PIPL

PIPL is a people-identity resolution service integrated into UserSearch as a Module (data source). When you run a search that draws on PIPL, UserSearch queries it on your behalf and returns the identity records it holds for the identifier you entered.

PIPL is one of the most widely reused data sources in UserSearch, appearing across several search types rather than being tied to a single one.

What PIPL is

PIPL specialises in identity resolution: taking a single identifier — a name, email address, phone number or username — and linking it to a broader identity. It exposes two datasets:

• Social — profiles, usernames and linked accounts associated with a person.
• Business — employment, professional and organisation-linked records associated with a person.

In UserSearch, PIPL is a passive OSINT source: querying it does not contact the person you are searching for.

What it returns

For a matched identifier, PIPL can return linked personal identifiers and profile information drawn from its Social and Business datasets.

Draft — data-source behaviour awaiting confirmation

The following specifics are documented as draft and await confirmation against PIPL’s current behaviour:

• The exact fields returned per dataset (for example: linked emails, phone numbers, usernames, profile URLs, employer and job title).
• The precise split of responsibilities between the Social and Business datasets.
• Coverage, geographic scope and data freshness.
• Whether the Vehicle search type’s owner lookup draws on the same PIPL feed as the identifier search types.

Do not rely on precise coverage figures until these are verified.

Search types that use PIPL

Within UserSearch, PIPL appears as a data source under the following search types:

• Username
• Email
• Phone
• People
• Vehicle

Under the People search type, PIPL contributes through its Social and Business datasets. It is also available inside OneScan, the Module that runs several data sources at once, where results attributed to PIPL are labelled in the Data Source column.

How to access it in UserSearch

1. Choose one of the search types above (for example Email or People).
2. Enter your identifier and run the search.
3. Locate the PIPL Module in the results — or open it directly from the Module list for that search type.
4. In merged results such as OneScan, use the Data Source column to identify rows that came from PIPL.

Official site

• pipl.com

Reliability

Draft — reliability note

Any Match Accuracy or confidence value shown against a PIPL result is PIPL’s own figure; UserSearch does not recompute it, so it is not directly comparable with figures from other data sources. Treat PIPL as a lead-generation and pivot source: corroborate linked identities against a second data source before acting on them. Coverage and freshness for this data source are not yet confirmed.

Verified against UserSearch v2.0.20