Engineering notes and practical guides on working with social media data.https://scrapersocial.com/en-ushttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/search-threads-by-keyword/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/search-threads-by-keyword/Two ways to search public Threads posts by keyword: Meta's gated official API, or a data API with no app review. Endpoints, fields, limits, and a code example.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTthreadssearchapisocial-listeninghttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/scrape-youtube-comments/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/scrape-youtube-comments/Three ways to scrape YouTube comments in 2026: the official Data API, a DIY scraper, or a data API. What each costs, the quota math, and how to export to CSV.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTyoutubecommentsapiexporthttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/instagram-comments-viewer/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/instagram-comments-viewer/See every comment on any public Instagram post without scrolling, and export them to CSV, Excel, or JSON. Read one post free, or pull comments at scale with an API.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTinstagramcommentsexportapihttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/best-social-media-apis/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/best-social-media-apis/The best social media API depends on one question: do you want to post, or to read? A field guide to posting APIs, data APIs, and analytics APIs, compared honestly.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTsocial-media-apicomparisonapidevelopershttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/tiktok-comment-viewer/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/tiktok-comment-viewer/How to view all comments on any public TikTok video and export them to CSV or JSON. Read them in seconds, or pull them at scale with an API for real analysis.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTtiktokcommentsexportapihttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/linkedin-ad-library-api/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/linkedin-ad-library-api/LinkedIn's Ad Library is a website with no usable API. Here's how to pull competitor LinkedIn ads as structured JSON by keyword, and what the data does and doesn't include.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTlinkedinadsapicompetitor-researchhttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/best-linkedin-scraping-apis/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/best-linkedin-scraping-apis/The biggest LinkedIn API shut down in 2025. Here are the LinkedIn scraping APIs still standing in 2026, compared by data, price, method, and compliance.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTlinkedinscrapingapicomparisonhttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/threads-no-public-api/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/threads-no-public-api/Meta's Threads API is publish-only and scoped to your own account. Here's why there's no public read API, and how to still pull public Threads data as JSON.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTthreadsapiengineering-notessocial-media-datahttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/scrapecreators-alternatives/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/scrapecreators-alternatives/ScrapeCreators is fast and broad, but returns raw per-endpoint JSON with no cache. Honest alternatives compared by schema, price, and who each is for.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTscrapecreatorsalternativescomparisonsocial-media-datahttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/best-social-search-apis/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/best-social-search-apis/The best social search API depends on whether you need one platform, many platforms in one call, or continuous monitoring. Providers compared by coverage, price, and fit.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTsocial-searchapicomparisoncross-platformhttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/best-instagram-data-apis/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/best-instagram-data-apis/The best Instagram data API depends on the job. Seven providers compared by real price per 1,000, coverage, and who each one is actually for.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTinstagramapicomparisonscrapinghttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/reddit-search-api/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/reddit-search-api/Search Reddit by keyword with an API: the 1,000-result cap, how to search comments and old posts, getting past the limit, and monitoring mentions.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTredditsearchhow-toapihttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/reddit-scraper/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/reddit-scraper/How to scrape Reddit in 2026: the four methods, why the .json trick keeps breaking, how to handle 429 and 403 blocks, and the no-maintenance API path.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTredditscraperhow-toapihttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/reddit-api-pricing/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/reddit-api-pricing/What the Reddit API costs in 2026 ($0.24 per 1,000 calls), what the free tier really gets you, why Reddit started charging, and the alternatives for Reddit data.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTredditapipricingscrapinghttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/apify-alternatives/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/apify-alternatives/Apify is a great general scraping platform, but pricey and fiddly for social data. Honest alternatives compared by price, coverage, and who each is for.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTapifyalternativescomparisonsocial-media-datahttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/instagram-comments-api/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/instagram-comments-api/Pull every comment on a public Instagram post or reel with one GET request. Real response shape, pagination, credit cost, and the replies caveat.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTinstagramcommentshow-toapihttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/social-listening-api/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/social-listening-api/The data layer behind a social listening tool: search, comments, stats and profiles across 33 platforms. What to build, what to buy, and what it costs.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTsocial-listeningapihow-tomonitoringhttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/linkedin-api-pricing/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/linkedin-api-pricing/What LinkedIn's official API actually costs, why most developers can't get profile or company data from it, and the priced alternative for the data you need.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTlinkedinapipricingscrapinghttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/tiktok-transcript/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/tiktok-transcript/Get the full text of any public TikTok in seconds. Paste a URL into a free tool, or pull transcripts at scale with one GET request. Real data, real limits.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTtiktoktranscriptshow-toapihttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/how-to-get-a-tiktok-transcript-in-python/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/how-to-get-a-tiktok-transcript-in-python/Pull the spoken text from any public TikTok in Python with one GET request. Real response shape, why segments is null, and error handling.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTpythontiktoktranscriptshow-tohttps://scrapersocial.com/blog/why-your-video-transcript-has-no-timestamps/https://scrapersocial.com/blog/why-your-video-transcript-has-no-timestamps/Transcripts built from platform caption files come back as flat text with segments null. Here is why, which platforms do it, and how to code for it.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTtranscriptsengineering-notesapi-designtiktok