GET users/suggestions

Access to Twitter’s suggested user list. This returns the list of suggested user categories. The category can be used in GET users / suggestions / :slug to get the users in that category.

Resource URL

https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/suggestions.json

Resource Information

Response formats JSON
Requires authentication? Yes
Rate limited? Yes
Requests / 15-min window (user auth) 15
Requests / 15-min window (app auth) 15

Parameters

Name Required Description Default Value Example
lang optional Restricts the suggested categories to the requested language. The language must be specified by the appropriate two letter ISO 639-1 representation. Currently supported languages are provided by the `GET help/languages`_ API request. Unsupported language codes will receive English (en) results. If you use lang in this request, ensure you also include it when requesting the `GET users/suggestions/:slug`_ list.    

Example Request

GET https://api.twitter.com/1.1/users/suggestions.json

Example Response

[
  {
    "name": "Art & Design",
    "slug": "art-design",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Billboard Music Awards",
    "slug": "billboard-music-awards",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Books",
    "slug": "books",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Business",
    "slug": "business",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "CMT Awards",
    "slug": "cmt-awards",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Charity",
    "slug": "charity",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Entertainment",
    "slug": "entertainment",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Faith and Religion",
    "slug": "faith-and-religion",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Family",
    "slug": "family",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Fashion",
    "slug": "fashion",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Food & Drink",
    "slug": "food-drink",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Funny",
    "slug": "funny",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Government",
    "slug": "government",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Health",
    "slug": "health",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "MLB",
    "slug": "mlb",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "MTV Movie Awards",
    "slug": "mtv-movie-awards",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Music",
    "slug": "music",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "NASCAR",
    "slug": "nascar",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "NBA",
    "slug": "nba",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "NHL",
    "slug": "nhl",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "News",
    "slug": "news",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "PGA",
    "slug": "pga",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Science",
    "slug": "science",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Sports",
    "slug": "sports",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Staff Picks",
    "slug": "staff-picks",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Technology",
    "slug": "technology",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Television",
    "slug": "television",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Travel",
    "slug": "travel",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Twitter",
    "slug": "twitter",
    "size": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "US Election 2012",
    "slug": "us-election-2012",
    "size": 20
  }
]