Author-related search operators

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Author-related search operators

The following table describes search operators you can use to narrow in on results that match specific author attributes.

Author-related search operators
OperatorDescriptionExample

authorcountry:

Matches results by authors from a specific country.

olympics AND authorcountry:fr

Matches results that contain "olympics" by French authors only.

authordescription:Matches results by authors who include the specified descriptor in their bio.

olympics AND authordescription:"social media"

Matches results that contain "olympics" by authors who have the words "social media" in their bio.

author_id:Matches results from a source with a specific author ID. E.g. author_id:"ig:4024202702" will find posts from this source only.olympics AND author_id:ig:4024202702

Matches results that contain "olympics" from the specified author only.

author:Matches results from authors whose name include the specified term.

olympics AND author:sarah

Matches results that contain "olympics" from authors whose name includes the word "Sarah."

authorshort:

Matches results from a specific author handle or short name. This operator is case-sensitive and must be used with the handle or short name of the author (without the @ symbol), exactly as it appears on the social network.

This operator matches results from X, Instagram and VKontakte.

account AND authorshort:hootsuite

Matches results from accounts with "@hootsuite" in the handle that contain the word "account."

 

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