Social platforms have turned into colossal data factories. Along with the massive data giants like Google, these social platforms contain huge data.
To convey the same in numbers, over 103 million images are shared on Instagram alone daily (source). In terms of data used, it is considered to be 10.5 terabytes of data per day.
This is enormous, and getting this data can be a huge win-win if used wisely. The data can be used for sentiment analysis, brand monitoring, market research, or even the latest use case to train an AI model.
And therefore, in this blog, I have compiled a list of web scraping tools that can be used for hassle-free data extraction at scale from social platforms.
Let’s get started!
Scrapingdog’s Dedicated Social Media Scraping Endpoints
Over the years, we have evolved as a toolkit for web scraping, and with that, we have been building dedicated endpoints to extract data from different social platforms.
Currently, we have:-
The free trial offers you 1000 free credits, so you can test all of these APIs when you are in trial mode.
With a tidy documentation, you can easily see how these APIs will work. In the future, we are trying to add more social media APIs to our stack.
In case you were looking for some specific API and didn’t find it, you can reach out to us on chat, and we will build one for you. 😊
Brightdata
The next on our list is the industry giant Brightdata.
They again provide dedicated endpoints for many social media scrapers, including Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, etc.
The service & the documentation are top notch, since this product is a little old. However, the pricing can get a little on the higher end.
Know More: 5 Best Brightdata Alternatives You Can Try
ScrapeCreators
Scrape Creators is new in the market; however, I have used most of the APIs provided by them.
The founder of this app is active on X & yes, keeps sharing the progress and is building this in public.
They have a lot of dedicated scrapers, including some of the popular ones like TikTok, Instagram, Reddit & YouTube are there & honestly, I have tested them.
And every API works well in there; the pricing starts at $10 with 5K credits.
SocialKit
SocialKit is again a dedicated social media scraping API suite.
I have tested the API, and they currently have different scrapers for YouTube.
Specifically, YouTube summarizer, YouTube Transcript, and YouTube Stats. Also, this is mentioned that they would offer more APIs.
Conclusion
From a high-level overview, each social media scraping API would look the same. However, only a few will be highly scalable.
I would recommend that you test each one separately and see which one suits you best for your needs.
The good thing is that each one offers some free credits to test them out first, before committing to a paid plan.
