What is FaceLookup?
FaceLookup is a reverse face search service that locates matching photos and profiles across the public web.Users upload a single clear, front-facing photo (JPG, PNG, WEBP) and the tool scans 56+ platform types—social, dating, messaging, professional, creative and marketplace sites—for visual matches.
Common use cases include dating safety and catfish detection, verifying identities before meetups, tracing photo theft, journalist source verification, and investigating reused profile images.Results surface linkable matches across platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, Tinder, Bumble, LinkedIn, GitHub, Upwork, YouTube and public web indexes.
Reverse face search focuses on matching a person across different photos, crops and lighting, whereas reverse image search targets exact file copies.Private accounts and direct messages are not searched; uploaded images are processed for matching and providers may retain search data according to their policies.
The workflow is three steps—upload, scan, review—and an account is typically required to unlock full match details.
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FaceLookup's key features
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Reverse face search that locates matching photos and profiles across the public web
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Accepts a single clear front-facing photo (JPG, PNG, WEBP) as input
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Scans 56+ platform types (social, dating, messaging, professional, creative, marketplace) for matches
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Matches faces across different photos, crops, and lighting (identity-level face matching rather than exact file copy)
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Three-step workflow—upload, scan, review—with an account typically required to access full match details
FaceLookup use cases
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Verify online dating matches by uploading a clear photo to FaceLookup to find matching social and professional profiles across public platforms, helping detect catfishing and avoid risky meetups without searching private accounts or DMs
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Protect your brand and creative assets by reverse-searching product or campaign images with FaceLookup to locate unauthorized uses, reposts and photo theft across social, dating and public web profiles, streamlining takedown and enforcement actions
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Speed up source verification for journalists, researchers and marketplace sellers by tracing the origin of a photo with FaceLookup, cross-checking profiles and detecting reused or misattributed images to reduce misinformation and fraudulent listings
Who is it for?
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Digital journalists
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Security teams
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Social media managers
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Background screeners
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Online daters
