# What YouScan is, and why it is not on the PR software map

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/companies/youscan/
Updated: 2026-10-30
First published: 2026-10-30
Company: YouScan (https://youscan.io/)
Category: Media monitoring and analysis
Map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/
Left off the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#ex-youscan

> YouScan is a social listening platform for social media, with sentiment analysis and image recognition [1]. It is not on the PR software map. We left it off on Oct. 23, 2026, under "Kept for a separate social listening map" [2]. The map's note on it: "A social listening platform. Taken off the map the day it was added." [2]

## YouScan at a glance

|  | YouScan |
| --- | --- |
| What it is | YouScan is a social listening platform for social media, with sentiment analysis and image recognition [1]. |
| Site | youscan.io |
| On the PR software map | No. Left off on Oct. 23, 2026 [2] |
| Why | A social listening platform. Taken off the map the day it was added. [2] |
| Listed under | Kept for a separate social listening map, in the map's section on companies left off [2] |

## What YouScan is

YouScan is a social listening platform for social media, with sentiment analysis and image recognition [1].

## Why it is not on the map

The map lists YouScan under "Kept for a separate social listening map" [2]. 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." [2]

The map's note on YouScan: "A social listening platform. Taken off the map the day it was added." [2]

We left YouScan off the map on Oct. 23, 2026. It has no row in the map's list, and it does not count toward the map's 183 companies [2].

## Where the map lists it

[Excluded from the map, and why](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#ex-youscan) lists every company we checked for the map and left off, grouped by the reason, with the day [2]. The same rows are in [the data file](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/ai-pr-landscape.excluded.companies.json).

Also left off for the same reason, each with a page: [All Ears](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/companies/all-ears/), [noodle4](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/companies/noodle4/), [Octolens](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/companies/octolens/).

## What this page does not cover

### Not a review

This page reports what the sources below say about YouScan. It does not judge how well YouScan works.

### Pages change

Each source gives the day we read it. YouScan's own pages may have changed since.

### Not counted on the map

YouScan has no row on the PR software map, so the map's counts and charts leave it out.

## Questions people ask

### What is YouScan?

YouScan is a social listening platform for social media, with sentiment analysis and image recognition [1].

### Why is YouScan not on the PR software map?

The map lists it under "Kept for a separate social listening map". Its note on YouScan: "A social listening platform. Taken off the map the day it was added." [2]

### When was YouScan left off the map?

On Oct. 23, 2026 [2].

### Where does the map list YouScan?

Under "Kept for a separate social listening map", in its section on the companies it left off [2].

## Sources

1. [YouScan (home page)](https://youscan.io/). YouScan. Read 2026-10-21.
2. [YouScan, in Excluded from the map, and why](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#ex-youscan). Newsprint. Read 2026-10-30.

## Related

- [The PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/)
- [What All Ears is, and why it is not on the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/companies/all-ears/)
- [What noodle4 is, and why it is not on the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/companies/noodle4/)
- [What Octolens is, and why it is not on the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/companies/octolens/)
- [Why YouScan is not on the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#ex-youscan)
- [Companies left off the PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/companies/#off-map)