https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog Field notes on building with social media data — tutorials, research, and tool teardowns from the team shipping Socialcrawl. en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:36:27 GMT https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/best-social-media-scraping-apis-2026 https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/best-social-media-scraping-apis-2026 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compare 10 social media scraping APIs in 2026. Unified schema, pricing, computed fields, AI-agent ready. SocialCrawl vs SociaVault, Apify, Bright Data & more. development learning https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/social-media-scraping-legal-technical-guide https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/social-media-scraping-legal-technical-guide Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. development learning https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/unified-social-media-api-complete-guide https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/unified-social-media-api-complete-guide Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A unified social media API normalizes data from 21 platforms into one schema. Covers field examples, AI-agent fitness scoring, and build vs. buy. (2026) development learning https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/meet-socialcrawl https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/meet-socialcrawl Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT I wanted an AI to grow my social accounts. Every platform's API was different. SocialCrawl became what I wish existed: 21 platforms, one unified schema. skills learning https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/building-ai-agent-social-media-monitoring https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/building-ai-agent-social-media-monitoring Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 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. development learning https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/instagram-scraping-2026 https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/instagram-scraping-2026 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Instagram scraping in 2026: what still works, what broke, real Graph API rate limits, legal precedent, and every scraper option compared for developers. development learning https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/tiktok-data-without-api https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/tiktok-data-without-api Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT TikTok's API is gated, rate-limited, and academic-scoped. Here's how to pull profile, video, and hashtag data without it — with runnable code. development learning https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/ultimate-guide-social-media-apis-2026 https://www.socialcrawl.dev/blog/ultimate-guide-social-media-apis-2026 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Social media APIs in 2026: X, Reddit, Instagram, and YouTube compared — pricing, rate limits, auth methods, and why one unified schema cuts integration cost. development learning