RedNote Creator Data Lookup: the Profile Lookup Tool

Want a RedNote (Xiaohongshu) account's followers, likes, and note count fast? No need to screenshot profiles one by one. The Rnote API online tool Profile Lookup takes an account link or ID and instantly returns a structured profile card: avatar, nickname, RedNote ID, bio, location, plus followers, following, likes, collects, note count, and avg likes per note. No code, instant, cheap.

What it does

Quick lookup — Scan an account's basics before outreach.
Bulk shortlisting — Pair with KOL Finder: discover first, then inspect each.
Recordkeeping — Capture profile snapshots for comparison.

How to use it (no code)

Log in and open the Profile Lookup tool.
Paste an account's profile link or enter a user ID.
Click parse — the profile card renders instantly.

This is a lightweight, instant snapshot (one call, fast, cheap). For deeper analysis (best posting times, engagement trend, top topics), use the Account Health Report; to compare several accounts side by side, use Creator Comparison.

Reading the fields on the card

Each of the six numbers answers a different question:

Field	What it tells you
Followers	Scale. Judging by this alone is the classic mistake — it says nothing about whether the content gets watched
Likes & collects	Lifetime approval the account has accumulated
Note count	Publishing volume. Read alongside followers to see whether the account posts a lot or posts well
Avg. likes per note	The one worth looking at — the most direct proxy for content quality
Following	Following far exceeding followers is typical of follow-for-follow growth
Region / bio	Whether the persona matches your category

Three judgements you can make in five seconds

1. Avg. likes ÷ followers. Roughly, how efficiently content reaches the audience. At the same 50k followers, 800 average likes and 80 average likes are two completely different accounts — the latter either has an inactive audience or one of uncertain origin. There is no universal threshold, but comparing within a category separates them quickly.

2. Note count vs. followers. 800 notes for 30k followers and 60 notes for 30k followers are worth different amounts. The second says each post carries more weight.

3. Following vs. followers. A few thousand following against a few thousand followers usually indicates follow-for-follow growth — discount the commercial value accordingly.

None of these needs an extra call; the numbers on the card are enough. That's where this tool saves the most time: screen out the obvious misses first, then spend money on deep analysis for what's left.

For developers: call the endpoint directly

The tool is a thin wrapper over a public endpoint:

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://rnote.dev/api/v2/crawler/user/info",
    params={"user_id": "5a8cf39111be10466d285d6b"},
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    timeout=30,
)
print(r.json())

To see what they've published recently, follow with user/posted; for their public collections, user/faved. Parameters and response fields are in the docs.

Doing this in bulk

One lookup at a time suits ad-hoc decisions. For screening dozens or hundreds of accounts:

Build a candidate list with KOL Finder or keyword search.
Call user/info once per account and pull the six fields into one table.
Sort by the three ratios above and cut the bottom 70%.
Run deep account analytics or commercial due diligence on the survivors.

The order matters: screen with cheap calls, then spend on the expensive ones. It's an order-of-magnitude difference in cost.

FAQ

Q: How is this different from the Account Health Report? A: Profile Lookup is a one-call snapshot of the basics — cheap and instant. The Health Report paginates recent notes for deep analysis (charts, best times) — fuller but slower and pricier. Pick by need.

Q: Do I need to code? A: No. Developers can call the user/info endpoint directly.