There are situations that make us say “It’s a small world”, like when you meet someone at an unexpected place. However, if you are looking for a long lost friend or just looking for that one person you met at the airport someday, you might agree when I say that the world isn’t that small after all. Thankfully, as we all know, the web is a place where you can get most of your answers. Well, there are several people finder services that let you search for people and get details around them. Apart from finding people you are looking for, the people search websites can come in handy, when you are looking for a roommate or starting to work with someone. So, without any further ado, here are the 10 best people search engines you should use in 2019.
Note: Some search engines mentioned on this list work better in some countries like USA, UK, and more. Do check if your country is supported or not before buying a paid subscription.
Best People Search Engines You Should Use in 2019
1. Pipl
Pipl is arguably the most popular people finder service and deservedly so, considering it works in almost all the countries and offers very accurate results. The platform lets you easily get professional, social and contact info. You can enter the name, email, username or phone and choose to enter the location or not and just hit the search button to get results. In our testing, it worked pretty well and results were fairly accurate. I searched using names of 10 different friends of mine and found 9 of them in the results.
Seven of them were in the top five search results. I am still shocked as to how accurate this search is. Note that I have not connected any social media account to this, used my work email, and went incognito. I also love that this one is totally free if you are using it for personal usage. For corporate users, it costs $99/month which gives them access to 200 searches per month. Overall, I found this to be one of the best if not the best people search engines on the market right now.
Note: You need to create a free account to see the results.
2. BeenVerified
BeenVerified is one of my personal favorites when it comes to people search engines, due to its simplicity and features that make it stand out against the other people search engines. With BeenVerified, you can search through names, email address, phone numbers or location. The platform brings you all the details you might expect, like social media accounts, pictures, friends & connections, professional records, address history, background records etc.
While the basic details can be checked by just signing up for an account at BeenVerified, if you want a full report on someone’s background like criminal records, court records, and more, you will have to get a membership ($1 for a 5-day trial). BeenVerified brings you details of people all over the world but some features might be limited to the US. It’s available as a website, as well as a mobile app for Android (free) and iOS (free).
3. Whitepages
Whitepages is much more than just a person finder service and it’s a great tool, if you want to get more than just social or professional information. The website brings you detailed background reports on a person that includes info like contact, addresses, properties, court & criminal records, liens & judgments and more. If you are just looking to find a person, Whitepages is still a great service, as it offers details around family members & associates, current contact details etc. You can find a person through name & location, phone number, address or business. So, yeah it’s a very powerful tool. You also get both Android (free) and iOS (free) apps to search on the go.
While details like phone number, address, family members, locations etc. are available for free, if you want a full background report, you will have to get the premium subscription, starting at $19.95/month. Also, the premium service of the website is only available in the US as the service works best there. It’s not as good as Pipl when it comes to data in India as my test results were not as good as as what I got with the former.
4. Spokeo
Spokeo is another popular people search engine that shows you details from white pages listings, public records, and social networks. You can search for people in Spokeo through name, email address, phone details or location. The results include details from more than 60 social networks, photos and online profiles, dating site profiles etc. Also, Spokeo claims that it uses proprietary deep web technology to get results that usually search engines miss out on.
The service also has a paid subscription, starting at $4.95/month. However, before you purchase the subscription, do note that it works on in US. I mean, you can use it outside US but its results are US based. So, although I was able to use the service without using any VPN, I was not able to find any of my friends as they don’t live in the US but I was able to find my cousin brother who does. If you are searching for people in the US, this is one of the best people search engines you can use.
5. PeekYou
PeekYou is one of the few free people search engines that brings you details around a person, based on their social media accounts, web profiles, email addresses, contact details, and other public records. It also uses its patented technology to bring you results from over 60 websites, news sources, homepages, blog platforms etc. You can search for people through names, location, web username or phone reverse search. While the website works best when you are searching for someone is the different states of US, it also works decently when you are doing a global search. I have tested this with a few searches and while the results were not as exemplary as I would have hoped, they are not bad either. Also, you are getting all the detail for free so I don’t think we have a right to complain. Just use this people search engine and see if it’s for you or not.
