On average there are 500 million tweets being shared every day on X (Twitter).

It's an amazing platform filled with news, knowledge, entertainment, trending topics, fascinating discussions, you name it. However, searching for a specific tweet is incredibly hard and frustrating.

Enter the amazing X (Twitter) Advanced Search tool. A huge time saver for founders, marketers and creators looking to find specific tweets and customer profiles. With Advanced Search, you can search for and find tweets based on keywords, who posted them, when it was posted, etc.

In this post, we'll show you how to use Twitter Advanced Search and share with you the ultimate cheatsheet with all the filters and tricks you can use.

If you're using X (Twitter) web app, the simplest way is to access either https://x.com/search-advanced or https://twitter.com/search-advanced.

After you open one of these links, you'll see the X (Twitter) Advanced Search pop-up window which allows you to use a variety of filters explained below.

twitter advanced search pop-up window

When using X (Twitter) mobile app, you'll have to use https://mobile.twitter.com/search-advanced on your phone’s web browser. The advanced Twitter search tool pop-up is not available on the mobile app.

Using X (Twitter) Advanced Search Tool

X (Twitter) Advanced Search pop-up is quite extensive but very easy to use. As the powerful search engine it is, it lets you use multiple search filters to make sure you narrow down your search to what you're looking for on X (Twitter).

Searching for specific keywords

  • All of these words - you can type the specific words you're looking for and you'll find tweets containing all of them. For multiple words/phrases, make sure to use quotations to separate them.
  • This exact phrase: useful when you want to find tweets that have that exact sentence. It's recommended to search for just one phrase in here (e.g. happy hour - contains the exact phrase “happy hour”).
  • Any of these words: this is a variation of the first filter allowing you to search for multiple words and find tweets that contain at least one of them.
  • None of these words: use this one to exclude the tweets that contain specific words or phrases you don't want to search for.
  • These hashtags: this is helpful to find tweets with specific hashtags like #Typefully, for example.
  • Language: this is a great filter to only find tweets in a specific language. Choose from Arabic to Greek, English, Hindi, etc.
x advances search window to search for keywords

Searching for specific accounts

  • From these accounts: this filter displays tweets exclusively from the accounts you select. (e.g. posts authored by "@Typefully")
  • To these accounts: This shows tweets that are direct responses to a particular account. (e.g. replies directed at "@Typefully")
  • Mentioning these accounts: Use this field to view tweets that reference a specific account within their content. (e.g. tweets containing "@Typefully")
advanced search for twitter accounts
  • Replies: choose if you want to include replies and original posts in the search results, only replies or exclude replies all together by turning off the toggle.
  • Links: choose if you want to include tweets containing links and/or searching only for posts with links.
twitter advanced search for replies and links

Searching by engagement metrics

  • Minimum replies: select a minimum number of replies you want the posts you are searching for to have (e.g. posts with at least 280 replies)
  • Minimum likes: select a minimum number of likes you want the posts you are searching for to have (e.g. posts with at least 100 likes)
  • Minimum reposts: select a minimum number of reposts you want the posts you are searching for to have (e.g. posts with at least 2,000 reposts)
twitter advanced search by engagement

Searching by the date a post was shared

From this date to this date: this is very useful when you are not sure when a tweet was posted but you know it was between specific dates. This is a very easy way to find old tweets that were posted during a marketing campaigns, a community challenge, etc.

Using X (Twitter) Advanced Search Operators

In addition to the Advanced Search pop-up window tool, you can use search operators directly in X (Twitter) search bar both on the web app and mobile app.

These work similarly to Google search filters and you can type in what you're looking for using simple commands:

  • from:[screen name] - searches only for posts from the specific account you type after the ":"

Example: "from:typefully" will only show posts posted by the account @typefully

  • url:[https://...] - searches only for posts that contain the URL you specify or a URL a keyword in it.

Example: "url:typefully" will show you posts with urls containing the word "typefully".

  • filter:media - searches only posts that have media attached (images, videos).
  • filter:links - searches only posts that contain URLs in them.
  • filter:replies - searches only for replies to posts and not original posts.

To search for posts without certain elements, simply add "-" before "filter".

  • -filter:media - searches for posts without media attached.
  • -filter:links - searches for posts without URLs in them.
  • -filter:replies - searches for posts that are not replies.

To include a publication date range, simply use:

  • since:YYYY-MM-DD - only posts published since that date (inclusive).
  • until:YYYY-MM-DD - only posts published until that date (inclusive).
example of a twitter advanced search using search operators

Here's an example with multiple filters:

"from:typefully advanced search -filter:replies since:2024-03-01"

This combination of filters will search for posts published by @typefully, containing both the words "advanced" and "search", that are not replies, posted after the 1st March 2024.

