# How to Search Tweets Linking to a Website or Domain

To search tweets that link to a website on X, type url: followed by the domain into the search bar, for example url:github.com, and open the Latest tab.

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**To search tweets that link to a website on X, type `url:` followed by the domain into the search bar, for example `url:github.com`, and open the Latest tab.** Add `-from:yourbrand` to see only links shared by other people. Replace any hyphen in the domain with an underscore: `url:t_mobile.com`.

The `url:` operator is the fastest way to see who shares your content, a competitor’s content or a news article. It sits with the word operators in the [Twitter advanced search operators](/blog/twitter-search/advanced-search-operators/) reference. This guide is one of the techniques in [how to search tweets by keyword](/blog/twitter-search/search-tweets-by-keyword/).

## How Do You Find Tweets Linking to a Site?

**You find tweets linking to a site by searching `url:` with the domain, with no space after the colon.** Listed below are the 3 steps.

1.  **Type** `url:yourdomain.com`.
2.  **Press** Enter.
3.  **Open** **Latest** for every post linking to the domain, newest first.

`url:` matches the full address behind X’s shortened links, so posts appear even though X displays the link as a t.co short URL ([twitter-advanced-search reference](https://github.com/igorbrigadir/twitter-advanced-search)).

## Domain Search Examples

**These domain searches cover the link-tracking jobs people run most often.** Replace the domains, handles and dates.

| Goal | Query |
| --- | --- |
| Every post linking to a site | url:example.com |
| Links shared by others only | url:example.com -from:examplebrand |
| Links to a hyphenated domain | url:t_mobile.com |
| Links to one page or section | url:example.com/blog |
| Popular posts linking to a site | url:example.com min_retweets:20 |
| Links to several sites | url:site1.com OR url:site2.com |
| Links in a date range | url:example.com since:2026-01-01 until:2026-02-01 |
| A competitor’s shared articles | url:competitor.com -from:competitor |
| Links without media | url:example.com -filter:media |

## How Do You Find Who Shared Your Article?

**To find who shared one article, search a distinctive part of its address with `url:`, such as the slug.** `url:example.com/blog/my-article-slug` narrows the results to that page. If the slug contains hyphens, use underscores in the query. Popular shares can be ranked with the thresholds in [how to search tweets by likes, reposts and replies](/blog/twitter-search/search-by-engagement/).

## How Do You Find Posts With Any Link?

**To find posts with any link rather than one domain, use `filter:links`; remove media with `-filter:media` to keep posts with a web link only.** `filter:links` also counts photos and videos as links, which is why the second filter helps (twitter-advanced-search reference). Media filters are covered in [how to search only tweets with images, videos or links](/blog/twitter-search/media-filters/).

## Why Does url: Return No Results?

**`url:` returns no results when the domain contains a hyphen typed as a hyphen, when there is a space after the colon, or when no one has shared the domain recently.** Rewrite hyphens as underscores, remove the space, and add `since:` with an earlier date to search further back.

## How to Track Shared Links With apidojo

**apidojo’s [Tweet Scraper V2](https://apify.com/apidojo/tweet-scraper) on Apify collects every post linking to a domain, with the author and engagement for each, so you can rank who drives the most attention to your site.** The actor’s documentation shows link searches such as `from:TechCrunch filter:links` ([Apify](https://apify.com/apidojo/twitter-scraper-lite)).

```
{
  "searchTerms": ["url:example.com -from:examplebrand -filter:retweets"],
  "sort": "Latest"
}
```

It costs $0.40 per 1,000 tweets. See the [apidojo Twitter Scraper](/scrapers/twitter-scraper/).

## The scrapers behind this

-   [Tweet Scraper V2 Tweets from searches, profiles, Lists and URLs; 49–64 tweets/sec; minimum 50 per query $0.40 / 1K tweets](/scrapers/twitter-scraper/)
-   [Twitter Scraper Unlimited Single tweets, reply threads, X Articles and small queries; no minimum $0.016 / query + $0.40 / 1K](/scrapers/twitter-scraper-lite/)

## Questions people ask

### Can you search for a link that X shortened?

Yes, `url:` matches the original address, not the t.co short link.

### Does url: match subdomains?

Search the subdomain itself to be sure: `url:blog.example.com`.

### Can you find links to your site from one account?

Yes, combine the operators: `from:username url:example.com`.

## More on keyword search

-   [How to Search Tweets by Keyword on X (2026) How X matches keywords, and the operators for exact phrases, OR, exclusions, hashtags, cashtags, domains and languages.](/blog/twitter-search/search-tweets-by-keyword/)
-   [How to Search Tweets by Exact Phrase on X Put words in quotes to find posts with an exact phrase, use wildcards, combine phrases with OR and fix phrase searches that fail.](/blog/twitter-search/exact-phrase-search/)
-   [How to Search Multiple Keywords on X With OR Use uppercase OR and parentheses to search several keywords, synonyms, hashtags or accounts at once on X, with examples.](/blog/twitter-search/search-multiple-keywords-or/)
-   [How to Exclude Words From Twitter Search Remove words, phrases, hashtags, accounts, replies and reposts from X search with the minus sign, and fix exclusions that fail.](/blog/twitter-search/exclude-words/)
-   [How to Search Tweets by Hashtag on X Search any hashtag on X by date, account, language or popularity, find hashtag-only posts and collect hashtag data.](/blog/twitter-search/search-by-hashtag/)
-   [How to Search Tweets by Cashtag ($TSLA, $BTC) Search stock and crypto tickers on X with cashtags, filter out promotional spam and collect ticker posts for analysis.](/blog/twitter-search/search-by-cashtag/)
-   [How to Search Tweets by Language on X Filter X search by language with lang: codes, use X's special codes for hashtag-only or media-only posts, and search several languages.](/blog/twitter-search/search-by-language/)
-   [Search Tweets by Likes, Reposts and Replies (min\_faves) Use min\_faves:, min\_retweets: and min\_replies: to find tweets above or below any engagement level, with worked examples.](/blog/twitter-search/search-by-engagement/)
-   [How to Find Viral Tweets About Any Topic Find viral tweets on any topic with like floors, repost filters and date windows, plus recipes for videos, threads and links.](/blog/twitter-search/find-viral-tweets/)
-   [Search Only Tweets With Images, Videos or Links The 9 X media filters for images, videos, links and news, how to combine them, and how to remove media from search results.](/blog/twitter-search/media-filters/)

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