What this tool tells you
- The profile link, both the permanent profile.google.com/cp/ URL and, for claimed profiles, the @handle vanity URL.
- Whether it's claimed. Claimed, auto-generated by Google, or no profile at all, checked against the live page rather than guessed.
- What Google has linked to the entity: every social and video account with its follower count, the website and the bio.
- Whether you can claim it, based on your best platform's followers and your country.
- Duplicate entities. If Google has folded one ID into another, you get the main ID to use everywhere.
- A sameAs schema snippet with the profile and every linked account, ready to paste into your Person or Organization markup.
- Bulk checks for up to 10 people or brands at once, with a CSV export. Handy for agencies auditing authors or clients.
How Google Search profile URLs work
Every Search profile sits at profile.google.com/cp/ followed by a short token. That token is not random. It's the entity's Knowledge Graph ID wrapped in a three-part Protobuf message and Base64-encoded. Take Barry Schwartz, whose ID is /m/027hn97. The bytes are:
| Bytes | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0x0a | Field 1, wire type 2: a length-prefixed string follows |
| 0x0a | Length of the ID: 10 bytes |
| /m/027hn97 | The Knowledge Graph ID itself (Barry Schwartz) |
Base64 of those bytes is CgovbS8wMjdobjk3, so his profile lives at profile.google.com/cp/CgovbS8wMjdobjk3, and because he has claimed it, also at profile.google.com/@rustybrick. Because the encoding is deterministic, the same ID always produces the same link, and any profile link can be decoded back to its ID. This tool does both, so you can paste a /cp/ link to see which entity it belongs to.
Claimed profiles also get a vanity URL, profile.google.com/@handle, set from the creator's most-followed linked account. The tool reads the ID behind a handle too.
Claimed, auto-generated or no profile
A profile page can be in one of three states, and the tool checks which one by loading the live page:
- Claimed: the creator or publisher controls it. It has an @handle, and usually a bio, photo and website.
- Auto-generated: Google built it from accounts it already links to the entity. Many well-known people have one without knowing. Claiming it lets you fix the name, photo and links.
- No profile: Google knows the entity but doesn't show a profile for it, which is common for topics, places and smaller entities.
How to find your Knowledge Graph ID
- Search your name or brand on Google.
- Open your knowledge panel and tap the Share icon.
- Copy the
share.google/…org.co/kgs/…link and paste it into the tool.
No knowledge panel? Search your name in the tool anyway. Google creates entities for many creators from their social accounts alone, and the name search looks through Google Trends' entity index and Wikidata, which records Google Knowledge Graph IDs for millions of people and organisations.
Who can claim a Search profile
Google launched Search profiles in the US on June 4, 2026 and has opened them up fast. The follower requirement fell from 100,000 to 35,000 in August and to 10,000 in September, and on October 6 Google opened profiles to India and Canada, with Brazil next. Read the full timeline in my guide to claiming a Search profile in India.
- 18 or older (an adult account can manage a profile for someone younger).
- 10,000+ followers or subscribers on one of YouTube, Instagram, X or TikTok.
- Based in the US, India or Canada. Brazil is coming soon.
- Claim at profile.google.com/claim.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Google Search profile?
A Search profile is a page on Google for a person, creator or publisher. It shows their photo, bio, linked social and video accounts with follower counts, their website and their latest content, plus a Follow button. People reach it from a knowledge panel, by tapping a name on a Discover card, or by direct link.
How do I find my Google Search profile URL?
Search your name above and pick yourself from the matches, or paste the share link from your knowledge panel. Every profile lives at profile.google.com/cp/ followed by an encoded version of your Knowledge Graph ID, and claimed profiles also get a vanity link at profile.google.com/@yourhandle.
What's the difference between a claimed and an auto-generated profile?
Google builds profiles automatically for many well-known people and creators, pulling in the social accounts it already associates with them. A claimed profile is one the creator or publisher has taken control of: they set the name, photo, bio and links, and get an @handle URL. This tool tells you which one you're looking at.
Who can claim a Google Search profile?
As of October 2026 you need to be 18 or over, have at least 10,000 followers or subscribers on YouTube, Instagram, X or TikTok (one platform is enough), and be in the US, India or Canada. Google has said Brazil is next. You claim it at profile.google.com/claim.
What is a KGMID?
A KGMID is an entity's ID in Google's Knowledge Graph, such as /g/11f0z78b2j, or /m/027hn97 for older entities that came from Freebase. It's the ID Google uses for you as an entity, and it's what your Search profile URL is built from.
Why does my search show several matches with the same name?
Google often holds more than one entity for the same person, for example one built from a Wikipedia article and another built from social accounts. The tool checks every match's live profile and lists claimed profiles first. If Google has merged one ID into another, the tool shows you the main ID to use.
Should I add my Search profile to my schema markup?
It's a sensible addition. Listing your profile link in the sameAs property of your Person or Organization schema, next to your social profiles, gives search engines one more consistent signal that your website and your Google entity are the same person or brand. The tool generates the snippet for you.
How it works: the encoding runs in your browser. Name searches, share links and live profile checks go through a small server endpoint that stores nothing and caches results for a few hours. Credit to Nathan Jeffery and Jes Scholz, who first documented the profile URL format.