This is a list of sites implemented in such a way that the current design of Sherlock is not capable of determining if a given username exists or not. They are listed here in the hope that things may change in the future so they may be re-included.
As of 2020-05-25, all usernames are reported as available.
The server is returning a HTTP Status 500 (Internal server error) for all queries.
"gpodder.net": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 2013984,
"url": "https://gpodder.net/user/{}",
"urlMain": "https://gpodder.net/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-05-25, all usernames are reported as claimed. The site will not let the query proceed unless Javascript is turned on.
"Raidforums": {
"errorMsg": "The member you specified is either invalid or doesn't exist.",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 32435,
"url": "https://raidforums.com/User-{}",
"urlMain": "https://raidforums.com/",
"username_claimed": "red",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-05-25, all usernames are reported as claimed.
Any query against a user seems to be redirecting to a general information page at https://www.investing.com/brokers/. Probably required login before access.
"Investing.com": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 196,
"url": "https://www.investing.com/traders/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.investing.com/",
"username_claimed": "jenny",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-05-24, all usernames are reported as claimed.
There is an API available (https://www.colourlovers.com/api/), but when there is no match it returns an empty file. So, changes would have to happen before the lack of a response could be used to detect.
"ColourLovers": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 21271,
"url": "https://www.colourlovers.com/lover/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.colourlovers.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-04-12, all usernames are reported as available.
When I went to the site to see what was going on, usernames that I know existed were redirecting to the main page.
I was able to see user profiles without logging in, but the URL was not related to their user name. For example, user "tomke" went to https://community.adobe.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/10882613. This can be detected, but it requires a different detection method.
"AdobeForums": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 59,
"url": "https://forums.adobe.com/people/{}",
"urlMain": "https://forums.adobe.com/",
"username_claimed": "jack",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis77777"
},
As of 2020-02-23, all usernames are reported as not existing.
"Basecamp": {
"errorMsg": "The account you were looking for doesn't exist",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 4914,
"url": "https://{}.basecamphq.com",
"urlMain": "https://basecamp.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-02-23, all usernames are reported as not existing.
"fanpop": {
"errorType": "response_url",
"errorUrl": "http://www.fanpop.com/",
"rank": 9454,
"url": "http://www.fanpop.com/fans/{}",
"urlMain": "http://www.fanpop.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewould_everusethis7"
},
As of 2020-02-23, all usernames are reported as not existing.
"Canva": {
"errorType": "response_url",
"errorUrl": "https://www.canva.com/{}",
"rank": 128,
"url": "https://www.canva.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.canva.com/",
"username_claimed": "jenny",
"username_unclaimed": "xgtrq"
},
As of 2020-01-21, all usernames are reported as not existing.
"Pixabay": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 378,
"url": "https://pixabay.com/en/users/{}",
"urlMain": "https://pixabay.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-01-21, all usernames are reported as not existing.
"Pexels": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 745,
"url": "https://www.pexels.com/@{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.pexels.com/",
"username_claimed": "bruno",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2019-12-31, site always times out.
"RamblerDating": {
"errorType": "response_url",
"errorUrl": "https://dating.rambler.ru/page/{}",
"rank": 322,
"url": "https://dating.rambler.ru/page/{}",
"urlMain": "https://dating.rambler.ru/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2019-12-31, all usernames are reported as existing.
"YandexMarket": {
"errorMsg": "\u0422\u0443\u0442 \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0442",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 47,
"url": "https://market.yandex.ru/user/{}/achievements",
"urlMain": "https://market.yandex.ru/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2019-12-31, usernames that exist are not detected.
"Codementor": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 10252,
"url": "https://www.codementor.io/@{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.codementor.io/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2019-12-31, the site gives a 403 for all usernames. You have to be logged into see a profile.
"KiwiFarms": {
"errorMsg": "The specified member cannot be found",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 38737,
"url": "https://kiwifarms.net/members/?username={}",
"urlMain": "https://kiwifarms.net/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis"
},
As of 2019-11-30, the site causes Sherlock to just hang.
