Use case — social prospecting

Scrape Twitter / X profiles from followers, lists, and search

Turn any follower list, Twitter List, or advanced search into a lead file. Handle, bio, followers, location, website — straight to Google Sheets.

The problem

Why your current scraper doesn't cut it

Twitter's API is gated behind a paid Basic tier and aggressive rate limits. Most X scrapers either break on the React-based UI or require a paid middleman. For B2B operators who just want a few thousand profiles from a specific community, neither option fits.

Stekpad scrapes the X UI the way you already browse it. Open any follower list, any Twitter List, or an advanced search — click one profile, and Stekpad captures every user in the list with their full profile data.

Step-by-step

How to do it with Stekpad

  1. 1

    Open a follower list, Twitter List, or advanced search

    Any page that shows a list of profiles works: /followers, /lists/<list>/members, /search?f=user.
  2. 2

    Click a profile name

    Stekpad highlights every profile in the list. Add fields: handle, display name, bio, followers, following, location, website.
  3. 3

    Let the recipe scroll through the full list

    Stekpad scrolls the infinite-scroll container and captures every profile. Safe pacing keeps you well under X rate limits.
  4. 4

    Export or trigger enrichment

    Write rows to Google Sheets or send them to a Claude agent for bio analysis, list classification, or outreach personalization.
Why Stekpad

What you get that other tools miss

🐦

No X API needed

Scrapes the public profile UI. No paid API tier, no rate-limit headaches.

🎯

Works on every profile list

Followers, Lists, advanced search, event attendees, community members.

📝

Full profile record

Handle, name, bio, followers, following, location, website — everything X shows publicly.

🤖

AI-ready

Pipe profiles into Claude for bio classification, persona scoring, or outreach copy.

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