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//Username Search – Find Accounts on 3,000+ Sites example\\

Find torvalds on the top 100 sites

Accounts with this username on popular sites.

Updated October 21, 2026

Input

The input this example runs Username Search – Find Accounts on 3,000+ Sites with. “Try this input” opens it in the console, where you can run it as-is or change any field first.

Usernamesusernames
torvalds
Number of sites to checktopSites
100
Remove false positivesfalsePositiveCheck
Yes
Extract profile detailsextractProfileFields
No
Search related usernamessearchRelatedUsernames
No
Include not-found and unconfirmed sitesincludeNotFound
No
Include search-page matchesincludeSimilarSearch
No
Request timeout (seconds)requestTimeoutSecs
10
Parallel requestsmaxConcurrency
200
Retry blocked sites with residential proxiesresidentialFallback
Yes
.json
{
  "usernames": [
    "torvalds"
  ],
  "topSites": 100,
  "falsePositiveCheck": true,
  "extractProfileFields": false,
  "searchRelatedUsernames": false,
  "includeNotFound": false,
  "includeSimilarSearch": false,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 10,
  "maxConcurrency": 200,
  "residentialFallback": true
}

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