March 19, 2024
Finding someone on social media can be difficult if you don’t know their username. Let’s say you wanted to find someone on Instagram but you didn’t know their handle or even have their phone number. What would you do? Well, in this article, we’ll answer that exact question and more.
When you conduct a reverse image search, you are using an image to collect accurate results of where that same image might live, across the entire world-wide-web. It’s a fast and easy alternative to how you have historically used the internet’s search capabilities.
Before diving into how you can conduct a reverse image search on your own, first, read on to learn why you might need to use this type of search to find a person online.
How to Run a Social Media Search
If someone has various public social media accounts, it can seem easier to track them down with a simple name search but if their accounts are private, or if you want to find non-social media accounts, a reverse image search can help. This type of search allows you to track down dating site profiles, all social media accounts, and any other accounts on public forums. Beyond just researching a blind date prospect, some opt to use this type of search to investigate whether a spouse might be cheating on a dating website.
Track down a lost connection
When you conduct a reverse image search, you can unlock the information you would not have had access to previously. This includes current and past addresses, social media accounts, and any associated email addresses.
Unlock duplicate content
Many scammers may post the same photo in various places, with different names. Searching by an image will help you unlock everywhere on the internet that the image lives.
Previously when it has come to finding someone online, people often turn to Google. There are various combinations of keywords you can use to find someone – their name, employer, state they reside in, the college they attended, or something else. These same keywords are often used in the search bar of social media accounts to try to track down a stranger. Some may take it a step further to look at LinkedIn and review a list of employers at a company and cross-reference that employee’s connections, or by tracking down a friend or family member and then looking at their networks and followers to try to find who you are looking for.
All those options are free, but they are time-consuming. An affordable and faster solution is conducting a reverse image search on Social Catfish.
To give a reverse image search a try on our site, grab your photo and follow the steps below:
1.) Head to Social Catfish.
2.) Ensure your photo is “search ready” by making sure this photo was either scanned or uploaded to our platform. To receive the most accurate results, you’ll want to make sure any background information that identifies a social media site is cropped out, and you’ll want to ensure the photo only includes the person’s face and torso as well.
3.) Start your image search.
4.) Sit back and watch the results come through. This will include not only exact matches but matches that are similar to your photo. Even if someone’s social media accounts are private, you’ll still receive results. That’s because they may have followers on their account who are not private and have posted an image of them elsewhere. Always keep in mind though that there are scammers out there on the internet so if someone has the same photo, but a different name is tied to the account, you should examine it more.
Keyword searches are a thing of the past. When you use Social Catfish, you’ll get a leg up with your internet sleuthing skills. Our platform uses image metadata and proprietary technology to scan not hundreds, but millions, of social profiles, forums, networking sites, and web URLs to provide you with real image results, fast.
Sign up for an account today or if you still have questions, get in touch with our team to learn more.
Running a Social Media Search By Phone Number
With Social Catfish, running a social media search is simple. All you need to do is enter the person’s phone number into the search bar below. Running a social media search by phone will help you uncover the person’s profile in seconds. The same search can be run using an email address, name, or person’s username from a different social media platform. Use the search bar below to run your first search today!
