I'm Missing from Search!

Are you not seeing your account or some of your Tweets in Twitter searches? This page will help you figure out why.

My Tweets and hashtags don't appear in search

If you're having trouble locating your Tweets or hashtags in search results, this information might help:

• Are you viewing only Top results? Try selecting All at the top of the search results page. This will show you all the Tweets which have been indexed for that search query. However, we may not show every Tweet in search results pages.
• Have you tweeted recently? Twitter Search results display Tweets from the past week or so. We're constantly working to include as many Tweets as possible while keeping the quality of search high. Rest assured that your followers will still see all your Tweets and @mentions.
• Are your Tweets protected? Only approved followers can see protected Tweets. For this reason, protected Tweets do not appear in search results.
• Are you using Twitter on your mobile device? Twitter on mobile will not display All Tweets in search results. To reduce slowness and other capacity issues, search results now only show top Tweets and Tweets from people you follow.  However, once the results load, you can refresh the timeline to get real time results.

My account doesn't appear in Twitter people search

If your account has a low ranking or does not appear in people search results, check the following:

• Are your name and bio filled in? Twitter people search surfaces results with preference to those users who have a complete name, username, and bio on their profile.
  • Please note: Though search results are updated daily, it may take a few days for any changes to your name or username to affect results for a given search term. 
• Are you using Twitter actively? It's important to Tweet, retweet, and mention regularly to gain resonance amongst your followers so that search results are up to date for your account.
• Is your account new? If so, please be patient. New accounts may take a few days to start appearing in people search.