Find your handle everywhere.
Twenty platforms checked in one pass, with an honest manual-check link wherever a platform publishes no way to check.
- 20 platforms checked
Handle results are a point-in-time check and some platforms cannot be checked automatically at all. A result here does not reserve a handle, and the platform itself is the only place one is claimed.
What a handle check is
A business name is only really yours if you can be found under it. We take one name and look for it across twenty platforms at once, so you find out about the collision before it is printed on something.
Platforms differ enormously in what they will tell an automated check. Rather than paper over that, we show you exactly which answers are ours and which ones you need to look at yourself.
Example results
@northwind
Opens the Threads profile page in a new tab.
Opens the Reddit profile page in a new tab.
Opens the Instagram profile page in a new tab.
Recorded results for a real check of this handle, transcribed from the product, including the answers that are not verdicts. Recorded 2026-08-23.
Run this exact checkThree kinds of answer, kept apart
Twenty platforms, but not twenty identical answers. The distinction below is the product, not a caveat buried at the bottom.
A checked answer
We asked the platform and it told us. Where a platform is clear we say Available or Taken; where the signal is good but indirect we say Likely, and we mean the difference.
Check yourself
Some platforms publish no reliable way to ask. Rather than invent a verdict we hand you a direct link to that exact profile URL, which takes one click to read for yourself.
Couldn’t check
The attempt ran and did not settle. That is not a hint in either direction, and we would rather show you a blank than a guess dressed as an answer.
Four platforms are manual by design: Reddit, LinkedIn, Medium and Facebook. Any of the others can also fall back to a manual link if the platform blocks the check that day.
How it works
- 1
Enter the name
We turn it into a valid handle the way the platforms do, lowercasing it and dropping characters none of them accept.
- 2
Read the twenty rows
Checked answers, manual links and unsettled attempts are visually distinct, so you can see at a glance how much of the picture is actually ours.
- 3
Open the ones that matter
Every manual row links straight to that platform’s profile page for your handle. The platform itself is the authority, and it is one click away.
Each platform is the authority on its own handles, so the manual rows link straight to that platform’s profile page for your handle rather than to any directory of ours.
20
platforms in every check
Twenty platforms in one pass
The checks run concurrently rather than one after another, so the whole set settles in about the time a single slow platform would take on its own. Each attempt is bounded, and one slow platform cannot hold up the other nineteen.
Nothing here is served from a stored snapshot. Each row is the answer we got when you asked, which is also why the same handle can read differently an hour later.
Coverage
Twenty platforms, three kinds of answer
- GitHubChecked
- BlueskyChecked
- TwitchChecked
- mastodon.socialChecked
- InstagramChecked
- YouTubeChecked
- PinterestChecked
- SnapchatChecked
- TelegramChecked
- TumblrChecked
- VimeoChecked
- SubstackChecked
- DEV CommunityChecked
- ThreadsDerived
- RedditManual by design
- LinkedInManual by design
- MediumManual by design
- XChecked
- FacebookManual by design
- TikTokChecked
- Checked:
- we ran the check ourselves, by API, probe or page marker, when you searched.
- Derived:
- answered from another platform’s result (Threads, from its Instagram account).
- Manual by design:
- the platform does not answer automated checks, so we link you straight to the profile page instead (Reddit, LinkedIn, Medium, Facebook).
Why some handles are refused before we look
Four platforms publish handle rules strict enough that we can tell in advance a name cannot exist there, and in that case we do not spend a request on it. GitHub allows single hyphens inside a name but not at either end. Instagram allows letters, numbers, dots and underscores, and no hyphens at all. X allows letters, numbers and underscores up to fifteen characters. TikTok is similar with dots allowed.
Threads accounts are built on Instagram, so we derive its answer from the Instagram result. If a handle could not exist on Instagram at all, we return nothing for Threads rather than link you to a profile that cannot be created.
Reads from official sources:
USPTO daily case filesState Secretary of State registersICANN and IANA root zone dataHow this compares
| Capability | BizNameChecker | Checking by hand | Handle-checker sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms in one pass | 20 | One at a time | Varies |
| Says when it could not check | Yes, explicitly | You can see for yourself | Often not |
| Links to the platform to verify | Yes, on every manual row | You are already there | Varies |
| Free, no account, no upsell | Yes | Yes | Varies |
| Checks states, domains and trademarks too | Yes, same search | No | No |
Each platform is the authority on its own handles, and signing up there is the only thing that actually claims one. We are a fast first look across twenty of them.
A handle check is one of four
The same search also checks state business registrations, domain extensions and federal trademarks, so the name you settle on works everywhere at once.
Run the full checkHandle questions
How many platforms do you check?
Twenty in every search. Fifteen are checked programmatically and four are manual by design, with Threads derived from its Instagram account.
Why are some platforms manual only?
Reddit, LinkedIn, Medium and Facebook publish no reliable way for an automated check to ask. Instead of guessing, we give you a direct link to that exact profile so you can look in one click.
What does "Check yourself" mean?
That we did not get an answer we trust, either because the platform is manual by design or because it blocked the attempt. The link beside it goes straight to the profile page for your handle.
What does "Couldn’t check" mean?
The attempt ran and did not settle, so we have nothing to tell you. It is not a hint that the handle is free, and we deliberately do not round it to available.
What is the difference between "Available" and "Likely available"?
Available means the platform gave us a clear answer. Likely means the signal is good but indirect, such as a Threads result derived from its Instagram account. We keep them separate rather than presenting a guess as a fact.
Why did nothing come back for one platform?
Usually because your handle cannot exist there. A few platforms have strict rules, such as Instagram allowing no hyphens, and where we can tell in advance that a name is invalid we do not spend a check on it.
Does an available handle mean it is mine?
No. Nothing here reserves anything. Availability can change minute to minute, and the only way to claim a handle is to sign up on that platform.
Is it free?
Yes. No account, no card, no sign-up. We may earn a referral commission if you form your business through a partner link, which is how the tool stays free.
Do you check trademarks on the handle?
Not in this lens. A free handle can still infringe someone’s mark, and the trademark lens is where that question is asked.
Why not check more platforms?
Because a longer list of platforms we cannot honestly answer for is not a better product. We would rather cover twenty and be exact about which of the twenty we actually reached.
Handle results are a point-in-time check and some platforms cannot be checked automatically at all. A result here does not reserve a handle, and the platform itself is the only place one is claimed.