diff --git a/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts b/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
index b786dd6..2ca5934 100644
--- a/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
+++ b/lib/apify/scrapeProfileUrl.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import startTwitterProfileScraping from "../twitter/startTwitterProfileScraping"
 import startThreadsProfileScraping from "../threads/startThreadsProfileScraping";
 import startYoutubeProfileScraping from "../youtube/startYoutubeProfileScraping";
 import startFacebookProfileScraping from "../facebook/startFacebookProfileScraping";
+import { getUsernameFromProfileUrl } from "../socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl";
 
 type ScrapeRunner = (handle: string) => Promise<{
   runId: string;
@@ -71,8 +72,10 @@ export const scrapeProfileUrl = async (
     return null;
   }
 
+  const finalUsername = username || getUsernameFromProfileUrl(profileUrl);
+
   try {
-    const result = await platform.scraper(username);
+    const result = await platform.scraper(finalUsername);
 
     if (!result) {
       return {
diff --git a/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts b/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c416728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/socials/getUsernameFromProfileUrl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Extracts username from a profile URL by pulling text after .com/ or .net/ until ? or /
+ * @param profileUrl - The profile URL to extract username from
+ * @returns The username or empty string if unable to extract
+ */
+export const getUsernameFromProfileUrl = (
+  profileUrl: string | null | undefined
+): string => {
+  if (!profileUrl) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const normalizedUrl = profileUrl.toLowerCase().trim();
+    const match = normalizedUrl.match(/(?:\.com|\.net)\/([^/?]+)/);
+    return match ? match[1] : "";
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("[ERROR] Error extracting username from profile URL:", error);
+    return "";
+  }
+};