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Username & Social Media Tracking

snscrape

Open sourceDual-use
CLIPassive ReconSocial MediaUsernames

Scrapes posts and profiles from Twitter/X, Reddit, Telegram and other networks.

snscrape is an open-source command-line tool designed to collect public posts and profile data from various social media platforms, including Twitter/X, Reddit, and Telegram. It allows researchers and investigators to gather large volumes of user-generated content for analysis without requiring direct API access. This utility is commonly used in digital forensics and academic studies to examine online behavior and public discourse.

Dual-use tool. This tool can be used for research and investigation, and also to find, track or identify people without their consent. Listing it here is not an endorsement of either use.
Privacy note. snscrape scrapes user profiles, hashtags and searches from services including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Reddit, Telegram, Twitter, VKontakte and Weibo and returns the posts it finds, so posts and profile details on those services can be collected in bulk. Its README lists these as supported; the repository has had no push since November 2023.

Official site: https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape

Source: https://github.com/JustAnotherArchivist/snscrape

Last verified 2026-08-31.

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