Looking for someone’s phone number but not sure where to start? We’re here to help! This article will guide you through the process of finding someone’s phone number online.

Whether you’re attempting to reconnect with an old friend or you need to find a missing contact number, the following methods should help:

1. General Search Engine

A simple search with a search engine like Google, Bing, or Duckduckgo can often turn up some useful information, including people’s phone numbers.

Try searching for the person’s name along with the phone number to see what comes up. When you’re doing so, make sure you put quotation marks around their name. For example, "james doe" phone number.

This will bring up web pages containing the searched name and phone numbers. You can browse through the results to see if you can identify the person from there.

2. Social Media

A general search may take a while if the person has a common name. To save you time, check their social media profiles if you’re connected. Many people list their contact details on their profiles, so you might find a phone number this way.

Start with popular platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or X (formally Twitter) to see if you can find any clues. Also don’t forget to check LinkedIn, especially since it’s common for people to include contact information on their profiles for networking and job searches.

3. White Pages

There are several websites that allow you to search for someone’s information based on their name, address, and other identifying information. White Pages is the most well-known one among these and it provides phone number information for free.

To find someone’s landline number with WhitePages, simply enter their name (and the city they live in if you know this information) then hit Search.

Remember, the first two results are only available to Premium users. To view the free results, scroll down to find the person you are looking for and click the “View Details” button to view their detailed report.

You’ll be able to view the person’s landline number for free. But if you’re looking for their cell phone number, or you’d like to check their criminal records and background reports, you’ll need to pay a fee.

Note that people search engines like this don’t always provide updated information, so you might be getting an old phone number that the person doesn’t use anymore from these services. If you want to get more accurate results, you can try searching with multiple tools such as TruthFinder, Peoplefinders, or Social Catfish and compare the results.