Understanding Subjects

A subject is the individual you run a social media check on in Ferretly.

Everything you enter about that person—names, locations, contact details, education, employer, age, and known social accounts—is stored as subject properties. Ferretly uses those properties to find social media profiles and run the check.

Step 2: What to capture about a subject

When you add a subject, gather the details you already know, such as:

Full name and aliases
Known addresses or locations
Phone number and email
Employer, college, and high school
Age or date of birth (when available)
Known social media accounts or handles

You do not need every field to start. Strong name and location data plus any known handles already improve matching. Agentic AI profile search can also discover additional profiles from the properties you provide. See Searching for Profiles.

Step 3: How subjects appear in Ferretly

Existing subjects live on the Subjects page. Click Subjects in the left navigation (or the person icon on a narrow screen).

From Subjects you can:

Task	Guide
Add one subject	Manually Add a Subject
Add many subjects	Bulk Upload Subjects
Add via integration	Add Subjects via API
Edit details	Update a Subject
Locate someone	Find a Subject
Archive a subject	Archive a Subject
Download deliverables	Download Reports
Start analysis	Running Checks for New Subjects

Each subject also shows status and score information as checks progress. See Understanding Subject Statuses and Understanding Subject Scores.