Creators often use the same name everywhere, but so can strangers. Scout scores every candidate account against what it knows, shows its working, and links accounts only on strong evidence.
Method
How it works
Step 1
Find candidates
For each creator, Scout looks up the same handle on the other platforms, and the handles their profile links to. Each lookup costs a credit, so candidates are picked, not crawled.
Step 2
Weigh the evidence
Each signal below adds or removes points, up to 100, and says why in a sentence. The candidate is compared with every account the creator already has, and the best pair counts.
Step 3
Decide, visibly
High confidence (70 points and an email, a cross-link or three independent signals) links the account. Likely (45+) and possible (25+) are suggestions, never merged. Nothing but the handle: rejected.
Same email
+50
An email address found in both bios (or in the channel's contact email). Very strong: people rarely share a business inbox.
Cross-link
+35, +55 both ways
One profile's bio, link list or channel links point to the other account. Both ways is stronger still.
Same handle
+25
The handles match once case, dots, underscores and dashes are ignored. Strong, but never enough alone: anyone can register a free handle on a platform the creator doesn't use.
Same website
+20
Both link to the same site. Link pages and shorteners (Linktree, urlr.me) count only when the full link is the same.
Same mention
+10
Both bios mention the same @account, such as an agency or a brand.
Display name
+15 same, +8 similar, −10 different
Compared without case, accents or symbols. “IATOMIQ · Outils IA” and “IATOMIQ” are similar; clearly different names count against.
Bio words
up to +25
The share of words two bios have in common, after dropping French and English function words and emails (token Jaccard). It works across languages for names, tools and topics.
Profile picture
+8, weak
Pictures shrunk to 8×8 gray pixels and compared bit by bit (an average hash). Alike pictures are a hint, not proof.
Audience size
+3, weak
Follower counts within a factor of 6 of each other.
An account belongs to one creator at most: when two creators claim it, the higher verdict wins and the other shows it as a suggestion. Prime's two channels both link to his TikTok, for instance.
High confidence
Linked
Merged into the creator: their followers count in the audience, and the account shows on the creator's page with this evidence.
Linked without an email or a cross-link, because 3 independent signals agree: bios share 91% of their words, both link to the same website: urlr.me/agbvn4 and same display name: “Unhosted”.
+25Same handle: @unhostedmedia
+25Bios share 91% of their words
+20Both link to the same website: urlr.me/agbvn4
+15Same display name: “Unhosted”
+8Profile pictures look alike (3 of 64 bits differ; a weak hint)
+3Audiences of a comparable size (24K and 15K followers; a weak hint)
Candidate because: Same handle as @unhostedmedia on Instagram. Compared with @unhostedmedia on Instagram.
Likely the same creator (the YouTube profile links to the Instagram account: instagram.com/ThePrimeagen), but the score stays under the 70 points that link accounts.
Linked to ThePrimeagen instead, with a higher score (100).
+35The YouTube profile links to the Instagram account: instagram.com/ThePrimeagen
+20Both link to the same website: twitch.tv/theprimeagen
+3Audiences of a comparable size (1.2M and 282K followers; a weak hint)
Candidate because: Found while matching another creator. Compared with @ThePrimeTimeagen on YouTube.
Likely the same creator (they link to each other: tiktok.com/@theprimeagen and youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen), but the score stays under the 70 points that link accounts.
Linked to ThePrimeagen instead, with a higher score (75).
+55They link to each other: tiktok.com/@theprimeagen and youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen
Candidate because: Found while matching another creator. Compared with @ThePrimeTimeagen on YouTube.
T@theprimeagenThePrimeagen · 282K followersLinked · 100
