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Threads Crawler

Crawl Threads at scale across posts and profiles. Collect public data such as post URL, post ID, content, date posted, author username, author profile URL, follower count, reply count, repost count, likes, quoted posts, attached media, and much more.

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  • Free tier - 5K records
    a month for free
  • Scrape on demand via API or no-code scraper
  • Pay only for successfully delivered results
  • Bulk request handling, up to 5K URLs

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Available Threads crawlers

Remove the need to develop and maintain the infrastructure. Simply extract high volume Threads web data, and ensure scalability and reliability using Threads web scraper APIs or Threads no-code scrapers.

Threads - Profiles

URL, Profile name, Profile id, About formatted, Number of followers, Website, Instagram profile url, Threads, and more.
Views383+
Downloads14+
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Threads - Posts

Post id, URL, Post time, Profile name, Profile url, Post content, Number of likes, Number of comments, and more.
Views370+
Downloads27+
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Threads - Posts - Discover posts by profile URL

Post id, URL, Post time, Profile name, Profile url, Post content, Number of likes, Number of comments, and more.
Views370+
Downloads27+
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Pricing

Threads Crawler Pricing

Only pay for what’s successfully delivered. No hidden fees, no charges for failed deliveries.

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Records per month: 5K
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Most platforms stack extra charges on top of the per-record rate. With Bright Data, the record price is the whole bill:
Compute / runtime units
commonly billed per scraper runtime hour or compute unit
Included
Residential proxy bandwidth
commonly billed per GB
Included
Storage & dataset retention
commonly billed per GB-month
Included
Data transfer / egress
commonly billed per GB out
Included
Unblocking & CAPTCHA solving
commonly a paid add-on
Included
Parsing to structured JSON
commonly your own code
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CODE EXAMPLES

Easily crawl Threads data without worrying about being blocked.

Scraper API Call 
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '[{"url":"https://www.threads.com/@dividendology_yt/post/DML_enxRaOq?hl=en"},{"url":"https://www.threads.com/@sanantoniozoo/post/DMLlEMux-wk?hl=en"}]' "https://api.brightdata.com/datasets/v3/trigger?dataset_id=gd_md75myxy14rihbjksa&format=json&uncompressed_webhook=true"
Response payload 
[
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-22",
    "post_id": "DewYeislPSJ",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@itsmenanaali\/post\/DewYeislPSJ",
    "post_time": "2026-10-21T12:13:57.000Z",
    "profile_name": "itsmenanaali",
    "profile_url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@itsmenanaali",
    "post_content": null,
    "number_of_likes": 0
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-22",
    "post_id": "DexZ5RunNBP",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@repdeluzio\/post\/DexZ5RunNBP",
    "post_time": "2026-10-21T21:45:35.000Z",
    "profile_name": "repdeluzio",
    "profile_url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@repdeluzio",
    "post_content": "The Iran War has cost the average American family more than $2,000. \n\nWe are ALL paying for this reckless war that Trump...",
    "number_of_likes": 16
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-22",
    "post_id": "DevYd84jNvX",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@borrisbrandonramirez\/post\/DevYd84jNvX",
    "post_time": "2026-10-21T02:54:38.000Z",
    "profile_name": "borrisbrandonramirez",
    "profile_url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@borrisbrandonramirez",
    "post_content": "God sees beyond the walls of our church. \nGod delights in our discipline and obedience even in the marketplace. \n\nWe don...",
    "number_of_likes": 4
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-22",
    "post_id": "DewWpKsnHzd",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@gregsedwards\/post\/DewWpKsnHzd",
    "post_time": "2026-10-21T11:57:55.000Z",
    "profile_name": "gregsedwards",
    "profile_url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@gregsedwards",
    "post_content": "\u0022Intentionally suffering is just another form of indulgence.\u0022 - @markmanson",
    "number_of_likes": 0
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2026-10-22",
    "post_id": "DexJsOIAJl1",
    "url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@anirban.mitra93\/post\/DexJsOIAJl1",
    "post_time": "2026-10-21T19:23:59.000Z",
    "profile_name": "anirban.mitra93",
    "profile_url": "https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@anirban.mitra93",
    "post_content": "Pujo ends. The longing stays.\nAnother Pujo in the archives, another piece of my heart left behind.",
    "number_of_likes": 0
  }
]

API for Seamless Threads Data Access

Comprehensive, Scalable, and Compliant Web Data Extraction

Tailored to your workflow

Get structured data in JSON, NDJSON, or CSV files through Webhook or API delivery.

Built-in infrastructure and unblocking

Get maximum control and flexibility without maintaining proxy and unblocking infrastructure. Easily scrape data from any geo-location while avoiding CAPTCHAs and blocks.

Battle-proven infrastructure

Bright Data’s platform powers 50,000+ companies worldwide, offering peace of mind with 99.99% uptime, access to 400M+ real user IPs covering 195 countries.

Industry leading compliance

Our privacy practices comply with data protection laws, including the EU data protection regulatory framework, GDPR, and CCPA.

