Best of · Social
The best social media data sources are Instagram and TikTok for creators and consumer brands, YouTube for video reach and LinkedIn for professional audiences, because each returns profiles, posts with engagement and comments from public pages. X and Reddit are best for what people say, and Facebook for pages, ads and events. All seven sit behind one account.
Updated 21 October 2026
| # | Source | What you get | Best for | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Profiles, posts and reels, hashtags, comments, followers, similar accounts | Creators and consumer brands | from $0.00045 per record | |
| 2 | TikTok | Profiles, posts with views and saves, search by keyword, hashtag or sound, Shop products | Short video and trends | from $0.00045 per record |
| 3 | YouTube | Channels, videos with views, likes and comments, top comments | Video reach | from $0.00045 per record |
| 4 | Profiles, companies, posts, post search, comments, reactions, ads | Professional audiences | from $0.001 per record | |
| 5 | X | Profiles, posts with views and bookmarks, post search, account search | Real-time talk | from $0.000225 per record |
| 6 | Posts with score and upvote ratio, subreddit listings, comments, search | Honest opinions and threads | from $0.0045 per record | |
| 7 | Pages, posts, reels, comments, reviews, ads, events, Marketplace | Pages, ads and local reach | from $0.0022 per record |
List prices are per record and some calls carry a minimum. Quote any call first with "estimateOnly": true: the quote is free and is the most the call can cost.
Profile cards for up to ten accounts, with recent posts in the same call, plus hashtag feeds, comments by post URL, follower or following lists and related accounts. A free history operation keeps followers, media count and engagement rate over time for accounts already held. Private accounts are out of reach.
Posts carry views, likes, comments, shares, saves, sound, hashtags and duration. Search posts by keyword, hashtag or sound URL, find accounts by keyword, and read TikTok Shop products with price, sold count and stock. Follower lists cover up to five accounts per call, each row a full profile.
Channel cards by @handle, channel id or URL, with recent videos in the same call. Each video carries views, likes, comments, duration and its publish date. There is no keyword search for videos, so you start from a channel or a video URL.
Profiles with work history, company pages, people and company search, posts and post search, and who commented or reacted. Company-page posts are not served; a person's posts are.
Posts carry likes, replies, reposts, quotes, views, bookmarks and the reply or quote lineage. Search finds accounts or posts by keyword across all authors. The blue badge is reported as isBlueVerified, a paid subscription, never as identity verification.
The post is the unit: score, upvote ratio, comment count and permalink on every row. Read a subreddit by hot, newest, top or rising, a user's submissions, or search all of Reddit by keyword. There is no profile card, because Reddit publishes none to measure.
Page cards with followers, talking-about, reviews and contact details; posts with reactions by type; reels with plays; and every ad a page runs in Meta's Ad Library. Follower lists take at most three pages per call.
Yes. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Reddit and Facebook all answer through one account and one balance here, with the same request shape.
No. Every operation reads public pages and never asks for a login, cookie or session.
Yes, for profiles already held. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Facebook and LinkedIn have free history operations that read stored follower series. Reddit's history tracks post score and comment count.
No. Only public data: nothing behind a login, no private accounts, no inboxes.
Per record, with a list price per platform: Instagram from $0.00045 per record, TikTok from $0.00045 per record, YouTube from $0.00045 per record. Quote any call free with "estimateOnly": true.
The playground runs any endpoint by hand: pick a platform and what you want from it, fill a short form named in plain words (or press Use sample input), see the free quote on the Run button, run it, then read the answer as a table or JSON and download it as CSV or JSON. The same call is written out as cURL, Python and Node while you type.
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