Zhihu user search

Searches Zhihu by keyword and returns one page of matching users. Useful for finding authors or accounts active on a topic.

What you get

• Matching users with titles or names
• Profile name, headline and avatar
• Follower count
• Answer and article counts
• User profile IDs
• IDs for follow-up lookups
• Paging values for the next page

What it can do

• Search by any keyword
• Set the number of users per page (default 25)
• Page through results with offset
• Use returned IDs to fetch details or related data

Limits

• Each call returns one page; for the next page, pass the offset value from the previous result's page object
• Results follow Zhihu's own search ranking
• Only publicly visible data is returned

Input options

Example

Ask your AI for the data in plain words and it picks this source. Developers can also call source procli_zhihu_al directly through the REST API or MCP with an input like this:

{
  "keyword": "<keyword>",
  "limit": "25"
}

How to use it

1. Create an account at prolevelmax.com. New users receive $1 in sign-up credit after verifying their email (one per person). No card required.
2. Connect your AI. In the Dashboard, open Get started → Coding tools and API → Generate setup instructions and paste the instructions into your AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex and others). You can also add the MCP server https://prolevelmax.com/mcp or call the REST API.
3. Request data. Your AI selects a source, quotes the price and runs it only after you confirm. Results are returned as structured JSON that the AI can format as a table or report.

FAQ

More Zhihu sources

All Zhihu sources and prices