Threads is Meta's text-first network, and because every Threads account is tied to an Instagram identity, its public bios carry the same signal — role, niche, and often a contact link. Outsoci searches by keyword or niche and mines those bios and links within Threads' public browsing limits, no login required. It's a useful, lower-noise complement to an Instagram or X search rather than a replacement for either.
Describe who you want — job title, niche, business type — plus an optional location.
Outsoci searches live and pulls matching profiles and their public contact details.
Emails are verified and deduplicated, then exported to a clean CSV in one click.
Handle & display name
shared with the linked Instagram account in most cases
Bio text
role, niche, and often an inline email, inherited from the Instagram profile
Follower count
audience size, though generally smaller than the account's Instagram following
Linked website
personal site or link hub carried over from the Instagram profile
from the bio directly or the linked site, then verified
Every field a Threads run returns, with its type and an example value. Last verified July 2026.
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| handle | string | @rowan.builds |
| display_name | string | Rowan Achebe |
| bio | string | Design systems @ a fintech. Writing about tokens. |
| followers | integer | 2740 |
| instagram_handle | string | @rowan.builds |
| external_link | url | null | https://rowanachebe.design |
| string | null (verified) | row•••@rowanachebe.design | |
| email_source | enum: bio | linked_site | linked_site |
The CSV shape you export, shown with illustrative rows. Emails are partially masked here — your export contains the full, verified address.
| handle | followers | instagram_handle | external_link | email_source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @rowan.builds | 2740 | @rowan.builds | rowanachebe.design | row•••@rowanachebe.design | linked_site |
| @saltmarshmedia | 9180 | @saltmarshmedia | saltmarsh.media | stu•••@saltmarsh.media | bio |
| @devon.writes | 15600 | @devon.writes | devonwrites.substack.com | dev•••@devonwrites.com | linked_site |
| @figmafiddler | 410 | @figmafiddler | — | null | — |
Volume ceiling. About 800 public profiles per keyword run — the lowest ceiling here, because Meta rate-limits logged-out browsing aggressively and Outsoci paces requests to stay inside it rather than getting blocked mid-run. Email match rate lands around 25–40%, close to Instagram, since the bios are largely shared.
Because a Threads account is provisioned from an existing Instagram account, its public bio, handle, and links are usually a mirror of the Instagram profile — which means the same extraction approach applies: mine the bio for a plain or lightly obfuscated email, and crawl any linked site for a contact address.
Threads' public data is browsable without logging in, within limits Meta enforces on how much you can pull before rate-limiting kicks in — a topic detailed in our guide to scraping Threads without login. Outsoci paces requests to stay inside those limits reliably rather than getting blocked mid-run.
Threads skews toward tech, media, and early-adopter audiences more than Instagram at large, which makes it a useful secondary source for B2B and SaaS targeting — a founder or marketer who's cagey about contact info on LinkedIn is often more casual about it on Threads.
Expect Threads to have a smaller but more concentrated audience than X or Instagram for most niches — there are fewer total accounts, but the ones that are active tend to post more openly and engage more, in keeping with the platform's text-first, conversation-focused design. That trade-off, smaller reach for higher engagement per lead, is worth weighing before choosing Threads as a primary source rather than a complement to Instagram or X.
Finding the engaged, early-adopter audience that migrated to Threads to build a parallel outreach list.
Threads' text-first format surfaces opinion and discussion that Instagram's photo feed doesn't.
Threads' current audience skews toward builders and early adopters — a good fit for developer tools and B2B SaaS.
Comparing a person or brand's presence and tone across Threads versus X or Instagram.
Threads' current audience is disproportionately builders and testers — a useful gauge for early product feedback outreach.
Do I need to log in to scrape Threads?
No — public Threads profiles and posts are browsable without an account, within limits Meta enforces on request volume. Outsoci paces its requests to stay within those limits.
Is Threads data the same as Instagram data?
Largely, yes — since Threads accounts are provisioned from Instagram, the handle, bio, and links are typically shared or mirrored between the two.
Does Threads show email addresses?
Not as a dedicated field, but the same bio-mining and link-crawling approach that works on Instagram applies here, since the bio content usually carries over.
Why would I scrape Threads instead of just Instagram?
Threads' current audience is smaller but skews more toward tech, media, and early-adopter users — useful as a secondary, complementary source rather than a replacement.
Are there rate limits on public Threads scraping?
Yes — Meta limits how much public data can be pulled before rate-limiting kicks in. Outsoci handles pacing automatically so a large search doesn't get throttled mid-run.
Should I scrape Threads instead of X or Instagram?
Treat it as a complement, not a replacement — Threads' audience and profile data largely overlaps with Instagram, so it's most useful alongside those platforms rather than instead of them.
Can I target a specific niche on Threads?
Yes — keyword and niche search work the same way as on Instagram, since the underlying profile and bio data is typically shared between the two.
Is scraping public Threads data legal?
Publicly visible Threads posts and profiles are broadly scrapeable — the same legal footing as other public social data. Your outreach still needs to comply with GDPR and CAN-SPAM.
Does Threads support the same export format as other platforms?
Yes — results export to the same standard CSV format (handle, bio, email, follower count, links) used across every platform Outsoci covers.
Can I run one search across both Threads and Instagram?
Yes — since the same person often has matching profiles on both, running the same niche search on each and merging the results tends to recover more unique, reachable contacts than either alone.