X (Twitter) Advanced Search Operators Table

X (Twitter) makes available the following table for all its advanced search operators and respective expected results:

Operator Finds Tweets...
watching now containing both "watching" and "now". This is the default operator.
"happy hour" containing the exact phrase "happy hour".
love OR hate containing either "love" or "hate" (or both).
beer -root containing "beer" but not "root".
#haiku containing the hashtag "haiku".
from:interior sent from Twitter account "interior".
list:NASA/astronauts-in-space-now sent from a Twitter account in the NASA list astronauts-in-space-now
to:NASA a Tweet authored in reply to Twitter account "NASA".
@NASA mentioning Twitter account "NASA".
puppy filter:media containing "puppy" and an image or video.
puppy -filter:retweets containing "puppy", filtering out retweets
puppy filter:native_video containing "puppy" and an uploaded video, Amplify video, Periscope, or Vine.
puppy filter:periscope containing "puppy" and a Periscope video URL.
puppy filter:vine containing "puppy" and a Vine.
puppy filter:images containing "puppy" and links identified as photos, including third parties such as Instagram.
puppy filter:twimg containing "puppy" and a pic.twitter.com link representing one or more photos.
hilarious filter:links containing "hilarious" and linking to URL.
puppy url:amazon containing "puppy" and a URL with the word "amazon" anywhere within it.
superhero since:2015-12-21 containing "superhero" and sent since date "2015-12-21" (year-month-day).
puppy until:2015-12-21 containing "puppy" and sent before the date "2015-12-21".
movie -scary :) containing "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude.
flight :( containing "flight" and with a negative attitude.
traffic ? containing "traffic" and asking a question.

Whenever you use Twitter's search bar, you'll be able to select the "Top" tab in order to see the most popular tweets about the topic you're searching for. If, for instance, you're looking for the most recent tweets, simply switch to "Latest".

2) Find the most viewed tweets

Views on X (Twitter) are directly correlated to the number of times a tweet was reshared as it increases the number of people who see it. A cool trick to find the most viewed tweets about a particular topic is to use the "Minimum reposts" filters in the Advanced Search window or the search operator "min_retweets:___".

As a rule of thumb, any tweet reshared more than 2,000 times is a very viral tweet among the most viewed.

3) Find the most liked tweets

The same trick we use above for finding the most viewed tweets can also be used to find the most liked tweets. You can either use the "Minimum likes" filters in the Advanced Search window or the search operator "min_faves:___".

As a rule of thumb, any tweet liked more more than 50,000 times is among the most liked about that topic.

4) Find interactions with other accounts

When you're specifically looking for tweets exchanges between two accounts, you can use the “From these accounts” and “To these accounts” filters or the operators "from:____" and "to:_____".

Here's an example to see the tweets the Typefully's account has sent to one of its co-founders Fabrizio: "from:typefully to:linuz90"

twitter search history

5) Search tweets from a specific user

This one is fairly easy as all you have to do is use the search operator "from:" and type the user's handle in front of it.

Here are some examples to find tweets from a specific Twitter user:

All tweets from Mr. Beast: from:MrBeast

search tweets from a specific user example

6) Search tweets by date

Say you want to find all tweets mentioning your brand during a specific marketing campaign so you can measure its reach and engagement. How do you do it?

Simply use the commands "since:" and "until:" and enter your specific date range in the YYYY-MM-DD format. Here's an example to search tweets by date mentioning Typefully between the 1st March 2024 and the 1st April 2024:

search tweets by date example

7) Monitor your competitor's sentiment

Twitter Advanced Search lets you find monitor sentiment about your own brand as well as your competitors'. All you have to do is to combine the brand name and a sentiment keywords such as a sad smile emoji. Here are some examples:

  • "[brand name] stopped using"
  • "[brand name] not happy anymore"
  • "[brand name] bad service"
  • "[brand name] :("
twitter advanced search for brands


8) Find videos and images about a specific topic

If you're trying to find videos or images about a trending or popular topic on Twitter, you can either use Advanced Search or the search bar and then select the "Media" tab.

9) Search for what people usually say

To be successful at social media and marketing in general, you need to know yours customers and be on top of what they are saying online.

With Twitter Search, you can combine specific sentences people use such as "How do I...?" or "What do you recommend...?" and specific keywords.

For example, if you want to know what social media scheduling tool people are recommending, use:

  • "What do people use" social media
  • "Any advice on" scheduling posts

You'll probably find the best answer is Typefully but we are biased 😄

10) Find customers asking for support

X (Twitter) and social in general are now being more and more used as a support channels as people often ask their questions there in the hope the community can help.

To stay on top of your own customers, you can find all tweets mentioning your brand and keywords like "I need help", "how do you". These tweets might not tag your brand directly but you'll still be able to find them and help people.

A Final Powerful Tool for X (Twitter)

X (Twitter) Advanced Search is a great and powerful tool to find any tweet or Twitter user you're looking for.

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