Gravatar Lookup — Email to Name, Photo, Bio & Social Profiles

🇨🇳 Gravatar 查询：将邮箱地址转换为公开的 Gravatar 资料：显示名、全名、头像、所在地、简介、职位、公司、链接和已验证的社交账号。批量、快速，无需 API 密钥。

🇸🇬 Carian Gravatar: tukar alamat e-mel kepada profil Gravatar awam: nama, foto, lokasi, bio, jawatan, syarikat, pautan dan akaun sosial yang disahkan. Pukal, tiada kunci API.

🤖 NEW: Connect This To Your AI!

Use this actor from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client through the IntelScrape MCP Server, or call it directly over the Apify API.

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Email list in, public identity out: name, photo, bio, location, company and verified social accounts from Gravatar.

Honest coverage & billing: Only public Gravatar data is returned; private fields stay private. You pay only for results actually delivered, and a built-in cost guard stops the run at your max-charge limit.

🌍 Built for teams in the US, China and Singapore, and anyone who needs this data in a spreadsheet or pipeline.

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⚖️ Lawful business use only. Collect public data only, and comply with the source site's terms, copyright and data-protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, China PIPL, Singapore PDPA).

Examples below are illustrative; names and values may be fictional or out of date.

What is Gravatar Lookup?

Millions of people, especially developers, bloggers, WordPress users and founders, have a Gravatar: a public profile tied to their email address that powers avatars across WordPress, GitHub, Slack and thousands of sites. Gravatar Lookup checks a list of emails and returns the public name, photo, bio, location, company and verified social accounts behind each one, so a bare email list becomes a list of real, recognisable people.

What does it do?

• Bulk email lookup: thousands of emails per run, 5 at a time
• Profile data: display name, full name, username, location, about-me bio, job title, company and pronouns
• Photo: avatar URL (400 px) and whether the email has a photo even without a full profile
• Verified accounts: linked services (GitHub, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Mastodon, WordPress…) with usernames and URLs
• Links: personal websites and other URLs on the profile
• Clean output: one row per email; turn on onlyFound to keep just the hits

Why choose us over cheaper scrapers?

• Honest output: limits are documented, missing data is labeled, never invented
• Clean, consistent schema ready for Excel, Sheets, BI tools or an LLM
• No account risk: no logins, no cookies, no API keys
• Pay per result with a built-in cost guard; no subscription, failed items are never charged
• Fast and light: no residential proxy, so runs finish in seconds and stay cheap
• Maintained by IntelScrape and fixed fast when the source changes

Who is it for?

• Lead enrichment: add names, photos and socials to signup or CRM emails
• Sales & recruiting: recognise developers and founders behind inbound emails
• Fraud & trust checks: an established profile with verified accounts is a real-person signal
• OSINT & investigations: map an email to public identities
• Community & product teams: personalise onboarding with names and photos
• Data hygiene: flag role or throwaway addresses that have no public identity

How to use it

In Apify Console (no code)

1. Click Try for free / Start. The form is prefilled with a working example.
2. Change the inputs (see examples below).
3. Click Start, then export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or open them in Google Sheets.
4. Optional: Schedule the actor to run hourly, daily or weekly.

Via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/intelscrape~gravatar-profile-lookup/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"emails": ["beau@dentedreality.com.au", "matt@mullenweg.com", "nobody-here-12345@example.com"]}'

Or use the official Apify JavaScript and Python clients:

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("intelscrape/gravatar-profile-lookup").call(run_input={"emails": ["beau@dentedreality.com.au", "matt@mullenweg.com", "nobody-here-12345@example.com"]})
for item in client.dataset(run["default_dataset_id"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

With AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com) or the IntelScrape MCP Server to Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT or any MCP client, then ask in plain language, e.g. "Run intelscrape/gravatar-profile-lookup with the default input and summarise the results."

Input examples

Three emails (default)

{
  "emails": ["beau@dentedreality.com.au", "matt@mullenweg.com", "nobody-here-12345@example.com"]
}

Only keep found profiles

{
  "emails": ["alice@example.org", "bob@example.net"],
  "onlyFound": true
}

Output fields

Field	Description
email / md5	Input email and its Gravatar hash
hasProfile / hasAvatar	Public profile exists / photo exists
profileUrl / username	Gravatar profile URL and username
displayName / fullName	Names as published
location / aboutMe / jobTitle / company / pronouns	Profile details
avatarUrl	Photo URL
verifiedAccounts[]	service, username, url, verified
links[]	title + url
photos[]	All profile photos
checkedAt	Check time

Sample output

{
  "email": "beau@dentedreality.com.au",
  "hasProfile": true,
  "hasAvatar": true,
  "profileUrl": "https://gravatar.com/beau",
  "username": "beau",
  "displayName": "Beau Lebens",
  "location": "Golden, CO",
  "verifiedAccounts": [{ "service": "twitter", "username": "beaulebens", "url": "https://twitter.com/beaulebens", "verified": true }]
}

Pricing (pay per event)

Event	When it is charged	Price
Actor start	once per run	$0.005
Email checked	per email looked up	$0.001
Profile found	extra, only when a public profile exists	$0.003

Cost examples

Run	Cost
Default run: 3 emails, 2 profiles	$0.014
10,000 emails, 8% have profiles	$12.405
1,000 developer emails, 30% found	$1.905

Platform usage is included in these prices. Set Max charge per run in the run options to cap spend; the actor stops cleanly when the limit is reached and keeps everything collected so far.

Tips for best results

• Developer, WordPress and tech-community emails have the highest hit rates.
• Use onlyFound for a clean list of hits; you are still charged the small check fee per email.
• Combine with our Username Checker to expand a found username to 600+ sites.
• Lowercase and trim emails are handled automatically.

FAQ

Is this legal?

It reads profiles that people chose to publish on Gravatar. Use the data lawfully and respect privacy laws such as GDPR.

Why do some emails have a photo but no profile?

Gravatar lets people set a photo without filling a profile; we report hasAvatar separately.

Do I need a Gravatar API key?

No. The public profile endpoint is used.

Are emails stored or shared?

Emails are only hashed and sent to Gravatar for the lookup, as Gravatar requires. Results stay in your Apify dataset.

What is the hit rate?

It depends on the list: consumer lists are often 2–10%, developer and blogger lists much higher.

Is a not-found email charged?

Yes, the $0.001 check fee applies because a lookup was made; the profile fee is charged only on hits.

Honest limits

• Only public Gravatar data is returned; private fields stay private.
• Hit rates vary widely by audience.
• Gravatar may rate-limit very large runs; the actor retries and switches to a proxy automatically.
• Profile content is self-reported and may be out of date.

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Legal

This actor collects publicly available data only. You are responsible for using the results lawfully and in line with the source's terms and applicable privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, PIPL, PDPA). Process personal data only with a legitimate purpose. IntelScrape is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the data source; all trademarks belong to their owners.