How to Use the Twitter/X Tweet Likers Export

Before you start

• Awareness of platform limits:
  • Due to recent X/Twitter changes, this Phantom only works with tweets from your own account.
  • It cannot show you who liked tweets from other users.

Step 1: Connect your X/Twitter account

To let the Phantom act on your behalf:

1. Install the PhantomBuster browser extension and connect your X/Twitter session in one click.
2. If you’re not using Chrome or Firefox, you can retrieve your session cookie manually (see our cookie guide).

Step 2: Provide your search inputs

You can give your input in one of the following ways:

• A URL:
  • Paste a single tweet URL.
  • Paste the URL of a Google Sheet with your tweet URLs (make sure it’s shared with “Anyone with the link”).
  • Or upload a CSV file with your tweet URLs (make sure it’s publicly accessible, and note that CSV upload is only available on paid plans).

→ If you’re using a spreadsheet, the Phantom defaults to the first column (A). To use a different column, enter the column’s header name in the field “Name of column containing tweet URLs.”

Step 3: Configure limits and search filters

1. Number of tweets to process per launch (optional):
   • Default = 2.
   • If left empty, the Phantom will attempt to process all your tweets in one launch.
2. Number of likers to extract per tweet (optional):
   • Default = empty, the Phantom will attempt to retrieve all likers.
   • Keep in mind X/Twitter’s new visibility rules:
     • You can only see who liked your own tweets.
     • You will no longer see who liked someone else’s tweets.
     • Like counts for other people’s tweets are still visible, but the list of likers is hidden.
3. Number of retweeters to extract per tweet (optional):
   • Default = empty, the Phantom will attempt to retrieve all retweeters.
4. Watcher mode (optional):
   • Enable to reprocess the same tweet URLs every launch to capture new likes/retweets over time.

Result file settings (dropdown in setup)

1. Name your results file (optional)

   • You can customize the file name.

     If you rename the file between launches, the Phantom will create a new results file and start processing inputs from scratch.

2. Fields to keep (optional)
   • Export only the fields you care about by listing them (comma-separated).
     Example: profileUrl, tweetLink.
   • This generates a second CSV file with just those fields.
   • Learn more in our guide: Customize how your Phantom results files are saved.

Step 4: Select launch frequency

Choose how often the Phantom should run:

1. Launch manually: Start the Phantom yourself whenever you need.
2. Launch once at a specific time: schedule a one-time run at a set date and time.
3. Launch repeatedly: schedule regular runs (e.g. once per day, several times during working hours).
4. Launch after another Phantom: chain automations together so this Phantom starts right after another finishes.
5. Advanced scheduling: customize the exact minutes, hours, days, or months when the Phantom should run.

→ For a complete walkthrough of scheduling options, see our guide to scheduling Phantoms automatically.

Step 5 (Optional): Advanced settings

Advanced settings are available if you want to fine-tune how your Phantom runs, but by default they’re already optimized for most use cases.

We recommend leaving them as they are unless a guide specifically instructs you to change something.

→ For a detailed overview of all advanced options (like execution limits, retries, email notifications, proxies, webhooks, and file management), see our Advanced settings guide.

Launch and results

When you’re ready:

1. Click Launch to start your Phantom.
2. Once it finishes, open the Results tab in the Phantom console to see extracted likers and retweeters of your tweets.
3. Download your results as a CSV or JSON file.

→ To learn how to export your data to Google Sheets, integrate with other tools, or reuse it in more automations, check our Access and Export your Phantom Results guide.

Export and input limits on the Free plan
If you’re on the Free plan or Free trial, some features are limited:
- CSV exports include only the first 10 rows of results.
- CSV download links (for dynamic viewing in Google Sheets or integrations) are not available.
- JSON exports are not available.
- CSV upload as an input method is not supported.
To unlock all features, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid plan.

What you give (Input) and What you get (Output)

This section gives you a detailed breakdown of everything you need to provide to run this Phantom, and everything you’ll receive once it completes.

What you give (Input)

What you get (Output)

Tips and troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

• Using a private spreadsheet (make sure it’s set to “Anyone with the link”).
• Processing too many tweets at once → keep input volumes smaller for reliability.
• Forgetting to enable Watcher mode if you want to track new likes/retweets over time.
• Trying to extract likers from other users’ tweets → not supported anymore. You can only extract likers from your own tweets.

If you run into issues

• Check how to troubleshoot your phantom using Logs.
• Browse the Fix Issues & Troubleshoot Errors section for solutions to common problems.
• Review our Automation Rate Limits by Platform guide.
• Check our Best Practices for Social Media Automation guide.

Suggested automations

• Twitter Profile Scraper → Enrich the profiles of people who liked a tweet.
• Twitter Auto Liker → Like tweets from those same users to engage back.
• Twitter Auto Follow → Follow selected likers to grow your network.