Random User Generator
Generates realistic random user profiles with names, addresses, photos, emails, and demographic data. Ideal for populating mockups, testing UI components, and seeding development databases.
🟢 Online · 111 ms
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Unlimited, no key, no credit card
No key required
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does Random User Generator require an API key?
No, Random User Generator is freely accessible without registration or an API key.
What is Random User Generator's free tier?
Unlimited, no key, no credit card
Is Random User Generator currently online?
We check Random User Generator every hour. The current status is shown at the top of this page. You can also see the 30-day uptime history in the chart above.
Implementation notes
When to use Random User Generator
Random User Generator creates realistic fake user profiles including photos, names, addresses, emails, passwords, and demographic data. At unlimited free access with no key, it is the fastest way to populate a UI mockup, seed a dev database, or generate test fixtures for forms and table components.
Common pitfalls
- Photos are hosted on the randomuser.me CDN. The `picture.large`, `picture.medium`, and `picture.thumbnail` URLs are direct hotlinks — do not use them in production without caching, as high traffic to these CDN links has historically caused throttling.
- The `results` parameter caps at 5,000 users per request. Requesting more than 5,000 in a single call silently truncates to 5,000. Use the `seed` parameter (e.g., `?seed=abc&page=2&results=100`) for reproducible paginated datasets.
- Nationality filtering (`?nat=us,gb,fr`) changes both the name and address data format. French addresses use French street patterns; US addresses use ZIP codes rather than postcodes. Code that assumes a consistent address format across nationalities will produce errors.
- Generated emails are fake but plausible-looking. Never use them for email deliverability testing or send real emails to them — they are not real inboxes and many resolve to real domains.
Quick start (bash)
curl "https://randomuser.me/api/?results=3&nat=us&inc=name,email,location,picture"Embed this badge
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