Social Fetch

Social Fetch is a unified social media scraper API that eliminates the endless cycle of building and maintaining in-house scrapers for public social media data. Instead of dedicating engineering resources to fixing broken selectors, adapting to platform changes, and managing proxy infrastructure, teams can integrate a single API to access structured data from over 20 major social media platforms. The product is designed for developers, data analysts, product teams, and researchers who need reliable, real-time access to public profiles, posts, comments, transcripts, and metrics without the operational overhead of managing multiple scrapers. With a simple authentication model based on a single x-api-key header, Social Fetch removes the complexity of per-platform developer accounts and OAuth flows. Every API response includes a unique requestId, making it easy to trace issues and get support when needed. The platform has processed over 3.6 million lookups in the last 30 days, serving more than 3,200 developers with 99.8% uptime. Teams use Social Fetch for influencer discovery, competitive analysis, brand monitoring, AI training pipelines, and content enrichment. The service offers 100 free credits with no credit card required, credits that never expire, and no per-minute throttling, making it accessible for prototyping and scaling alike. By outsourcing scraper maintenance to Social Fetch, teams can focus on building features and delivering value rather than fighting platform changes.

Unified API for 17+ Platforms

Access public data from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Threads, and more through a single integration point. Each platform returns data in a consistent, predictable schema so your code doesn't need platform-specific parsing logic. This unification means you write one integration and instantly gain access to a broad spectrum of social media data sources, from video transcripts to follower counts to ad library information.

No Per-Platform Developer Accounts or OAuth

Forget the headache of registering separate developer applications for every social network, managing multiple API keys, and navigating different OAuth flows. Social Fetch handles all authentication and platform-specific access on the backend. You simply pass your single x-api-key header with every request and receive structured JSON responses. This dramatically reduces integration complexity and ongoing maintenance burden.

Predictable Schemas with requestId on Every Response

Every API endpoint returns data in a consistent, well-documented JSON format. Fields like follower counts, display names, bios, and verification status are standardized across platforms. Additionally, every response includes a unique requestId that makes debugging and support requests straightforward. If something looks off, you can provide the requestId and the Social Fetch team can quickly trace exactly what happened with your request.

Transparent and Fair Billing with No Throttling

Social Fetch operates on a pay-as-you-go credit system with no per-minute rate limiting. You are never charged for infrastructure failures on Social Fetch's side, ensuring you only pay for successful, useful lookups. Credits never expire, so you can buy in bulk and use them at your own pace. The pricing starts at $1.65 per 1,000 lookups at scale, making it cost-effective for both small experiments and high-volume production pipelines.

Influencer Discovery and Vetting

Marketing teams and agencies can use Social Fetch to quickly gather detailed profile information across multiple platforms for potential influencer partners. By pulling follower counts, engagement metrics, bio information, and verification status from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms through a single API call, you can build comprehensive influencer profiles without manual data collection or unreliable scraping tools. This enables faster, data-driven decisions about which influencers align with your brand.

Competitive Ad Intelligence and Brand Monitoring

Track competitor advertising strategies by scraping Meta and TikTok ad libraries through Social Fetch. Monitor which ads competitors are running, their messaging, and their targeting approaches. Simultaneously, use the platform's data to detect brand impersonation accounts across social networks by comparing profile details, bios, and follower patterns against your official brand accounts. This proactive monitoring helps protect your brand reputation and informs your own marketing strategy.

AI Training Data and Video Transcript Pipelines

Build large-scale datasets for training AI models by extracting video transcripts from YouTube and other video platforms. Social Fetch's transcript endpoints provide clean, structured text data that can feed directly into natural language processing pipelines, sentiment analysis models, or content summarization tools. The consistent schema means your data ingestion code remains stable even as platforms change their underlying structures.

Hashtag Trend Monitoring and Follower Analysis

Track hashtag performance and audience growth across platforms without building separate scrapers for each network. Use Social Fetch to periodically pull post data and profile metrics for hashtag-specific content, then analyze trends over time. Combine this with follower analysis to understand audience demographics, growth patterns, and engagement rates. This data informs content strategy, campaign timing, and audience targeting decisions.

What platforms does Social Fetch support?

Social Fetch currently supports over 17 major social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and Threads. The platform continuously adds support for new networks. You can access profiles, posts, comments, transcripts, and metrics depending on the specific platform. Check the documentation for the most up-to-date list of supported platforms and available endpoints.

Do I need to create developer accounts on each social platform?

No. Social Fetch handles all platform-specific authentication and access on its backend. You only need to sign up for a Social Fetch account and obtain a single API key. This eliminates the need to register separate developer applications, manage multiple OAuth tokens, or maintain individual API keys for each social network you want to access.

How does billing work and are there any rate limits?

Social Fetch uses a pay-as-you-go credit system with no per-minute throttling. You start with 100 free credits with no credit card required. Credits never expire, so you can purchase them in bulk and use them over time. Pricing starts at $1.65 per 1,000 lookups at scale. Importantly, you are never charged for infrastructure failures on Social Fetch's side, ensuring fair billing for successful requests only.

What happens if a social media platform changes its structure?

Social Fetch handles all platform changes on its backend. When a social network updates its HTML structure, API, or data formats, the Social Fetch team updates their scrapers to maintain compatibility. Your integration remains unchanged because you interact with Social Fetch's consistent, documented API schema. This is the core value proposition: eliminating the maintenance burden of adapting to platform changes yourself.