When you meet someone at an unexpected place we say that word “It’s a small world”. However, if you are looking for a long lost friend or if you are just looking for that one person you met someday, you might agree when I say that the world isn’t that small after all. Similarly, we all know, the web is a place where you can get most of your answers. Well, there are several people finder services that let you find for people and get information around them.

Apart from finding people you are looking for, the people who search websites can come in handy, when you are looking for a roommate or starting to work with someone. So, without any further ado, here are the list of 10 best people search engines you should use:

1. Pipl

Pipl is arguably the most popular people finder service and deservedly so, considering it works in almost all the countries and offers very accurate results. The platform lets you easily get professional, social and contact info. You can enter the name, email, username or phone and choose to enter the location or not and just hit the search button to get results. In our testing, it worked pretty well and results were fairly accurate. Plus, unlike most other people search sites, Pipl is available for free but it does include a few sponsored results.

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2. BeenVerified

BeenVerified is one of my personal favorites when it comes to people search sites, due to its simplicity and features that make it stand out against the other people search engines. With BeenVerified, you can search through names, email address, phone numbers or location. The platform brings you all the details you might expect, like social media accounts, pictures, friends & connections, professional records, address history, background records etc.

While the basic details can be checked by just signing up for an account at BeenVerified, if you want a full report on someone’s background, you will have to get a membership ($1 for a 5-day trial). BeenVerified brings you details of people all over the world but some features might be limited to the US. It’s available as a website, as well as a mobile app for Android and iOS.

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3. Whitepages

Whitepages is much more than just a person finder service and it’s a great tool, if you want to get more than just social or professional information. The website brings you detailed background reports on a person that includes info like contact, addresses, properties, court & criminal records, liens & judgments and more. If you are just looking to find a person, Whitepages is still a great service, as it offers details around family members & associates, current contact details etc. You can find a person through name & location, phone number, address or business. So, yeah it’s a very powerful tool.

While details like phone number, address, family members, locations etc. are available for free, if you want a full background report, you will have to get the premium subscription, starting at $19.95/month. Also, the premium service of the website is only available in the US.

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4. Spokeo

Spokeo is another popular people search engine that shows you details from white pages listings, public records and social networks. You can search for people in Spokeo through name, email address, phone details or location. The results include details from more than 60 social networks, photos and online profiles, dating site profiles etc. Also, Spokeo claims that it uses proprietary deep web technology to get results that usually search engines miss out on.

We found Spokeo’s profiles to be well detailed and quite accurate in our testing, so we’ll definitely recommend it to you. The service is available globally as a paid subscription, starting at $4.95/month.

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5. PeekYou

PeekYou is one of the few free people search sites that brings you details around a person, based on their social media accounts, web profiles, email addresses, contact details, and other public records. It also uses its patented technology to bring you results from over 60 websites, news sources, homepages, blog platforms etc. You can search for people through names, location, web username or phone reverse search. While the website works best when you are searching for someone is the different states of US, it also works decently when you are doing a global search.

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6. Intelius

Intelius is one people search engine that has you covered on most fronts. Be it the usual people search details, email lookup, social network search, property records, background check, criminal records or reverse lookup. Along with the various options, the results are great too, thanks to Incelius’ robust database. While it’s all good, Incelius is not free and the results are only catered for US. There are different subscriptions for people search report, people search report plus (includes email search & social network) and background report, starting at $3.95/month. If you just want to use it for a few hours, you can get the 24-hour pass for $19.95.

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7. Facebook

Now, who is not aware of Facebook? Chances are, you are looking for people search sites after you failed to find a person on Facebook. Well, there’s lot more to Facebook search than you might know of. For instance, you can search for people based on the place they work, interests, location, places they’ve been to etc., all thanks to the Graph Search feature. Graph Search in Facebook is designed to offer results to natural language queries. You can even search for people through the “Find Friends” feature, which lets you filters searches through various options. Overall, Facebook is one of the great options to search for people globally.

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8. Instant Checkmate

Instant Checkmate is a more of a public records search service but it’s still handy if you want to know about important details of a person. The US-only people search engine lets you easily check a person’s criminal records, related court documents, addresses, age, phone numbers etc. It brings you data from online profiles, federal data sources and state & country data sources and the results are pretty great, thanks to Instant Checkmate’s advanced search tech. All the details around a search are compiled in a neat report.

Instant Checkmate is one powerful service and while it seems a bit overwhelming with all the details around background reports, it can be used as a people finder service too. However, you can only get the reports after you’ve bought one of the subscriptions, starting at $19.95.

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9. LinkedIn

If you are looking to search for people through their professional details, LinkedIn is the best option there is. The Microsoft-owned service features some great search capabilities, not everyone is aware of. You can search for specific keywords with names & location, use Boolean searches and more. The search page in LinkedIn also features a very handy sidebar, which lets you use several filters. So, if you are looking for a person you met at a professional meet, LinkedIn should help you find him/her with ease.

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10. Mylife

Unlike other people search websites and services on this list, Mylife lets you correct, monitor and enhance your background reports on the web. So, if you are worried about some false info of you being spread around, that might hamper your life, Mylife is for you. The US-only people search engine brings you results with details like phone number, address, email address, job history, education, political party, views & opinions, interests, relatives and social profiles. The good thing is, you can get all the details for free but you’ll have to sign up. You can then choose to edit or remove any info you want. So, while Mylife is designed for correction, you can use it get details around a person, as well.

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Bonus:

Google Search and Reverse Image Search

Google might not really be marketed as a people search engine but it can do the job pretty well. You can just search for people through names with specific keywords like location, job, interests etc. You can also do a reverse phone number search and if you have a photo of the person, you can also do a reverse image search to find the person you want. Plus, Google offers various tools like filters for time, country and an advanced search page, where you can narrow down your search easily.

Find People with these People Search Engines

So, those were some of the best people search engines. Some of them work best in the US, while some work globally, so you can choose accordingly. Also, we are positive that you will be able to find the person you are looking for with one of these websites, considering all of them are pretty capable and offer advanced features. Well, try them out and let us know if they managed to help you out. Sound off in the comments section below.