How to See Which Country an X Account Is From

X (formerly Twitter) recently added a feature that shows you which country an account is based in. But you have to click through to each profile individually to view location, which gets tedious fast if you're scrolling through dozens of posts from different accounts.

The official way to check account location on desktop

1. Go to the person's X profile.
2. Look for the line that says "Joined [month year]" under their bio.
3. Click or tap that line to open the "About this account" panel.
4. Inside the panel, you'll see the country or region the account is based in, along with details like when they created their account.

This information doesn't appear anywhere else. If you want to know where an account posts from, you have to leave the post, visit their profile, and open that panel. Every single time.

A faster option with Shaper

1. Install the Shaper Chrome extension.
2. Click "Add to Shaper" on the modification that shows the account’s country on every post.
3. Now every post in your feed shows the country name right next to the username. No more clicking through profiles.

Beyond account locations, Shaper also lets you create your own tweaks for any website. If there's something about a site's layout or behavior that frustrates you, you can modify it yourself or browse Shaper’s library to add modifications with one-click.

The account country feature rolled out to help people understand who they're interacting with online, especially for spotting potential foreign interference or coordinated campaigns. But the design that hides it behind multiple clicks makes it hard to actually use while scrolling. Tools like Shaper bridge that gap, surfacing information that's technically public but buried in the interface.

Note that not every account will show a precise country. Some users can choose to display only a broader region, and VPN or proxy use can make the location less accurate. Government-affiliated accounts may also be exempt from showing this information. Still, for most accounts, the country label gives you helpful context about who's behind the posts you're reading.