# Social media data APIs and scrapers compared

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/social-data-apis/
Updated: 2026-10-26
Category: Social data APIs and scrapers
Map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/

42 companies on the social monitoring map.

Social data APIs return raw posts, profiles and comments from social platforms, so a team or an agent can build its own monitoring. Most in this group collect data with no stated license from the platform. The map marks how each one collects its data.

Bright Data, Apify and Zyte sell scraping at scale. Others focus on one platform, such as TwitterAPI.io for X and ScrapTik for TikTok. Many also run an MCP server, so an agent can call them directly.

## Social data APIs and scrapers

- [Adlicio](https://tryadlicio.com/): Customer-research scrapers and viewers for Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Hacker News, app stores and review sites (30+), with scheduled Reddit Radar and keyword Listening, and MCP/CLI access for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-adlicio
- [API Direct](https://apidirect.io/): Pay-per-request REST API and 50+ tool MCP server covering X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, news and forums with one JSON schema. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-api-direct
- [Apify](https://apify.com/): Marketplace of third-party scrapers ('Actors') billed per result; includes many LinkedIn post/profile actors, plus an official MCP server so an agent can call any Actor. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify
- [Ayrshare](https://www.ayrshare.com/): Unified social media API for publishing, analytics and account management, with additional public-data features including Instagram hashtag post search and public profile lookup. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-ayrshare
- [Bright Data](https://brightdata.com/): Web Scraper API and prebuilt datasets for LinkedIn profiles, companies, jobs and posts (posts dataset ~132M records). An agent calls the scraper API by dataset\_id or buys a snapshot; MCP server wraps the platform. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-bright-data
- [Crawlbase](https://crawlbase.com/): Web data infrastructure (Crawling API, Smart AI Proxy, Web MCP Server) with managed scrapers for LinkedIn profiles/companies/jobs and Facebook pages/groups/posts; operating since 2017. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-crawlbase
- [Data365](https://data365.co/): Social media data API covering several networks including X; sells credits per month by number of networks. Agents call it for public posts and profiles. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-data365
- [DataSocial](https://datasocial.ai/): TikTok data warehouse: 124.5 billion rows covering creators, videos, sounds and follower graphs with daily history; read-only SQL over MCP, API playground, code and data export. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-datasocial
- [Decodo](https://decodo.com/): Proxy and scraping vendor (renamed from Smartproxy 2025). Web Data API (scrape/search/map/crawl) plus templates for TikTok, YouTube and Pinterest and an MCP server. Agent use: structured TikTok/YouTube pulls. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-decodo
- [EnsembleData](https://ensembledata.com/): Unit-priced social data API for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Threads, Reddit, Twitch, X and Snapchat. TikTok keyword or hashtag search returns 20 posts per unit. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-ensembledata
- [Fetcher.sh](https://fetcher.sh/): Pay-per-call web-data API: 111 endpoints across 11 services, including X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Reddit. Payment per request via x402 or a prepaid key. Agent use: keyless, account-free social reads. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-fetcher-sh
- [GetXAPI](https://www.getxapi.com/): Pay-per-call X data API (73 endpoints incl. tweets, users, communities, Spaces, trends) with optional monitoring plans; no X developer account needed. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-getxapi
- [HasData](https://hasdata.com/): Web scraping API company with Google SERP and Maps APIs and social scrapers (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube) exposed as MCP servers in the official registry. 63 API endpoints. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-hasdata
- [Hottolink SNS Data](https://www.hottolink.co.jp/): Hottolink group company Effyis, under the Socialgist brand, sells access to global social posts, reviews, forums and online-community data, including delivery through Snowflake Marketplace. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-hottolink-sns-data
- [InsightSocial](https://www.insightsocial.app/): Chrome extension, JSON API and MCP that scrape posts, comments, profiles, followers from 22 platforms (TikTok, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest plus review sites) and export to CSV/Sheets. One credit per exported row. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-insightsocial
- [InstAPI](https://instapi.co/): Instagram API built for agents: search and user posts, with images and videos AI-parsed to text descriptions. Hosted MCP and REST. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-instapi
- [JustOneAPI](https://justoneapi.com/): Data APIs for social media and e-commerce (Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Weibo, Bilibili, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, X, LinkedIn). Python SDK and MCP server. Pay as you go on one token. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-justoneapi
- [KonbiniAPI](https://konbiniapi.com/): Unified REST API and hosted MCP server for public TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X and LinkedIn data, 94 endpoints in an ActivityStreams 2.0 shape. An agent would use it to search posts, comments, transcripts and profiles. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-konbiniapi
- [Lobstr.io](https://www.lobstr.io/): Web data collection: no-code scrapers (X user tweets, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, YouTube channel, Google Maps), API, Python SDK and native MCP server for agents. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-lobstr-io
- [LunarCrush](https://lunarcrush.com/): Social sentiment and social-volume data from X, Reddit, YouTube and TikTok across 40+ categories (crypto, stocks, sports, brands), sold as a subscription with API, CLI and MCP. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-lunarcrush
- [Macrocosmos Data Universe](https://www.macrocosmos.ai/): Decentralised social data (Bittensor-based) from X, Reddit and YouTube: 'over 55 billion rows of structured social data', up to 80 million new rows a day; sold alongside distributed GPU training. MCP in Glama. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-macrocosmos-data-universe
- [Monocrawl](https://monocrawl.com/): Social and public-web data API: posts, products, reviews, profiles from 70+ platforms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, Reddit, LinkedIn, Facebook, GitHub, Spotify). 650+ endpoints, scheduled monitors with alerts, MCP. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-monocrawl
