# Creator & Brand Account Search (TikTok, Instagram, Threads)

> Creator & Brand Account Search (TikTok, Instagram, Threads) is a paid API for AI agents from social.duoleads.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Search for creator and brand accounts on TikTok, Instagram, or Threads by name or keyword, returning only verified or high-follower accounts with profile metadata.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://social.duoleads.com/v1/social/accounts?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/creator-brand-account-search-tiktok-instagram-threads-c59c8b58
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_T73Ak15XZ-0uRfLBcy5wv

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability creator-brand-account-search-tiktok-instagram-threads-c59c8b58
```

Example prompt: Can you find TikTok creator accounts related to 'sustainable fashion' — I want the handles, follower counts, and whether they're verified?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover or verify the existence of creator or brand accounts across TikTok, Instagram, or Threads by name or keyword, and you want only meaningful accounts (verified or 10k+ followers). Prefer this over a general social search when your goal is account/profile discovery rather than searching posts or videos. It is not suitable for fetching a known account's full metrics (use Audience & Engagement Stats for that) or for searching posts/content (use platform-specific content search endpoints).

## Known failure modes

- Bad or malformed input query is free (not charged)
- No accounts found matching the query returns an empty items list (not charged)
- Platform enum not one of tiktok/instagram/threads returns a validation error
- Cursor pagination only supported on TikTok; using cursor on other platforms may be ignored
- Instagram follower counts unavailable beyond first 10 results, so additional results only qualify if verified
- Threads results never include follower counts, so only verified accounts appear in results
- Rate limiting or upstream platform unavailability may cause errors or empty results

## How this service works

Creator & Brand Account Search: find creator and brand accounts on TikTok, Instagram or Threads by name or keyword. Only verified accounts or accounts with 10,000+ followers are returned (the rest counted in filtered_out); Threads search gives no follower counts and Instagram only for its first 10 results, so beyond those only verified accounts qualify. Per account the handle, name, bio, followers, following, posts and verification. Bad input is free; not found or no match is not charged.

## Output

Returns a paginated list of matching accounts, each with: platform, handle, display name, follower count, following count, post count, verification status, profile URL, and profile image URL. Also includes the original query, a next_cursor for TikTok pagination, a filtered_out count of accounts excluded for having fewer than 10,000 followers and being unverified, and a disclaimer about data provenance. Instagram returns follower counts only for the first 10 results; Threads returns no follower counts.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "platform",
      "q"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 200,
       "description": "Name or keyword to search accounts for (1-200 characters)."
      },
      "cursor": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 512,
       "description": "next_cursor of the previous page (TikTok only)."
      },
      "platform": {
       "enum": [
        "tiktok",
        "instagram",
        "threads"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "One of tiktok, instagram, threads."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "items": [
   {
    "id": "6000000000000000201",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@synth_big",
    "lang": null,
    "text": null,
    "type": "profile",
    "author": {
     "handle": "synth_big",
     "verified": null,
     "followers": 163953,
     "display_name": "Synthetic Big Creator"
    },
    "metrics": {
     "likes": null,
     "views": null,
     "replies": null,
     "reposts": null
    },
    "profile": {
     "posts": null,
     "following": 63,
     "likes_total": null
    },
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": null,
    "media_urls": [
     "https://p16.tiktokcdn.invalid/a/201.jpeg"
    ]
   },
   {
    "id": "6000000000000000203",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@synth_edge",
    "lang": null,
    "text": null,
    "type": "profile",
    "author": {
     "handle": "synth_edge",
     "verified": null,
     "followers": 10000,
     "display_name": "Synthetic Edge Creator"
    },
    "metrics": {
     "likes": null,
     "views": null,
     "replies": null,
     "reposts": null
    },
    "profile": {
     "posts": null,
     "following": 5,
     "likes_total": null
    },
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": null,
    "media_urls": []
   }
  ],
  "query": {
   "q": "synthetic widgets",
   "cursor": null,
   "platform": "tiktok"
  },
  "source": "public data via third-party provider; not affiliated with the platform",
  "complete": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "disclaimer": "Public data via third-party providers; not affiliated with or endorsed by any platform. Do not use to profile, target or train AI on individuals.",
  "request_id": "01KEXAMPLE0000000000000000",
  "next_cursor": "30",
  "filtered_out": 1
 }
}
```

## More

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