Simplified Threads crawling

Threads Posts Crawler

Crawl Threads posts and gather content details. Collect Threads data such as: post content, post time, number of likes, number of comments, profile name, URL, post ID, and much more.

Threads Profiles Crawler

Crawl Threads profiles and gather profile details. Collect Threads data such as: profile name, number of followers, bio, website, Instagram profile URL, profile ID, and much more.

Threads crawling use cases

Consumer sentiment and brand monitoring

Threads is where reaction to a launch or a campaign plays out in text rather than images. Crawl posts, replies, and quoted posts to see what people are saying about your brand, collect reply counts, reposts, and likes to gauge how far a conversation is travelling, and catch shifts in tone while you can still respond to them.
Consumer sentiment and brand monitoring

Trend and conversation tracking

Crawl public posts across topics and communities to spot narratives forming before they reach the wider press. Collect post content, date posted, repost counts, and engagement to separate a genuine trend from a single viral post, and to see which accounts are driving it.
Trend and conversation tracking

Creator and competitor intelligence

Crawl profiles and their posting history to size up creators and competitors on the platform. Collect follower counts, posting frequency, reply and repost rates, and the content that earns them, so you can judge genuine reach rather than headline follower numbers.
Creator and competitor intelligence
Consumer sentiment and brand monitoring Trend and conversation tracking Creator and competitor intelligence

Leading the way in ethical web data collection

We have set the gold standard for ethical and compliant web data practices. Our peer network is built on trust, with every member personally opting in and the guarantee of zero personal data collection. We champion the collection of only publicly available data, backed by an industry-leading Know Your Customer process and a transparent Acceptable Use Policy. Our global, multilingual Compliance & Ethics team, the first of its kind, ensures we stay ahead of regulatory changes and best practices.

Why 50,000+ Customers Choose Bright Data

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100% Compliant

Scraped data is ethically obtained and compliant with all privacy laws.
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24/7 Global Support

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Complete Data Coverage

Access 400 million+ global IPs to scrape data from any website.

Unmatched Data Quality

Advanced technologies and validation methods for quality data.

Powerful Infrastructure

Scrape high-volume data without getting blocked.

Custom Solutions

Get tailored solutions to meet unique needs and goals.
Bright Data is used by world's top brands
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Co-founder and CEO at ScaleStack
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Co-Founder & CTO of RTRVR
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Co-founder at Fundable
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Co-founder at Senso
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Co-founder at Parallax Vision
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Co-Founder & CTO of RTRVR

Threads Crawler FAQs

The Threads crawler is an automated tool that discovers and collects public data from Threads at scale. You don't need a full list of URLs. You can start from a keyword, a category, a search URL or a specific page. The crawler finds the matching records and sends the data back in a structured format.

Crawling is about discovery: finding the pages. Scraping is about extraction: pulling specific fields from a page you already know about. A scraper needs you to tell it which URL to visit. A crawler finds the records for you and then extracts the data. Use the crawler when you don't have the full list of URLs, or when the list keeps changing, such as every item in a category or every result for a keyword. If you already have the exact URLs, collecting by URL is the more direct option.

A dataset is data that has already been collected, and you buy it as a ready-made file. The crawler collects fresh data when you run it, based on your own inputs. Pick a dataset if you want broad coverage right away with no setup. Pick the crawler if you need a specific scope, the latest data or collection on a schedule you control.

Proxies are infrastructure. They send your requests through different IP addresses, but you still have to build and maintain the crawler, the parser and the unblocking. The Threads crawler includes all of it: proxy management, full browser rendering, CAPTCHA solving, data parsing and delivery. Choose proxies if you want to write and own the code. Choose the crawler if you just want the data.

No. The Crawl API works on any public website. You give it a root URL, and it returns the site's content as Markdown, Text, HTML or JSON. The Threads crawler is built only for Threads. It returns ready-to-use fields specific to Threads, so you don't have to write your own parsing logic.

It depends on the crawler you choose. Common starting points are a direct URL, a keyword, a category URL, a search URL, or a profile, seller or shop URL. You can send up to 5,000 URLs in a single bulk request.

Yes. The crawler supports batch and scheduled collection, so you can rerun the same crawl at regular intervals. This is useful for tracking changes over time, such as prices, availability, rankings or engagement numbers, without starting each run by hand.

No. Proxy management, CAPTCHA solving and full browser rendering are all built in. The crawler runs on Bright Data's network of over 400 million real user IPs in 195 countries, so you can crawl Threads from any location without maintaining your own unblocking setup.

You pay only for records that are successfully delivered. Failed deliveries are never charged. You can start on the free tier with 5,000 records a month and no credit card, then move to pay as you go or a monthly plan as you scale. Plan details are in the pricing section above.

The crawler only collects publicly available data. Bright Data's privacy practices follow data protection laws, including GDPR and CCPA. It also has a Know Your Customer process and a public Acceptable Use Policy. You are still responsible for making sure your own use of the data complies with the laws that apply to you.

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