Best Threads Scrapers in 2026: APIs and Datasets Compared

November 8, 2026

Threads has become a real channel for brands and creators, and teams want the same data from it they already pull from Instagram and X. This guide compares the main options for collecting public Threads data in 2026, with prices from each vendor's own page, and ends with a simple method for building a creator dataset.

The options

Option	Best at	Limits	Price
Meta Threads API	Your own accounts: publishing, insights, replies; keyword search after review	No post history for other accounts; profile lookup capped at 1,000 a day and limited on standard access	Free
Bright Data	Large one-off or scheduled datasets of profiles and posts	Asynchronous delivery	$1.50 per 1,000 records; Scale plan $499 a month with 384,000 records
EnsembleData	Teams already on it for TikTok or Instagram	Daily unit budget	Wood plan $100 a month, 1,500 units a day
Data365	Enterprise contracts that bundle several networks	Plans by number of networks; confirm Threads coverage with sales	From €300 a month
ScrapeIO	On-demand calls in one schema across 33 platforms	Live data only	$0.99 to $1.88 per 1,000 calls; credits never expire

Meta's official API

Start here if you manage the accounts you are measuring. Meta lists a 250-post daily publishing quota, 1,000 replies a day, and keyword search with 2,200 queries per rolling 24 hours. The catch for research is scope: keyword search only sees your own posts until Meta approves the threads_keyword_search permission, and the Profile Discovery API returns profile totals but no posts. Our Threads API guide lists every limit.

Bright Data

Bright Data's Threads scrapers cover profiles (name, follower count, bio, website, linked Instagram) and posts (ID, URL, time, text, likes, comments), including posts discovered from a profile URL. It is strong for big batch jobs and has a free tier of 5,000 records a month. It is less natural for live lookups inside an app, because jobs are queued and delivered.

EnsembleData and Data365

EnsembleData lists Threads among its 8 platforms with plans from $100 a month, priced in daily units, and a no-card trial of 50 units a day. Data365 sells plans by number of networks, from €300 a month for one, with a 14-day trial. Both suit teams that want a predictable monthly bill over pay-per-call.

What to collect

For most creator and brand work, these fields are enough:

Profile: handle, name, bio, followers, verified flag, link in bio.
Post: ID, URL, text, created time, likes, replies, reposts, quotes, media type.
Derived: engagement rate per post = (likes + replies + reposts) ÷ followers.

Threads counts change quickly in the first 48 hours. If you compare posts, compare them at the same age, for example 3 days after posting.

A sampling method for creator research

Search for 5 to 10 topic keywords and collect the authors of the top posts.
Deduplicate handles and fetch each profile once.
Drop accounts under your follower floor, for example 5,000.
Pull each remaining creator's latest 20 to 30 posts.
Compute median engagement rate, not the mean, so one viral post does not skew it.
Rank, then review the top 20 by hand before you reach out.

For 200 candidate creators this is roughly 10 searches, 200 profile calls and 200 post calls, about 410 calls in total.

How to choose

Own accounts only: the official API.
One big export for a report: Bright Data.
Fixed monthly budget across many platforms: EnsembleData or Data365.
Calls from your app or AI agent, paid per use: ScrapeIO.

Doing it with ScrapeIO

The sampling method above uses the Threads search API, the Threads profile API and the Threads user posts API. To find accounts by name, use the Threads user search API. Not-found answers and private accounts are not charged. The full list is on the Threads page.

Sources

Checked on 8 November 2026 from each vendor's own pages. Prices and limits change; follow the links before you decide.

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