diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 61e871ef..52d962eb 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
 from .. import text, util, exception
-from ..cache import cache
+from ..cache import cache, memcache
 import itertools
 import json
 import re
@@ -1194,6 +1194,7 @@ class TwitterAPI():
         }
         return self._pagination_users(endpoint, variables)
 
+    @memcache(keyarg=1)
     def user_by_rest_id(self, rest_id):
         endpoint = "/graphql/1YAM811Q8Ry4XyPpJclURQ/UserByRestId"
         features = self.features.copy()
@@ -1207,6 +1208,7 @@ class TwitterAPI():
         }
         return self._call(endpoint, params)["data"]["user"]["result"]
 
+    @memcache(keyarg=1)
     def user_by_screen_name(self, screen_name):
         endpoint = "/graphql/XA6F1nJELYg65hxOC2Ekmg/UserByScreenName"
         params = {
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index 593cffab..29f1d055 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.26.1"
+__version__ = "1.26.2-dev"