"Teknik": {
"errorMsg": "The user does not exist",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 357163,
"url": "https://user.teknik.io/{}",
"urlMain": "https://teknik.io/",
"username_claimed": "red",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
}
As of 2019-11-28, usernames that exist give a 503 "Service Unavailable" HTTP Status.
"Shockwave": {
"errorMsg": "Oh no! You just finished all of the games on the internet!",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 35916,
"url": "http://www.shockwave.com/member/profiles/{}.jsp",
"urlMain": "http://www.shockwave.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis"
},
Usernames that exist are not detected.
"Foursquare": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 1843,
"url": "https://foursquare.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://foursquare.com/",
"username_claimed": "dens",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
Usernames that don't exist are detected. First noticed 2019-10-25.
"Khan Academy": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 377,
"url": "https://www.khanacademy.org/profile/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.khanacademy.org/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
Usernames that exist are not detected.
"EVE Online": {
"errorType": "response_url",
"errorUrl": "https://eveonline.com",
"rank": 15347,
"url": "https://evewho.com/pilot/{}/",
"urlMain": "https://eveonline.com",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
Usernames that exist are not detected. Forbidden Request 403 Error.
"AngelList": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 5767,
"url": "https://angel.co/u/{}",
"urlMain": "https://angel.co/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
Usernames that exist are not detected.
"Codepen": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 1359,
"url": "https://codepen.io/{}",
"urlMain": "https://codepen.io/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
Looks like they made some changes to the site. Sherlock says that all usernames are available.
"Imgur": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 74,
"url": "https://imgur.com/user/{}",
"urlMain": "https://imgur.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
Accidentally merged even though the original pull request showed that all user names were available.
"PowerShell Gallery": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 163562,
"url": "https://www.powershellgallery.com/profiles/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.powershellgallery.com",
"username_claimed": "powershellteam",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
This was attempted to be added around 2019-08-26, but the pull request was never merged. It turns out that LinkedIn requires that you have an account before they will let you check for other account. So, this site will not work with the current design of Sherlock.
On 2019-04-07, I get a Timed Out message from the website. It has not been working earlier either (for some weeks). It takes about 21s before the site finally times out, so it really makes getting the results from Sherlock a pain.
If the site becomes available in the future, we can put it back in.
"StreamMe": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 31702,
"url": "https://www.stream.me/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.stream.me/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
This site has always returned a false positive. The site returns the exact same text for a claimed or an unclaimed username. The site must be rendering all of the different content using Javascript in the browser. So, there is no way distinguish between the results with the current design of Sherlock.
"BlackPlanet": {
"errorMsg": "My Hits",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 110021,
"url": "http://blackplanet.com/{}",
"urlMain": "http://blackplanet.com/"
},
Around 2019-02-09, I get a 502 HTTP error (bad gateway) for any access. On 2019-03-10, the site is up, but it is in maintenance mode.
It does not seem to be working, so there is no sense in including it in Sherlock.
"Fotolog": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 47777,
"url": "https://fotolog.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://fotolog.com/"
},
On 2019-04-02, Google shutdown Google Plus. While the content for some users is available after that point, it is going away. And, no one will be able to create a new account. So, there is no value is keeping it in Sherlock.
Good-bye Google Plus...
"Google Plus": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 1,
"url": "https://plus.google.com/+{}",
"urlMain": "https://plus.google.com/",
"username_claimed": "davidbrin1",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-02-23, Furaffinity returns false postives because they are now using Cloudflair, which prevents Sherlock from checking if the user exists or not.
"furaffinity": {
"errorMsg": "user cannot be found",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 0,
"url": "https://www.furaffinity.net/user/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.furaffinity.net",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis777777"
},
As of 2020-02-23, InsaneJournal returns false positive, when providing a username which contains a period. Since we were not able to find the critera for a valid username, the best thing to do now is to remove it.
"InsaneJournal": {
"errorMsg": "Unknown user",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 29728,
"url": "http://{}.insanejournal.com/profile",
"urlMain": "insanejournal.com",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "dlyr6cd"
},
As of 2020-04-02, Sports Tracker returns false positives. Checking with errorMsg and response_url
did not seem to work.
