Instantly detect shadowbans, search restrictions, and hidden penalties on any X (Twitter) account.
X does not confirm shadowbans, so every answer here is inferred from visibility rather than read from an API. Four checks run against four independent data sources: whether the account’s posts appear in search, whether views on its own timeline fall below what its follower count implies, whether its replies are being buried relative to its posts, and whether the handle appears in search suggestions. Two of the four are threshold tests, and this page prints the thresholds.
The ghost-ban test compares average views against a deliberately low floor: an account under 10,000 followers is expected to reach at least 4% of them per post, falling to 0.3% above 5 million followers, because reach per follower drops as an audience grows. Averaging under 10% of that floor is reported as a likely ghost ban and under 30% as a possible one. Accounts below 500 followers are passed without a verdict, because there is not enough traffic to read.
Reply deboosting is a ratio, not a level. Replies normally draw roughly 10 to 30 percent of the views a standalone post gets, so the check fails only below 2% and warns below 5%. Those bands are our model’s parameters, chosen to be hard to trip by accident, not numbers X has published.
Context for the follower thresholds above: across the 18,486,455 X accounts PlayerSells indexes, measured on 24 August 2026 over a 45,308-account sample, the median account has 550 followers and 7,085 is the 90th percentile. The overwhelming majority of accounts therefore sit in the first band of the table below, where the expected floor is highest and a real suppression shows up most clearly.
View floors and ratio bands are parameters of the PlayerSells detection model, not statements published by X. Follower distribution figures are our own measurement over the PlayerSells X index, last computed on 24 August 2026.
Account tweets are invisible to others even though they appear normal to the user.
Account does not appear in X search results, even when searched by exact handle.
Replies are hidden behind 'Show more replies' and receive significantly less visibility.
Account does not appear in search suggestions or auto-complete when typing the username.
The share of an account’s followers expected to see an average post. Reach per follower falls as an audience grows, so a single flat rate would flag every large account and clear every small one. These are floors, not averages: a healthy account normally sits well above its band.
| Follower band | Minimum expected views per post |
|---|---|
| Under 10,000 | 4% of followers |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | 2.5% of followers |
| 100,000 to 1 million | 1% of followers |
| 1 million to 5 million | 0.5% of followers |
| Over 5 million followers | 0.3% of followers |
Averaging below 10% of the band fails the check; below 30% warns. Accounts under 500 followers are not assessed on this check at all.
X has never confirmed that shadowbans exist, publishes no endpoint for them and gives no notice when one is applied or lifted. Everything on this page is inference from what is publicly visible, and a check that comes back clean means the four signals we can read look normal right now - not that no restriction exists. A check that comes back flagged is a reason to look closer, not a diagnosis.
A signal we could not read is reported as inconclusive rather than as a pass. If X returns no posts, no view counts or an empty search response, the check says so in words. Scoring a missing measurement as zero would tell a perfectly healthy account that it is suppressed, which is the one failure mode worth designing against.
A shadowban is when X (Twitter) silently restricts your account's visibility without notifying you. Your tweets appear normal to you, but other users can't see them in search results, replies, or timelines. There are several types including ghost bans, search bans, reply deboosting, and search suggestion bans.
Our tool analyzes multiple visibility signals for the given X account including search indexing status, reply visibility, suggestion appearance, and timeline reach. It checks for four types of restrictions: ghost ban, search ban, reply deboosting, and search suggestion ban.
Shadowbans on X are usually temporary and can last from a few days to several weeks. To help lift a shadowban: stop any behavior that triggered it (aggressive following, spam-like posting), avoid controversial content temporarily, engage naturally with other users, and wait. There is no guaranteed fix as X doesn't officially acknowledge shadowbans.
There are four main types of shadowbans on X: Ghost Ban (tweets invisible to others), Search Ban (account hidden from search results), Reply Deboosting (replies hidden behind 'Show more'), and Search Suggestion Ban (account doesn't appear in search autocomplete). Each affects visibility differently.
Yes, the PlayerSells Shadowban Checker is completely free to use with no registration required. You can check as many accounts as you want. The tool runs entirely in your browser for maximum privacy.
Shadowbans can severely limit an account's reach and engagement, making it worth significantly less than advertised. A shadowbanned account with 100K followers might only reach a fraction of its audience. Always verify account health before purchasing to avoid paying premium prices for restricted accounts.
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PlayerSells is not affiliated with X Corp. Every verdict on this page is inferred from publicly visible signals read live at the moment you run the check; X neither confirms nor denies account restrictions and provides no interface for querying them. The thresholds are parameters of our own model, printed above in full. Follower distribution figures are our own measurement over the PlayerSells X index, last computed on 24 August 2026.