6. Intelius
Intelius is the people search engine that has you covered on most fronts. Be it the usual people search details, email lookup, social network search, property records, background check, criminal records or reverse lookup. Along with the various options, the results are great too, thanks to Intelius’ robust database. While it’s all good, Intelius is not free and the results are only catered for US. There are different subscriptions for people search report, people search report plus (includes email search & social network) and background report, starting at $19.95/month. However, the first month is 50% off so yo can essentially get it for $9.95 for one month.
7. Facebook
Now, who is not aware of Facebook? Chances are, you are looking for people search sites after you failed to find a person on Facebook. Well, there’s lot more to Facebook search than you might know of. For instance, you can search for people based on the place they work, interests, location, places they’ve been to etc., all thanks to the Graph Search feature. Graph Search in Facebook is designed to offer results to natural language queries. You can even search for people through the “Find Friends” feature, which lets you filters searches through various options. Overall, Facebook is a really good people finder and one of the great options to search for people globally.
8. Instant Checkmate
Instant Checkmate is a more of a public records search service but it’s still handy if you want to know about important details of a person. The US-only people search engine lets you easily check a person’s criminal records, related court documents, addresses, age, phone numbers etc. It brings you data from online profiles, federal data sources and state & country data sources and the results are pretty great, thanks to Instant Checkmate’s advanced search tech. All the details around a search are compiled in a neat report.
Instant Checkmate is one powerful service and while it seems a bit overwhelming with all the details around background reports, it can be used as a people finder service too. However, you can only get the reports after you’ve bought one of the subscriptions, starting at $19.95.
9. LinkedIn
If you are looking to search for people through their professional details, LinkedIn is the best option there is. The Microsoft-owned service features some great search capabilities, not everyone is aware of. You can search for specific keywords with names & location, use Boolean searches and more. The search page in LinkedIn also features a very handy sidebar, which lets you use several filters. So, if you are looking for a person you met at a professional meet, LinkedIn should help you find him/her with ease.
10. Mylife
Unlike other people search websites and services on this list, Mylife lets you correct, monitor and enhance your background reports on the web. So, if you are worried about some false info of you being spread around, that might hamper your life, Mylife is for you. The US-only people search engine brings you results with details like phone number, address, email address, job history, education, political party, views & opinions, interests, relatives and social profiles. The good thing is, you can get all the details for free but you’ll have to sign up. You can then choose to edit or remove any info you want. So, while Mylife is designed for correction, you can use it get details around a person, as well.
Bonus:
1. Google Search and Reverse Image Search
Google Search might not really be marketed as a people search engine but it can do the job pretty well. You can just search for people through names with specific keywords like location, job, interests etc. You can also do a reverse phone number search and if you have a photo of the person, you can also do a reverse image search to find the person you want. Plus, Google offers various tools like filters for time, country and an advanced search page, where you can narrow down your search easily.
2. Twitter
While Facebook is the place to search for your long lost friends, I have found Twitter to be extremely useful. Since Facebook comes with a big privacy concern, many people are leaving it behind by deleting their Facebook accounts. However, you can still find them Twitter as they don’t have to share personal information on Twitter. I personally am not on Facebook but use Twitter as it acts as my primary news source and allows me to follow people I want to keep tabs on. Twitter also makes it really easy to send direct messages to users and is generally a good place to break ice. If you have never used Twitter as a people search engine before, I urge you to give this a try.
SEE ALSO: 50 Cool Google Search Tricks to Search Better in 2019
Find People with These People Search Engines
So, those were some of the best people search engines you can use in 2019. Some of them work best in the US, while some work globally, so you can choose accordingly. Also, we are positive that you will be able to find the person you are looking for with one of these websites, considering all of them are pretty capable and offer advanced features. Well, try them out and let us know if they managed to help you out. Sound off in the comments section below.
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