Check Shadowban
Checks whether a Twitter/X account is restricted in visibility. Runs two independent measurements: search_suggestion_ban — whether the account appears in search suggestions when its exact handle is typed — and search_ban — whether its posts are returned by search. Each check reports clean, banned or unknown; unknown carries a reason and means the measurement could not be made, never that the account is restricted. is_shadowbanned is true only when at least one check found an actual restriction. Profile flags (protected, possibly_sensitive) are reported separately and never count as a shadowban. Results are cached for an hour — see checked_at for the age of the data.
Authorizations
Query Parameters
Twitter/X handle (without @).
Response
OK
When the measurement actually happened. Results are cached, so this can be older than the request.
"2026-08-01T10:00:00Z"
true when at least one check found a restriction. Checks that are unknown never count.
false
"44196397"
"elonmusk"