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Threads profile viewer

Read a public Threads profile: followers, post count and bio, from the logged-out profile page.

What it reads

Route	`GET /api/v1/threads/profile`
Field read	`follower_count`
Surface	public page, logged out
Handle format	Threads username, same shape as Instagram: letters, digits, dot and underscore.
Example	`zuck`
Caveat from the source	one occurrence in 960 KB

Measured on 2026-10-02 through our own normalizer, this field came back 12,737,433 — not null. Source of the measurement: fixture test/fixtures/threads/profile.html.

What the response looks like

{
  "id": "28829152388",
  "handle": "nasa",
  "name": "NASA",
  "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
  "avatar_url": "https://scontent-iad6-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.8278…",
  "followers": 12737433,
  "verified": true,
  "is_private": false,
  "url": "https://www.threads.com/@nasa"
}

Captured from test/fixtures/threads/profile.html (fixture). Fields that came back null are omitted, and long strings are cut with an ellipsis for display — the API returns them whole.

Other routes for this platform

threads/posts — Recent posts from a public profile on threads.

See the endpoint page for price, limits and the error shapes.