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What Octolens is, and why it is not on the PR software map
octolens.com · Media monitoring and analysis
The short answer
Octolens is a social and news listening tool that tracks mentions of a brand on Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Hacker News and news sites. Lens Labs GmbH, of Berlin, runs it [1][2]. It is not on the PR software map. We left it off on Oct. 21, 2026, under "Kept for a separate social listening map" [3]. The map's note on it: "A social and news listening tool, sold mainly to founders, marketing and developer relations teams." [3]
| Octolens | |
|---|---|
| What it is | Octolens is a social and news listening tool that tracks mentions of a brand on Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Hacker News and news sites. Lens Labs GmbH, of Berlin, runs it [1][2]. |
| Site | octolens.com |
| On the PR software map | No. Left off on Oct. 21, 2026 [3] |
| Why | A social and news listening tool, sold mainly to founders, marketing and developer relations teams. [3] |
| Listed under | Kept for a separate social listening map, in the map's section on companies left off [3] |
What Octolens is
Octolens is a social and news listening tool that tracks mentions of a brand on Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Hacker News and news sites. Lens Labs GmbH, of Berlin, runs it [1][2].
Why it is not on the map
The map lists Octolens under “Kept for a separate social listening map” [3]. The map’s rule for that group: “It is mainly a social listening tool, so it is kept for a separate map of social listening tools.” [3]
The map’s note on Octolens: “A social and news listening tool, sold mainly to founders, marketing and developer relations teams.” [3]
We left Octolens off the map on Oct. 21, 2026. It has no row in the map’s list, and it does not count toward the map’s 183 companies [3].
Where the map lists it
Excluded from the map, and why lists every company we checked for the map and left off, grouped by the reason, with the day [3]. The same rows are in the data file.
Also left off for the same reason, each with a page: All Ears, noodle4, Tubular Labs.
What this page does not cover
Not a review
This page reports what the sources below say about Octolens. It does not judge how well Octolens works.
Pages change
Each source gives the day we read it. Octolens's own pages may have changed since.
Not counted on the map
Octolens has no row on the PR software map, so the map's counts and charts leave it out.
Questions people ask
What is Octolens?
Octolens is a social and news listening tool that tracks mentions of a brand on Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Hacker News and news sites. Lens Labs GmbH, of Berlin, runs it [1][2].
Why is Octolens not on the PR software map?
The map lists it under "Kept for a separate social listening map". Its note on Octolens: "A social and news listening tool, sold mainly to founders, marketing and developer relations teams." [3]
When was Octolens left off the map?
On Oct. 21, 2026 [3].
Where does the map list Octolens?
Under "Kept for a separate social listening map", in its section on the companies it left off [3].
Sources
- Octolens (home page). Octolens. Read .
- Imprint. Octolens. Read .
- Octolens, in Excluded from the map, and why. Newsprint. Read .