diff --git a/src/screens/searchResult/screen/searchResultScreen.tsx b/src/screens/searchResult/screen/searchResultScreen.tsx
index f284454908..c53711e31c 100644
--- a/src/screens/searchResult/screen/searchResultScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/searchResult/screen/searchResultScreen.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React, { memo, useState } from 'react';
 import { View } from 'react-native';
 import ScrollableTabView from 'react-native-scrollable-tab-view';
 import { useIntl } from 'react-intl';
-import { debounce } from 'lodash';
+import { gestureHandlerRootHOC } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
+import useDebounce from '../../../utils/useDebounceHook';
 
 // Components
-import { gestureHandlerRootHOC } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import { SearchInput, TabBar } from '../../../components';
 import Communities from './tabs/communities/view/communitiesResults';
 import PostsResults from './tabs/best/view/postsResults';
@@ -17,13 +17,52 @@ import styles from './searchResultStyles';
 import globalStyles from '../../../globalStyles';
 
 const SearchResultScreen = ({ navigation }) => {
-  const [searchValue, setSearchValue] = useState('');
   const intl = useIntl();
+  const { debounce } = useDebounce();
+
+  const [searchInputValue, setSearchInputValue] = useState('');
+  const [searchValue, setSearchValue] = useState('');
+
+  const _handleChangeText = (value) => {
+    setSearchInputValue(value);
+  };
+
+  const _handleSearchValue = (value) => {
+    setSearchValue(value);
+  };
+
+  // custom debounce to debounce search value but updates search input value instantly
+  // fixes character missing bug due to lodash debounce
+  const debouncedSearch = debounce(_handleSearchValue, _handleChangeText, 1000);
 
   const _navigationGoBack = () => {
     navigation.goBack();
   };
 
+  return (
+    <View style={styles.container}>
+      <SearchInput
+        showClearButton={true}
+        placeholder={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'header.search' })}
+        onChangeText={debouncedSearch}
+        value={searchInputValue}
+        backEnabled={true}
+        onBackPress={_navigationGoBack}
+      />
+      <SearchResultsTabView searchValue={searchValue} />
+    </View>
+  );
+};
+
+const SearchResultsTabView = memo(({ searchValue }: { searchValue: string }) => {
+  const intl = useIntl();
+
+  const clippedSearchValue =
+    searchValue.startsWith('#') || searchValue.startsWith('@')
+      ? searchValue.substring(1)
+      : searchValue;
+  const isUsername = !!(searchValue.startsWith('#') || searchValue.startsWith('@'));
+
   const _renderTabbar = () => (
     <TabBar
       style={styles.tabbar}
@@ -34,58 +73,38 @@ const SearchResultScreen = ({ navigation }) => {
     />
   );
 
-  const _handleChangeText = debounce((value) => {
-    setSearchValue(value);
-  }, 1000);
-
-  const clippedSearchValue =
-    searchValue.startsWith('#') || searchValue.startsWith('@')
-      ? searchValue.substring(1)
-      : searchValue;
-
   return (
-    <View style={styles.container}>
-      <SearchInput
-        showClearButton={true}
-        placeholder={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'header.search' })}
-        onChangeText={_handleChangeText}
-        value={searchValue}
-        backEnabled={true}
-        onBackPress={_navigationGoBack}
-      />
-
-      <ScrollableTabView
-        style={globalStyles.tabView}
-        renderTabBar={_renderTabbar}
-        prerenderingSiblingsNumber={Infinity}
+    <ScrollableTabView
+      style={globalStyles.tabView}
+      renderTabBar={_renderTabbar}
+      prerenderingSiblingsNumber={Infinity}
+    >
+      <View
+        tabLabel={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'search_result.best.title' })}
+        style={styles.tabbarItem}
       >
-        <View
-          tabLabel={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'search_result.best.title' })}
-          style={styles.tabbarItem}
-        >
-          <PostsResults searchValue={clippedSearchValue} />
-        </View>
-        <View
-          tabLabel={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'search_result.people.title' })}
-          style={styles.tabbarItem}
-        >
-          <PeopleResults searchValue={clippedSearchValue} />
-        </View>
-        <View
-          tabLabel={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'search_result.topics.title' })}
-          style={styles.tabbarItem}
-        >
-          <TopicsResults searchValue={clippedSearchValue} />
-        </View>
-        <View
-          tabLabel={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'search_result.communities.title' })}
-          style={styles.tabbarItem}
-        >
-          <Communities searchValue={clippedSearchValue} />
-        </View>
-      </ScrollableTabView>
-    </View>
+        <PostsResults searchValue={clippedSearchValue} />
+      </View>
+      <View
+        tabLabel={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'search_result.people.title' })}
+        style={styles.tabbarItem}
+      >
+        <PeopleResults searchValue={clippedSearchValue} isUsername={isUsername} />
+      </View>
+      <View
+        tabLabel={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'search_result.topics.title' })}
+        style={styles.tabbarItem}
+      >
+        <TopicsResults searchValue={clippedSearchValue} />
+      </View>
+      <View
+        tabLabel={intl.formatMessage({ id: 'search_result.communities.title' })}
+        style={styles.tabbarItem}
+      >
+        <Communities searchValue={clippedSearchValue} />
+      </View>
+    </ScrollableTabView>
   );
-};
+});
 
