Operator | Function |
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“search term” | Keeps your words in the exact order and phrasing as they are written in the search. |
love OR hate | Search for tweets containing either “love” or “hate” (or potentially both), as well as whatever other search terms are used. |
search term -term | This will search for any tweets containing the first search term but that does NOT contain the second search term. |
from:username | Get tweets from a specific user. |
to:username | Get tweets directed to a specific user |
filter:media | Adding this operator onto a search will narrow the results down to tweets containing either images or video. |
-filter:retweets | Adding this operator with the negative sign at the beginning will filter out any retweets that may show up in the results for a specific search. |
filter:links | Find tweets that include any link. |
filter:verified | Limit your results to tweets from verified accounts. |
url:amazon | Find tweets that include a link containing a specific string of text. |
since:YYYY-MM-DD / until:YYYY-MM-DD | Show tweets that have been sent after or before the date provided. |
min_faves:100 / min_retweets:100 |
Only show tweets that have been retweeted or favorited a minimum number of times |
Additional advanced search features are available, but they require API access and some coding knowledge.