MCP server, or any HTTP client.

  3. Get structured data

    Receive clean, parsed Twitter Followers data in JSON, NDJSON, or CSV. Delivered via API, webhook, or cloud storage.

Scraper API Call 
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '[{"url":"https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1683559267524136962","country":""},{"url":"https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1552015619251634176","country":""},{"url":"https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1665296716721946625","country":""},{"url":"https://x.com/CNN/status/1796673270344810776","country":""},{"url":"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1587911540770222081","country":""}]' "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger?dataset_id=gd_lwxkxvnf1cynvib9co&format=json&uncompressed_webhook=true"
Response payload 
[
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-09-24",
    "id": "1910301746322153647",
    "user_posted": "Lin***nCi***FC",
    "name": "Lin***n C*** FC******",
    "description": "The minutes of the four-party quarterly meeting from 20 March 2025 are now available to view. 👇",
    "date_posted": "2025-04-10T12:00:02.000Z",
    "photos": null,
    "url": "https:\/\/x.com\/LincolnCity_FC\/status\/1910301746322153647"
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-09-24",
    "id": "1921381745175232678",
    "user_posted": "Gol***Kni***s",
    "name": "Vegas G****n K*****s",
    "description": "THE TURNTABLES",
    "date_posted": "2025-05-11T01:48:00.000Z",
    "photos": null,
    "url": "https:\/\/x.com\/GoldenKnights\/status\/1921381745175232678"
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-09-24",
    "id": "1869164838494388539",
    "user_posted": "tra***ist***",
    "name": "Tra***ist***",
    "description": "BRASIL NO OSCAR: como funciona a shortlist da premiação?\n\nQuais as chances de uma indicação para “Ainda Estou Aqui”, o r...",
    "date_posted": "2024-12-17T23:36:39.000Z",
    "photos": null,
    "url": "https:\/\/x.com\/tracklist\/status\/1869164838494388539"
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-09-24",
    "id": "1898746184363311533",
    "user_posted": "stu***fin***",
    "name": "Stuvar F**n",
    "description": "@ManCityWomen @okx City makes it to the semis, strong performance!",
    "date_posted": "2025-03-09T14:42:22.000Z",
    "photos": null,
    "url": "https:\/\/x.com\/stuvarfinn\/status\/1898746184363311533"
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-09-24",
    "id": "2089487364678647964",
    "user_posted": "Dai***ail***",
    "name": "Daily M**l",
    "description": "Russia threatens Britain and says London \u0027will pay for giving Ukraine drones\u0027",
    "date_posted": "2026-08-17T22:59:43.000Z",
    "photos": null,
    "url": "https:\/\/x.com\/dailymail\/status\/2089487364678647964"
  }
]
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Scrape Twitter to collect public data specifically focusing on profiles, including user bios, tweet histories, follower counts, and engagement patterns.

Twitter Image

Scrape Twitter to collect public data specifically focusing on images, including image URLs, associated hashtags, user profiles, and engagement metrics.

Twitter Followers data scraping use cases

Real-time Twitter Followers intelligence for your business.

Influence mapping and network analysis

Profiles
Followers
Engagement
Scrape follower lists of industry leaders, journalists, and competitors to map influence networks and identify which accounts sit at the center of conversations that matter in your space.

Targeted audience building and prospecting

Profiles
Biography
External links
Scrape follower data from relevant industry accounts to build targeted outreach lists and enrich contact databases with fresh social signals and proven topic interest.

Bot detection and audience quality assessment

Profiles
Verification
Followers
Scrape follower profile data to analyze account age, posting activity, and bio completeness at scale. Separate genuinely engaged audiences from artificially padded ones.

Political and civic sentiment mapping

Profiles
Posts
Sentiment
Scrape follower networks of politicians and news accounts to see how audiences cluster around issues. Track overlap and growth to follow shifting public opinion.
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Twitter Followers Scraper API FAQs

The Twitter Followers Scraper API is a powerful tool designed to automate data extraction from the Twitter Followers website, allowing users to efficiently gather and process large volumes of data for various use cases.

The Twitter Followers Scraper API works by sending automated requests to targeted website, extracting the necessary data points, and delivering them in a structured format. This process ensures accurate and quick data collection.

Yes, the Twitter Followers Scraper API is designed to comply with data protection regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. It ensures that all data collection activities are performed ethically and legally.

Absolutely! The Twitter Followers Scraper API is ideal for competitive analysis, allowing you to gather insights into your competitors' activities, trends, and strategies.

The Twitter Followers Scraper API offers flawless integration with various platforms and tools. You can use it with your existing data pipelines, CRM systems, or analytics tools to improve your data processing capabilities.

Yes! Every new Bright Data account automatically includes 5,000 free credits per month (approximately $7.50 in value) — no credit card required, no promo code, no commitment. These credits apply to Scrapers (including the Twitter Followers Scraper API), as well as the Unlocker API and SERP API. Credits renew on the 1st of each month, and you can start making API calls immediately after signing up.

When your 5,000 free monthly credits are exhausted, behavior depends on your account balance. If you have pre-deposited funds, usage continues seamlessly at standard PAYG rates with no interruption. If you have no deposited funds, requests will return an error until you add funds or until your credits renew on the 1st of the following month. Note that unused free credits do not roll over.

To avoid interruptions, you can enable auto-recharge in your billing settings at brightdata.com/cp/billing/settings.

There are no specific usage limits for the Twitter Followers Scraper API, offering you the flexibility to scale as needed.

Yes, we offer dedicated support for the Twitter Followers Scraper API. Our support team is available 24/7 to assist you with any questions or issues you may encounter while using the API.

Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Google PubSub, Microsoft Azure Storage, Snowflake, and SFTP.

JSON, NDJSON, JSON lines, CSV, and .gz files (compressed).

Yes. Connect any agent through the hosted MCP server, point a coding agent at brightdata.com/SKILL.md to set itself up, or use the CLI. Agents authenticate once with browser OAuth and can run any of the Twitter Followers scrapers.

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