Guides
How to find someone's social media profiles
How to go from a name, username, or email to the public profiles that actually belong to the same person - and how to tell a real match from a coincidence.
How to verify a social media account
Verify who controls a social account using exact handles, owner-controlled links, badge meanings, account history, and independent contact routes.
People often ask
Is social media search free?
Public guides and illustrative examples are free to read. Running a search requires paid access. Plans include a usage allowance, and coverage depends on the available sources.
Which platforms does it search?
DeepSearch looks across major public platforms - Instagram, X/Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook and others - plus public websites where a person's accounts are listed. Coverage depends on how public each account is.
Where does the data come from?
Only from publicly available sources - public profiles, posts, and pages anyone could view. DeepSearch never accesses private or locked accounts, passwords, or anything behind a login, and every profile links back to its source.
Is this legal?
Yes. DeepSearch only surfaces information that is already public on the open web. It is not a background-check or FCRA consumer report, so results can't be used for employment, credit, housing, insurance, or tenant decisions.
Will it find every account a person has?
Not always. We surface the public accounts we can tie to a name, but we can't promise a specific profile exists or will appear. Private accounts and anyone who keeps their profiles unlinked may show little to nothing.
What if the name is common?
Common names turn up several possible people, so DeepSearch groups the accounts that seem to match the same person and shows the sources. Adding a city, workplace, or school helps surface the right one.
