---
id: "twitter_username"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons", "useraccounts"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 60
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/twitter_username"
---

# Twitter username (`twitter_username`)

Person username in Twitter

- Parent datatype: `username`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons), User accounts in products and services (useraccounts)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
[0-9A-Za-z_]{1,20}
```

## Examples

- `NASA` — National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- `KenyaRedCross` — Kenya Red Cross Society

## Mappings

- cdm: `means.identity.service.twitter`
- dpv: `pd:Username`
- wikidata: `P2002`

## Sources

- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2002>

## Quality

Score 60/100. Missing: longer description, anchored regexp, negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/twitter_username.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/useraccounts/twitter_username.yaml>