GETcommunities

Search Twitter Communities

Discover Twitter Communities by searching keywords, topics, or interests. Find active groups with member counts and descriptions.

Average response time: 100ms

Code Examples

const response = await fetch(
  'https://scrapebadger.com/v1/twitter/communities/search?query=web+scraping',
  { headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' } }
);
const communities = await response.json();
communities.data.forEach(c => console.log(c.name, c.member_count));
Response
{
  "data": [
    { "id": "comm_001", "name": "Web Scraping Pros", "member_count": 3200 },
    { "id": "comm_002", "name": "Data Engineering", "member_count": 12500 }
  ],
  "next_cursor": "comm_search_cursor"
}

API Reference

GET/v1/twitter/communities/search
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringRequiredSearch query for finding communities
cursorstringOptionalPagination cursor for next page

Use Cases

Community Management

Manage Twitter communities by tracking member activity, top contributors, discussion themes, and community health metrics.

Market Research

Analyze consumer conversations, product feedback, and market trends to inform product development and go-to-market strategies.

Audience Analysis

Profile your audience by analyzing follower demographics, interests, activity patterns, and engagement behavior.

Academic Research

Collect large-scale Twitter datasets for computational social science, NLP research, political analysis, and network studies.

Social Listening

Monitor brand mentions, keywords, and conversations across Twitter in real time to understand public sentiment and emerging topics.

Lead Generation

Find potential customers by monitoring purchase-intent keywords, industry discussions, and competitor dissatisfaction signals.

Frequently Asked Questions

The search matches against community names and descriptions.

Results are sorted by relevance. Filter by member_count in your application code for size-based filtering.

Only public communities appear in search results.

Find relevant communities, then use Get Community Tweets to analyze discussions within those groups.