 export default gestureHandlerRootHOC(SearchResultScreen);
diff --git a/src/screens/searchResult/screen/tabs/people/container/peopleResultsContainer.js b/src/screens/searchResult/screen/tabs/people/container/peopleResultsContainer.js
index 02b476b87c..334e450010 100644
--- a/src/screens/searchResult/screen/tabs/people/container/peopleResultsContainer.js
+++ b/src/screens/searchResult/screen/tabs/people/container/peopleResultsContainer.js
@@ -5,16 +5,24 @@ import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import ROUTES from '../../../../../../constants/routeNames';
 
 import { searchAccount } from '../../../../../../providers/ecency/ecency';
+import { lookupAccounts } from '../../../../../../providers/hive/dhive';
 
-const PeopleResultsContainer = ({ children, searchValue, username }) => {
+const PeopleResultsContainer = ({ children, searchValue, username, isUsername }) => {
   const navigation = useNavigation();
 
   const [users, setUsers] = useState([]);
+  const [userNames, setUsernames] = useState([]);
   const [noResult, setNoResult] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setNoResult(false);
     setUsers([]);
+    if (!searchValue) {
+      setUsernames([]);
+    }
+    if (searchValue && isUsername) {
+      _fetchUsernames(searchValue);
+    }
 
     searchAccount(searchValue, 20, searchValue ? 0 : 1)
       .then((res) => {
@@ -29,6 +37,11 @@ const PeopleResultsContainer = ({ children, searchValue, username }) => {
       });
   }, [searchValue]);
 
+  const _fetchUsernames = async (username) => {
+    const users = await lookupAccounts(username);
+    setUsernames(users);
+  };
+
   // Component Functions
 
   const _handleOnPress = (item) => {
@@ -45,6 +58,7 @@ const PeopleResultsContainer = ({ children, searchValue, username }) => {
     children &&
     children({
       users,
+      userNames,
       handleOnPress: _handleOnPress,
       noResult,
     })
diff --git a/src/screens/searchResult/screen/tabs/people/view/peopleResults.js b/src/screens/searchResult/screen/tabs/people/view/peopleResults.js
index 5d142b0d07..8f53e977e1 100644
--- a/src/screens/searchResult/screen/tabs/people/view/peopleResults.js
+++ b/src/screens/searchResult/screen/tabs/people/view/peopleResults.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import PeopleResultsContainer from '../container/peopleResultsContainer';
 
 import styles from './peopleResultsStyles';
 
-const PeopleResults = ({ searchValue }) => {
+const PeopleResults = ({ searchValue, isUsername }) => {
   const _renderEmptyContent = () => {
     return (
       <>
@@ -20,11 +20,38 @@ const PeopleResults = ({ searchValue }) => {
     );
   };
 
+  const _renderUsernames = (userNames, handleOnPress) => {
+    return searchValue && isUsername && userNames && userNames.length ? (
+      <FlatList
+        data={userNames}
+        keyExtractor={(item, index) => index.toString()}
+        renderItem={({ item, index }) => (
+          <UserListItem
+            handleOnPress={() =>
+              handleOnPress({
+                name: item,
+                text: item,
+              })
+            }
+            index={index}
+            username={item}
+            text={`@${item}`}
+            isHasRightItem
+            isLoggedIn
+            searchValue={searchValue}
+            isLoadingRightAction={false}
+          />
+        )}
+        ListEmptyComponent={_renderEmptyContent}
+      />
+    ) : null;
+  };
+
   return (
-    <PeopleResultsContainer searchValue={searchValue}>
-      {({ users, handleOnPress, noResult }) => (
+    <PeopleResultsContainer searchValue={searchValue} isUsername={isUsername}>
+      {({ users, userNames, handleOnPress, noResult }) => (
         <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
-          {noResult ? (
+          {noResult && !userNames.length ? (
             <EmptyScreen />
           ) : (
             <FlatList
@@ -45,6 +72,7 @@ const PeopleResults = ({ searchValue }) => {
                 />
               )}
               ListEmptyComponent={_renderEmptyContent}
+              ListHeaderComponent={_renderUsernames(userNames, handleOnPress)}
             />
           )}
         </SafeAreaView>
diff --git a/src/utils/useDebounceHook.ts b/src/utils/useDebounceHook.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c956648116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/useDebounceHook.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+
+/**
+ * custom debounce hook returns a method which debounces first method and always call the second method
+ */
+export const useDebounce = () => {
+  const timeoutToClear = useRef<any>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutToClear?.current as any);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  /**
+   * custom debounce method which debounces first method and always call the second method
+   * @param {function which needs to be debounced} callback
+   * @param {this function would be called always} alwaysCall
+   * @param {debounce delay in ms} ms
+   */
+  const debounce = (callback, alwaysCall, ms) => {
+    return (...args) => {
+      alwaysCall(...args);
+      clearTimeout(timeoutToClear?.current as any);
+      timeoutToClear.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        callback(...args);
+      }, ms);
+    };
+  };
+
+  return {
+    debounce,
+  };
+};
+
+export default useDebounce;