# API Direct, free tier, GET /v1/threads/user: Threads profile API

> Get the full profile for a single Threads user by username. Returns biography, follower count, verification status, profile picture (standard and high resolution), the external bio links displayed on the profile, and the topic tags shown on the profile.

API Direct's Threads profile API on its Free tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns all 5 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers.
We rank 34 plans by price. [lobstr.io's $500 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: $0.50.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-threads-user
- Get it: https://apidirect.io/docs/pricing
- Request: `GET https://apidirect.io/v1/threads/user`
- API key: with the plan, on https://apidirect.io/docs/pricing
- Its API docs: https://apidirect.io/docs/threads-user
- Sold by: API Direct (https://apidirect.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: 142 other calls: 50 requests a month each, 20 for Places Search, Place Reviews and Place Photos

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get the full profile for a single Threads user by username. Returns biography, follower count, verification status, profile picture (standard and high resolution), the external bio links displayed on the profile, and the topic tags shown on the profile.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Engage in any activity that could damage, disable, or impair the Service, Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, Use the Service for any illegal, harmful, or fraudulent purposes, Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any rate limits, usage limits, or security measures, Use automated means to create accounts or generate API keys, Harass, abuse, or harm individuals using data obtained through the Service, Scrape our Service [...] You acknowledge that: [...] You are responsible for complying with the terms of service of the underlying platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) when using data obtained through our Service [...] You agree that: You have a lawful basis for requesting, receiving, and using the data you obtain through the Service [...] You will comply with applicable data protection law, including providing any notices and honouring any rights owed to individuals by you as controller [...] You will not use the Service to identify or target individuals on the basis of special categories of personal data

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 requests a month
- Enough for: 50 calls a month
- Expires: reset on the 1st of each month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1.39
- Concurrent: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/threads/user

## About the plan

- Plan: Free tier
- Who can get it: at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, name, user ID, bio, followers, verified, private account, profile picture, HD profile picture, bio links, profile tags, profile URL

## API Direct's plans (2)

- [API Direct, free tier, GET /v1/threads/user](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-threads-user/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /v1/threads/user](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-threads-user/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## API Direct's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /v1/batch`: [API Direct, free tier, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/threads/user`: [API Direct, free tier, GET /v1/threads/user](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-get-v1-threads-user/llms.txt)

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- [EnsembleData, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/ensembledata/200-monthly/llms.txt): $5.333 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://apidirect.io/docs/batch
- https://apidirect.io/docs/pricing
- https://apidirect.io/docs/rate-limits
- https://apidirect.io/docs/threads-user
- https://apidirect.io/dpa
- https://apidirect.io/endpoints/linkedin-person
- https://apidirect.io/llms-full.txt
- https://apidirect.io/openapi.json
- https://apidirect.io/terms