How to Search Twitter Like a Pro

People send more than 2500 new tweets posted every second and 500 million tweets every single day. Twitter makes it easy to navigate those tweets and find the info that's most valuable to you. These results are determined by Twitter's search algorithms, as are the "Top" tweet results. You can write simple search queries (like #IPL) or more complex query (like Modi min_retweets:5filter:news) that uses one or more Twitter search operators. 

How to Search Twitter Like a Pro


How to Search Twitter like a Advanced User

You can use the following search operators that can help you perform more accurate searches on Twitter.

#1. All tweets sent by particular Twitter user
 

From:NarendraModi

#2. Tweets sent in a particular time range

Windows Reviews since:2016-03-01 until:2016-04-05


#3. Tweets sent to Narendra Modi but not containing any links
 

to:NarendraModi-filter:links

#4. Tweets containing YouTube videos that are described as funny or amazing

YouTube funny or amazing filter:links


#5. Search for tweets from users who belong to a particular Twitter list

election list:Time/time-staff


#6. Search tweets for a particular hashtag but containing images

#IPL filter:images


#7. Tweets containing YouTube videos that are favorited by atleast 200 users

youtube.com min_faves:200


#8. Search tweets that mention a keyboard and contain links to news websites

Narendra Modi filter:news


#9. Tweets that have been retweeted atleast 20 times

bollywood min_retweet:20


#10. Tweets from user @Neha that mention user @Akash but exclude Retweets

from:neha to:akash-RT


#11. Tweets sent by users within the 20 mile radius of New Delhi containing Android Phone

Android near:ND within:20mi


#12. Filter tweets containing adult or potentially sensitive content

Android games filter:safe


#13. Tweets sent in a particular language (en=English)

#iPhone lang:en


#14. Show tweets that contain native video i.e. uploaded inside tweet

gadgets show filter:native_video


#15.  Search discovery tweets containing images or videos

discovery filter:media