# Rate Limits

{% hint style="info" %}
These limits are imposed upon **trial accounts**. Normal credit/subscription users don't have to worry about these limits. 

*Please note: Excessive/malicious use will cause your access to be severely limited and/or terminated.*
{% endhint %}

## Rate Limit Table

| Endpoint | Method                    | Requests/hour |
| -------- | ------------------------- | ------------- |
| Metadata |                           |               |
|          | get\_follower\_count      | 15            |
|          | get\_latest\_metadata     | 10            |
|          | get\_latest\_tweets       | 10            |
|          | get\_metadata\_history    | 20            |
|          | get\_past\_usernames      | 10            |
|          | get\_tweets               |               |
|          | get\_userid               |               |
| Graph    |                           |               |
|          | get\_following            | 10            |
|          | get\_followers            | 10            |
| Lists    |                           |               |
|          | get\_latest\_list\_tweets |               |
|          | get\_list\_members        |               |
| Alpha    |                           |               |
|          | get\_classification       | 10            |
|          | get\_score\_history       | 20            |

## Rate Limit Exceeded Error

Below is the 429 error response you can expect when exceeding set rate limits

```python
{"Error": "API rate limit exceeded", "Endpoint": api_endpoint, "Max Requests Per Hour": num_reqs}, 429
```


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