Twitter/X · Rate Limits

Twitter X Rate Limits

X API v2 rate limits are per-endpoint, mostly on 15-minute windows (some 24-hour and per-second), with separate per-app (Bearer app-only) and per-user (OAuth user context) limits. Every response carries x-rate-limit-limit / x-rate-limit-remaining / x-rate-limit-reset headers; 429 with problem type rate-limit-exceeded signals throttling. Representative published limits below; the full per-endpoint tables live in the docs and Developer Console.

Twitter X Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Twitter/X on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 18 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_window.

The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Rate Limiting and Social.

18 Limits Throttle: 429
Rate LimitingSocial

Limits

Posts lookup GET /2/tweets (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
3500
Posts lookup GET /2/tweets (per user) user
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
5000
Post lookup GET /2/tweets/:id (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
450
Recent search GET /2/tweets/search/recent (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
450
Recent search GET /2/tweets/search/recent (per user) user
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
300
Full-archive search GET /2/tweets/search/all (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
300
Also capped at 1 request/second.
Post counts GET /2/tweets/counts/recent (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
300
Filtered stream connect GET /2/tweets/search/stream (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
50
1 connection; up to 1000 rules; 250 posts/sec delivery.
Stream rules POST /2/tweets/search/stream/rules (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
100
Create post POST /2/tweets (per app) app
requests_per_window · 24 hours
10000
Create post POST /2/tweets (per user) user
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
100
Delete post DELETE /2/tweets/:id (per user) user
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
50
User posts GET /2/users/:id/tweets (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
10000
User posts GET /2/users/:id/tweets (per user) user
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
900
User mentions GET /2/users/:id/mentions (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
450
Reverse-chronological timeline GET /2/users/:id/timelines/reverse_chronological (per user) user
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
180
Liking users GET /2/tweets/:id/liking_users (per app) app
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
75
Like posts POST /2/users/:id/likes (per user) user
requests_per_window · 15 minutes
50
Also capped at 1000/24hrs.

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