Pivot map
Use this map to decide whether Whatsmyname accepts the lead you are holding, and what kind of lead it may return for the next step.
Pivot from here
Outputs from Whatsmyname can become inputs for the next tool. These are the most relevant follow-on pivots in the library.
Lookup email addresses and mailing addresses with reverse email search to identify people and organizations in OSINT investigations.
Addresses.com provides US residential address lookups, reverse phone searches, and people finder tools for locating individuals.
Ancestry search provides access to billions of historical records including census data, vital records, immigration documents, and family trees.
Canada411 is Canada's people directory for finding individuals by name, providing addresses and phone numbers for OSINT investigations.
AI or Not is the leading AI detector for all content types: text (ChatGPT, Claude), image (Midjourney, 4o), music (Suno, Udio) & video (Veo, Kling)
Ahmia indexes Tor hidden services, enabling investigators to search .onion sites by keyword without the Tor browser.
All.io aggregates results from multiple search engines in one interface, covering web pages, tweets, YouTube, and images for OSINT.
AnswerThePublic surfaces real questions people search around any keyword — useful for OSINT subject profiling and research mapping.
AccountKiller provides direct deletion links and step-by-step instructions for removing accounts on hundreds of websites and social platforms.
Lookup email addresses and mailing addresses with reverse email search to identify people and organizations in OSINT investigations.
Addresses.com provides US residential address lookups, reverse phone searches, and people finder tools for locating individuals.
Algo VPN automates deployment of a personal WireGuard or IKEv2 VPN server in the cloud for private, secure OPSEC browsing.
Investigator Use
WhatsMyName (whatsmyname.app) is an open-source username enumeration tool that checks a specific username against hundreds of websites and social platforms, providing comprehensive cross-platform account discovery. It draws from a community-maintained database of sites and search patterns maintained on GitHub.
For OSINT investigators, WhatsMyName is one of the most comprehensive and regularly updated cross-platform username search tools available. Its open-source, community-maintained site database means it is continuously expanded with new platforms as they gain relevance.
The breadth of platform coverage distinguishes WhatsMyName from commercial alternatives — it includes major social networks, niche forums, gaming platforms, developer sites, cybercrime forums (for research purposes), adult platforms, and many others. This comprehensive scope is essential for investigators who need assurance that all platform categories have been checked.
Custom site list capability allows investigators to extend coverage with platforms specific to their investigation context — adding local or regional platforms relevant to the geographic area of investigation, or specialized platforms relevant to a specific industry or community.
False positive handling is built into WhatsMyName's design — the site database specifies expected success and failure response patterns for each platform, reducing incorrect "found" results that plague less sophisticated tools.
API access to WhatsMyName's functionality enables integration into automated investigation workflows and OSINT frameworks, allowing programmatic cross-platform username searches within larger investigation pipelines.
For investigators who need to confirm that cross-platform username research has been systematic and comprehensive, WhatsMyName's open-source database provides a transparent, auditable list of all platforms checked — suitable for documentation in investigation reports.
Document the username searched, WhatsMyName version and database version used, all platforms where accounts were found, and query timestamp.
Before You Pivot
Capture the target, search terms, and why this source is relevant before you leave the page.
Archive volatile pages, save screenshots, and keep timestamps for anything that may change.
Treat one tool as a lead source. Confirm important findings with independent sources.
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