Rate limits - twitterapi.io

Rate limits are per API key, counted per second.

Account	Requests per second
New account that has never topped up	1 request every 5 seconds
Any account that has topped up, and Starter / Builder / Pro subscriptions	20
Scale subscription	50
Business subscription	500
Higher limits (up to 1,000)	Contact us

When you go over the limit, the API returns 429 Too Many Requests. Wait briefly and retry; see Errors for a retry example.

Tips

Spread requests out instead of sending bursts. A steady 15 requests per second is safer than 30 requests every 2 seconds.
Use one key per account. Limits are per key; running many processes on one key shares the same limit.
Need real-time tweets? Polling advanced search with a time window works well and gives you full logs. Tweet filter rules (webhook / WebSocket) are also available.