"SportsTracker": {
"errorUrl": "https://www.sports-tracker.com/page-not-found",
"errorType": "response_url",
"rank": 93950,
"url": "https://www.sports-tracker.com/view_profile/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.sports-tracker.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeveruse"
},
As of 2020-04-02, Trip by Skyscanner seems to not work beceause it keeps on redirecting to skyscanner.com whether the username exists or not.
"Trip": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 2847,
"url": "https://www.trip.skyscanner.com/user/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.trip.skyscanner.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-04-02, boingboing.net requires a login to check if a user exits or not.
"boingboing.net": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 5821,
"url": "https://bbs.boingboing.net/u/{}",
"urlMain": "https://boingboing.net/",
"username_claimed": "admin",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-04-04, elwoRu does not exist anymore. I confirmed using downforeveryoneorjustme.com that the website is down.
"elwoRU": {
"errorMsg": "\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u043d",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 254810,
"url": "https://elwo.ru/index/8-0-{}",
"urlMain": "https://elwo.ru/",
"username_claimed": "red",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-04-04, ingvarr.net.ru does not exist anymore. I confirmed using downforeveryoneorjustme.com that the website is down.
"ingvarr.net.ru": {
"errorMsg": "\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u043d",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 107721,
"url": "http://ingvarr.net.ru/index/8-0-{}",
"urlMain": "http://ingvarr.net.ru/",
"username_claimed": "red",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-06-20, Redsun.tf seems to be adding random digits to the end of the usernames which makes it pretty much impossible for Sherlock to check for usernames on this particular website.
"Redsun.tf": {
"errorMsg": "The specified member cannot be found",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 3796657,
"url": "https://forum.redsun.tf/members/?username={}",
"urlMain": "https://redsun.tf/",
"username_claimed": "dan",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis"
},
As of 2020-06-20, Creative Market has a captcha to prove that you are a human, and because of this Sherlock is unable to check for username on this site because we will always get a page which asks us to prove that we are not a robot.
"CreativeMarket": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 1896,
"url": "https://creativemarket.com/users/{}",
"urlMain": "https://creativemarket.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-06-20, pvpru uses CloudFlair, and because of this we get a "Access denied" error whenever we try to check for a username.
"pvpru": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 405547,
"url": "https://pvpru.com/board/member.php?username={}&tab=aboutme#aboutme",
"urlMain": "https://pvpru.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-06-21, easyen returns false positives when using a username which contains a period. Since we could not find the criteria for the usernames for this site, it will be removed
"easyen": {
"errorMsg": "\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u043d",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 11564,
"url": "https://easyen.ru/index/8-0-{}",
"urlMain": "https://easyen.ru/",
"username_claimed": "wd",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-06-21, pedsovet returns false positives when using a username which contains a period. Since we could not find the criteria for the usernames for this site, it will be removed
"pedsovet": {
"errorMsg": "\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u043d",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 6776,
"url": "http://pedsovet.su/index/8-0-{}",
"urlMain": "http://pedsovet.su/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-06-21, radioskot returns false positives when using a username which contains a period. Since we could not find the criteria for the usernames for this site, it will be removed
"radioskot": {
"errorMsg": "\u041f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u043d",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 105878,
"url": "https://radioskot.ru/index/8-0-{}",
"urlMain": "https://radioskot.ru/",
"username_claimed": "red",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-07-06, Coderwall returns false positives when checking for an username which contains a period. I have tried to find out what Coderwall's criteria is for a valid username, but unfortunetly I have not been able to find it and because of this, the best thing we can do now is to remove it.
"Coderwall": {
"errorMsg": "404! Our feels when that url is used",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 11256,
"url": "https://coderwall.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://coderwall.com/",
"username_claimed": "jenny",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
}
As of 2020-07-06, TamTam returns false positives when given a username which contains a period
"TamTam": {
"errorType": "response_url",
"errorUrl": "https://tamtam.chat/",
"rank": 87903,
"url": "https://tamtam.chat/{}",
"urlMain": "https://tamtam.chat/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-07-24, Zomato seems to be unstable. Majority of the time, Zomato takes a very long time to respond.
