In [30]: df = pd.DataFrame({'subscriber_id':[1,2,3,4,5]}) ''' subscriber_id 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 ''' mask = df['subscriber_id'].isin([2,4,5]) ''' 0 False 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 True ''' df.loc[mask] ''' subscriber_id 1 2 3 4 4 5 '''