- [Openhandle](https://openhandle.dev/): Pay-per-call API and MCP server returning public profiles, posts, comments and metrics from Instagram, TikTok, X and Reddit in one schema, 120+ endpoints. An agent would use it to pull public posts and creator data. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-openhandle
- [Outscraper](https://outscraper.com/): Business-data scraping platform: Google Maps and 50+ sources, plus a YouTube Comments Scraper and API, Trustpilot, Tripadvisor reviews, emails and contacts. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-outscraper
- [PhantomBuster](https://phantombuster.com/): No-code automation 'Phantoms' that run LinkedIn actions and extractions (profiles, search, post/engagement export) using the user's own LinkedIn session cookie; scheduled cloud runs. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-phantombuster
- [Phyllo](https://www.getphyllo.com/): Social-data API infrastructure providing public and creator-consented profile, content, analytics and listening data across 25+ platforms, with MCP connectivity for AI assistants. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-phyllo
- [RedditAPIs](https://www.redditapis.com/): Hosted pay-per-call Reddit API and MCP for AI agents: reads (posts, comments, users, communities, search), votes, writes, DMs on one bearer key. 74 endpoints, monitors and webhooks. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-redditapis
- [ScrapeCreators](https://scrapecreators.com/): Multi-platform scraping API with 7 Twitter/X endpoints among many others, plus an MCP server. Agents use it for profile and post lookups across networks with one key. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-scrapecreators
- [Scrapingdog](https://www.scrapingdog.com/): Web-scraping API provider with dedicated APIs for search engines, ecommerce sites, and social platforms, including LinkedIn profile and company extraction. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-scrapingdog
- [ScrapTik](https://scraptik.com/): Unofficial TikTok API wrapper for apps, agencies and agents: creators, videos, sounds, hashtags, comments, live, search. Authless pay-per-call MCP (19 tools), RapidAPI and Apify actor. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-scraptik
- [SocialData](https://socialdata.tools/): Unofficial X data API: search, user tweets, mentions, followers, threads, communities, lists, plus a read-only hosted MCP server with 14 tools. Agents use it for X search and mention pulls at per-result prices. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-socialdata
- [SocialKit](https://www.socialkit.dev/): REST API plus hosted MCP (46 tools) returning transcripts, summaries, comments, stats and profiles for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and video files; Reddit in beta. Agent use: transcripts and comment analysis. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-socialkit
- [SocialListeningAPI](https://sociallisteningapi.com/): Single API and MCP for social listening: public posts, videos, profiles, forum discussions and Google results across Instagram, Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, Hacker News, YouTube, Pinterest, Discourse. 18 endpoints. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-sociallisteningapi
- [SociaVault](https://sociavault.com/): Credit-based REST API for public data from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, Reddit, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Twitch, Google and four ad libraries. Agent use: open-source npm MCP server with 107 read-only tools. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-sociavault
- [Supadata](https://supadata.ai/): Transcript API for YouTube and other video platforms, billed in credits (1 transcript = 1 credit; AI-generated transcript minute = 2 credits). Lists an MCP integration. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-supadata
- [ThreadSnoop](https://threadsnoop.com/): Read-only Reddit API and remote MCP for agents: posts, comments, comment trees, subreddit search and rules, user profiles; skills reddit-search and reddit-lead-finder. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-threadsnoop
- [TrackMyHashtag](https://www.trackmyhashtag.com/): Historical X (Twitter) data for hashtags, keywords and @mentions (2006 to present) as a dashboard, PDF, CSV or JSON dataset, priced per tweet volume. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-trackmyhashtag
- [TwitterAPI.io](https://twitterapi.io/): Unofficial X data API: advanced search, user/tweet lookups, followers, webhook filter rules and WebSocket streams, plus a native MCP server. Agents use it as a cheap substitute for the official X API. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-twitterapi-io
- [TwitterAPIs.com](https://www.twitterapis.com/): Agent-ready pay-per-call Twitter/X API: tweets, search, profiles, threads, timelines, follower graphs, plus write actions through a connected account. 121 REST endpoints and an MCP server. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-twitterapis-com
- [TwitterXAPI](https://twitterxapi.com/): Pay-per-record API for public X data: profiles, posts, replies, threads, followers, search, lists, trends, communities. Over HTTP, MCP, Python or JavaScript. Agent use: bulk timeline and follower pulls without X developer account. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-twitterxapi
- [Xquik](https://xquik.com/): Xquik sells public-X search and extraction through web tools, a REST API, webhooks and an MCP server. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-xquik
- [Zyte](https://www.zyte.com/): Zyte API (unblocking, browser rendering, AI extraction), Scrapy Cloud and a managed social-media data feed. An agent uses Zyte MCP to fetch and extract pages; social feeds are a custom managed service, public data only. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-zyte

## Other categories

- [Social listening suites](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/social-listening.md): 67 companies.
- [Mention alerts](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/mention-alerts.md): 31 companies.
- [Social analytics](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/social-analytics.md): 28 companies.
- [Listening agents](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/listening-agents.md): 25 companies.
- [Trend signals](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/trend-signals.md): 18 companies.
- [Creator analytics](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/creator-analytics.md): 44 companies.
- [Social data APIs and scrapers](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/social-data-apis.md): 42 companies. (this page)
- [Video and transcripts](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/video-monitoring.md): 35 companies.
- [Agent-first data and MCP servers](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/mcp-servers.md): 17 companies.
- [LinkedIn and people data](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/linkedin-data.md): 10 companies.
- [Podcast data](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/podcast-data.md): 8 companies.
- [Search APIs](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/search-apis.md): 9 companies.

## The full map

[The social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#cat-social-data-api): all 334 companies in 12 categories, open at this one.