"Zomato": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"headers": {
"Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9"
},
"rank": 1920,
"url": "https://www.zomato.com/pl/{}/foodjourney",
"urlMain": "https://www.zomato.com/",
"username_claimed": "deepigoyal",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-07-22, the Mixer service has closed down.
"mixer.com": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 1544,
"url": "https://mixer.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://mixer.com/",
"urlProbe": "https://mixer.com/api/v1/channels/{}",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-07-22, KanoWorld's api.kano.me subdomain no longer exists which makes it not possible for us check for usernames. If an alternative way to check for usernames is found then it will added.
"KanoWorld": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"rank": 181933,
"url": "https://api.kano.me/progress/user/{}",
"urlMain": "https://world.kano.me/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-11, YandexCollection presents us with a rechapta which prevents us from checking for usernames
"YandexCollection": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"url": "https://yandex.ru/collections/user/{}/",
"urlMain": "https://yandex.ru/collections/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, 500px now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"500px": {
"errorMsg": "Oops! This page doesn\u2019t exist.",
"errorType": "message",
"regexCheck": "^[a-z0-9_]+$",
"url": "https://500px.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://500px.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, PayPal now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"PayPal": {
"errorMsg": "<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Get your very own PayPal.Me link\" />",
"errorType": "message",
"url": "https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/{}",
"headers": {
"User-Agent": ""
},
"urlMain": "https://www.paypal.me/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noneownsthisusername7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, Fiverr now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"Fiverr": {
"errorType": "response_url",
"errorUrl": "https://www.fiverr.com/",
"url": "https://www.fiverr.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.fiverr.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis"
},
As of 2020-08-24, ImageShack now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"ImageShack": {
"errorType": "response_url",
"errorUrl": "https://imageshack.us/",
"url": "https://imageshack.us/user/{}",
"urlMain": "https://imageshack.us/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, Aptoide now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"Aptoide": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"url": "https://{}.en.aptoide.com/",
"urlMain": "https://en.aptoide.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, Crunchyroll now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"Crunchyroll": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"url": "https://www.crunchyroll.com/user/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.crunchyroll.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, T-MobileSupport now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"T-MobileSupport": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"url": "https://support.t-mobile.com/people/{}",
"urlMain": "https://support.t-mobile.com",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, OpenCollective now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"OpenCollective": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"url": "https://opencollective.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://opencollective.com/",
"username_claimed": "sindresorhus",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, SegmentFault now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a better error detecting method.
"SegmentFault": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"url": "https://segmentfault.com/u/{}",
"urlMain": "https://segmentfault.com/",
"username_claimed": "bule",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-08-24, Viadeo now returns false positives, which was found when running the tests, but will most likley be added again in the near future once we find a fix for this
"Viadeo": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"url": "http://fr.viadeo.com/en/profile/{}",
"urlMain": "http://fr.viadeo.com/en/",
"username_claimed": "franck.patissier",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis"
},
As of 2020-09-02, MeetMe returns false positives
"MeetMe": {
"errorType": "response_url",
"errorUrl": "https://www.meetme.com/",
"url": "https://www.meetme.com/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.meetme.com/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-09-23, Linkedin returns false positives because we are prompted with prompted to login when checking for a user
"Linkedin": {
"errorMsg": "could not be found",
"errorType": "message",
"rank": 0,
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/{}",
"urlMain": "https://www.linkedin.com/",
"username_claimed": "alex",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},
As of 2020-09-23, tracr.co returns false positives because the site seems to be shut down.
"tracr.co": {
"errorMsg": "No search results",
"errorType": "message",
"regexCheck": "^[A-Za-z0-9]{2,32}$",
"url": "https://tracr.co/users/1/{}",
"urlMain": "https://tracr.co/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
}
As of 2020-09-23, Taringa returns false positives.
"Taringa": {
"errorType": "status_code",
"regexCheck": "^[^.]*$",
"url": "https://www.taringa.net/{}",
"urlMain": "https://taringa.net/",
"username_claimed": "blue",
"username_unclaimed": "noonewouldeverusethis7"
},