The field manual for social media data
Runnable tutorials, founder playbooks, honest tool teardowns, and original research — for builders who'd rather read real numbers than another think-piece.
productBuild a Competitor Analysis Tool for 42 Social Platforms
Build a competitor analysis tool for social data: pull profiles, compute engagement rates, measure posting cadence, and track brand mentions via one API.
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productIG Follower Export Tools: 5 Ways to Download Your List
5 ig follower export tool methods: Chrome extensions, web SaaS, Graph API, and social APIs. ToS risk tiers, free options, and scale ceilings in one table.
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developmentSocial Media Engagement Rate Benchmarks 2026: TikTok vs Instagram vs YouTube (1,269 Posts Analyzed)
We measured engagement rate on 1,269 recent posts from 79 major accounts. TikTok's median beats Instagram and YouTube in all 6 categories. Full data + method.
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developmentFetch MCP Server: What It Does, Where It Fails, and the Walled-Garden Gap
What a fetch MCP server actually does, the implementations worth knowing in 2026, the security model, and where it stops: walled gardens.
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developmentHow to Scrape TikTok Comments with Python (2026): API Approach That Actually Works
Scrape TikTok comments with Python in ~40 lines: one GET request, cursor pagination, CSV export. Real endpoint, real response shapes, no Selenium.
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developmentThreads API in 2026: A Developer's Honest Guide to What You Can Actually Build
The 2026 developer's guide to Meta's Threads API: auth, rate limits, App Review, and where third-party APIs fit. Numbers you can act on.
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skillsHow to See Followers on Snapchat (And What Snap Won't Show You)
Learn how to see followers on Snapchat on iOS and Android — plus what the app hides, and how to pull follower data programmatically via SocialCrawl API.
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developmentHow to Use Claude Agents: A Developer's Guide to Managed Agents, Sub-agents, and Real-time Data
A developer's guide to Claude Managed Agents, Claude Code sub-agents, and the Messages API. Setup in 4 steps, parallel execution, MCP, rate limits.
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developmentThe OpenAI Assistants API in 2026: A Field Guide to the Shutdown, the Migration, and What Comes Next
OpenAI shuts down the Assistants API on 26 August 2026. A practical migration guide: Responses API, costs, frameworks, and the realistic timeline.
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developmentBrowse AI Web Scraper: Where It Wins, and Where Social Data APIs Fit Better
Browse AI is great for web pages; social platforms need a specialist. Decision guide for developers choosing scrapers vs unified social-data APIs.
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developmentCompetitor Intelligence in 2026: How B2B Teams Actually Win Deals
Competitor intelligence in 2026: what it is, the eight signal sources that matter, the modern CI stack, and how small B2B teams win without enterprise tools.
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developmentAI Agent Frameworks in 2026: A Developer's Field Guide to What Actually Ships
LangGraph, CrewAI, Mastra, Pydantic AI compared with real production numbers. Which AI agent framework should developers actually pick in 2026?
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development10 Best Social Media Scraping APIs in 2026: Pricing & Schemas Compared
Compare 10 social media scraping APIs side-by-side: schemas, per-platform pricing, rate limits, AI-agent readiness. SocialCrawl vs Apify, Bright Data & 7 more.
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developmentSocial Media Scraping in 2026: Legal & Technical Primer
Scraping social media is legal in the US post-hiQ. This guide covers 7 platforms, 4 jurisdictions, GDPR/CCPA, rate-limit ethics, and technical trade-offs.
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developmentWhat Is a Unified Social Media API? A 2026 Guide
A unified social media API normalizes 42 platforms into one schema and one key. Field-level examples, AI-agent fitness scoring, and a build-vs-buy framework.
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skillsI built a social media data API to grow my own socials
I wanted an AI to grow my social accounts. Every platform's API was different. SocialCrawl became what I wish existed: 42 platforms, one unified schema.
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developmentBuilding an AI Agent for Social Media Monitoring
Learn to build an AI agent for social media monitoring in under 150 lines of Python. Step-by-step tutorial: fetch posts, classify sentiment, send alerts.
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developmentInstagram API & Scrapers in 2026: What Still Works
Basic Display is dead, Graph API caps at 200 calls/hour, and scraping public data held up in Meta v. Bright Data. Every Instagram data option, compared.
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TikTok's official API is academic-only and capped near 1,000 calls/day. Three working ways to pull profile, video, and hashtag data — with runnable code.
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developmentSocial Media APIs in 2026: Real Costs, Rate Limits & What Broke
X now charges $200/mo to read, Reddit killed its free tier, Instagram requires App Review. Pricing, rate limits, and auth for every major social media API.
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