Get Twitter keyword alerts by email when new posts match your search.

Twitter alerts for keywords notify you with email briefs daily all the way to hourly.

Tweet alerts

Twitter Alerts for Keywords

Twitter alerts for keywords notify you when new X posts match words you save, like your brand, a competitor, a hashtag, or a buying-intent phrase. Pick hourly, daily, or a setting in between for each alert.

X does not push native keyword alerts for arbitrary searches. Fedica Post Alerts runs your saved terms on a schedule and emails you an interactive brief with the matching posts.

Email briefs from hourly to daily. You choose frequency per alert.
Demographics and geography on the alerts dashboard
Historical reports to track mention volume over time

Set Up Twitter Keyword Alerts in 3 Steps

Open Post Alerts, save your search criteria, and get your first email brief without reopening advanced search.

  • Fill in containing all, containing any, exact phrase, and not including. No Boolean syntax.
  • Connect X on a Fedica premium plan
  • Refine criteria after your first brief if results are noisy

Start monitoring →

  1. Choose your keywords, hashtags, or phrases. Fill in containing all, containing any, exact phrase, and not including. Turn on exclude mentions of your account if you want posts from everyone else.
  2. Save your alert in Post Alerts. Connect your X account and add your criteria.
  3. Pick email frequency and review your brief. Open matches and click through to reply.

Native X vs Twitter Keyword Alerts

The bell on an X profile only notifies you when that account posts. It will not alert you when strangers mention your brand or a hashtag you care about. Twitter also removed most old keyword notification settings from the app.

X advanced search still finds those posts, but you run the search yourself each time. Post Alerts saves the query, checks X on your schedule, and emails you when new posts match. You get tweet alerts instead of reopening search.

Keyword Alert Examples

Post Alerts uses form fields instead of Boolean syntax. Each alert can set containing all, containing any, exact phrase, not including, and excluding mentions of your account. Different accounts set different alerts. A few setups people run:

Containing any
recommend a coach executive coaching need a coach
Not including
hiring sports coach
Surfaces people asking for coaching help, not job posts or athletics.
Containing any
Brew Maven brewmaven coffee
Excluding mentions of your account Catches untagged mentions when customers talk about the brand without @you.
Containing any
#NovaSpeakerDrop Nova Speakers Nova launch
Not including
giveaway contest
One alert per client. Tracks launch chatter without giveaway spam.
Containing any
indie podcast newsletter swap creator economy
Containing all
looking for
Finds collaboration and audience-building posts in a niche you cover.

What You Get with Fedica Post Alerts

  • Interactive email briefs. Hourly, daily, or a setting in between for each alert.
  • Demographics and geography on the alerts dashboard. See who posted and where they are located.
  • Historical reports. Week-over-week mention volume.
  • Simple keyword fields. Containing all, containing any, exact phrase, not including. Optionally exclude mentions of your account.
  • Research add-ons. Hashtag reports, post reach, and listen going forward on the same account. See Fedica Twitter tools.
Tweet reach and alert analytics

What to Monitor

Run a separate alert for each term. A busy hashtag in the same alert as your brand name can bury the mentions you care about.

Brand and untagged mentions Someone tweets your company name without tagging your @ handle.
Competitor activity Launch announcements, complaint threads, comparison posts.
Industry keywords and hashtags Conference tags, category terms, niche hashtags in your market.
Campaign terms Launch names, promo codes, event hashtags during a live campaign.
Buying-intent phrases Combine "looking for" or "recommend a" with your product category.
Product feedback Bug reports, feature requests, or praise that never hits support.

On Research, pull hashtag reports or tweet reach on the same terms.

Plans: Post Alerts is included on in Fedica's Research plan or higher. Email brief frequency runs hourly to daily on all tiers.
Research adds keyword reports, post reach, and account and list analysis. See plans.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to set up keyword alerts?

Open Post Alerts in Fedica, add your keywords or hashtags, and connect your X account on a premium plan. Set email frequency from hourly to daily. If the first brief is too noisy, add terms under not including.

Can you set up alerts on Twitter?

Only per account. Click the bell on someone's profile to get notified when they post. For twitter alerts for keywords or hashtags across all of X, use Post Alerts to run saved search for you.

What happened to Twitter notifications?

Twitter reshuffled notification settings over the years. The in-app keyword alerts many people used in the past are mostly gone. Teams that want keyword search alerts usually set up Post Alerts or another third-party tool.

How to set up a news alert?

Put your topic keywords into Post Alerts. Example: breaking plus your industry, or your brand name plus a crisis term. Fedica emails you on the schedule you pick when new posts match.

How to get alerts on Twitter?

X notifies you about mentions, follows, and DMs on your account. It will not email you when random accounts use a keyword in public search. For twitter keyword alerts across the platform, use Fedica Post Alerts, or bookmark an advanced search if you only check once in a while.

How to activate alerts?

Sign up for a Fedica premium plan, connect X, open Post Alerts, enter your search criteria, and turn on email briefs at hourly to daily frequency.

Does X have keyword notifications?

X has no built-in push for custom keyword searches across the platform. Post Alerts checks public posts against your saved criteria and sends email briefs on your schedule.

How often can I get Twitter keyword alerts?

Each alert on Fedica can run hourly or daily, or somewhere between. Hourly fits a product launch week. Daily is enough for steady competitor or industry listening.

Can I track hashtags with Twitter keyword alerts?

Enter the hashtag in Post Alerts the same way you enter a keyword or phrase. No separate setup path.

Are Twitter keyword alerts free on Fedica?

Post Alerts is part of Fedica's paid X plans. There is no free tier with unlimited keyword monitoring. Every premium plan includes email briefs from hourly to daily.

Get Started

Connect your X account on a premium plan, save one alert in Post Alerts, and your next email brief arrives without reopening advanced search