Ultimate Twitter Search Guide & Cheatsheet: How to Spy & Swipe Viral Tweets In Your Niche In 30 Seconds

Step 1: Go to the Explore tab on Twitter

Step 2: Use keywords and/or commands (with a space between commands within the same search)

Step 3: Hit Enter

Search example: from:dickiebush min_retweets:1000 filter:media since:2022-01-01

Try it out.

Did you get the Steve Jobs tweet as search result?

Commands cheatsheet:

• from:handlename (to spy on your favorite influencer)
• min_retweets:number (to search for viral tweets with a lot of retweets)
• min_replies:number (to search for viral tweets with a lot of replies)
• min_faves:number (to search for viral tweets with a lot of likes)
• since:YYYY-MM-DD (to only show recent tweets)
• until:YYYY-MM-DD (to only show old tweets)
  
• keyword
• -keyword  (negative keyword, search for posts not containing this keyword)
• "exact keyword search"
• keyword1 OR keyword2
• keyword1 AND keyword2
• ("keyword1" OR "keyword2") AND (keyword3 OR keyword4)
• #keyword  (hashtag)
• to:handlename  (search for replies)
• @handlename  (search for mentions)
• list:listnumber (the number in the list's URL) (to only show tweets from a list)
• filter:filter  (add filter)

-filter:filter  (negative filter)

(filter commands: safe, media, images, native_video, gif, periscope, vine, twimg)

Filters are useful to search for tweets containing images, videos, or gifs.

Also use -filter:replies to not show replies in your search.