Threads Search Scraper

Scrape public Threads posts by keyword. Enter one or more search terms and collect post text, author handle, post URL, like count, reply count, and timestamp. Useful for social listening, trend research, and content analysis across Meta's Threads platform.

What you get

Each result record contains:

Field	Description
post_id	Unique post identifier (Threads code)
post_url	Direct URL to the post
author_username	Author's @handle
author_display_name	Author's display name
post_text	Full text content of the post
like_count	Number of likes (when available)
reply_count	Number of replies (when available)
repost_count	Number of reposts (when available via API)
quote_count	Number of quotes (when available via API)
posted_at	ISO 8601 timestamp when the post was published
search_keyword	The keyword used to find this post
scraped_at	ISO 8601 timestamp when the record was collected

How to use

1. Enter search keywords — Add one or more keyword phrases to the keywords list. Each keyword launches a separate search on Threads.
2. Set maxItems — The total number of posts to collect across all keywords.
3. Run the actor — The scraper loads Threads in a real browser, waits for results to render, and collects posts by scrolling the feed.

Input

{
  "keywords": ["artificial intelligence", "climate"],
  "maxItems": 50
}

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
keywords	array of strings	Yes	List of search terms
maxItems	integer	Yes	Maximum posts to collect (across all keywords)

Notes

• Threads search is publicly accessible without login for most keyword queries.
• The actor uses a real Chromium browser with residential proxy to bypass Meta's anti-bot protections.
• Results may vary by keyword popularity and Threads' content freshness.
• Like/reply counts are populated when visible in the rendered DOM; some posts may have null counts depending on the page state.
• Threads is a fast-moving platform — results reflect the current state of the search feed at run time.

Technical details

• Crawler: Playwright (Chromium) render crawler
• Proxy: US Residential
• Memory: 2048 MB
• Compatibility tier: 2 (browser-based)