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Dev tools · April 28, 2026

Social Fetch

Scraper API for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X & more.

Social Fetch launched on April 28, 2026 with 273 votes, #85 of 21,248 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.

In plain words

Social Fetch is an API that retrieves public social media data from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Reddit, and Threads. It allows users to fetch profiles, posts, comments, videos, transcripts, metrics, and engagement signals without building custom scrapers. The service is designed for founders and engineering teams building social analytics tools, creator platforms, enrichment workflows, monitoring dashboards, and AI agents. It operates on a pay-as-you-go credit model with no subscription required, offering 100 free credits to start.

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From the sources

Social Fetch is a production API for public social data. Fetch profiles, posts, comments, videos, transcripts, metrics, and engagement signals from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Reddit, and Threads without maintaining scrapers yourself. Built for founders and engineering teams shipping social analytics, creator tools, enrichment workflows, monitoring dashboards, and AI agents. Live data, pay-as-you-go credits, no subscription, 100 free credits, no card required.

Social media scraping API and social media scraper for every major platform — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Reddit, and more. Profiles, posts, comments, and transcripts across 23 platforms. 100 free credits to start.

Profiles, posts, transcripts, and metrics from 23 platforms — live on every request, consistent fields, scrapers maintained for you without running browsers yourself. No credit card · Live data · No required subscription No credit card · From $1.27/1k at scale · PAYG credits never expire // Instagram profile const base = "https://api.socialfetch.dev" ; const path = "/v1/instagram/profiles/charlidamelio" ; const res = await fetch ( `${ base }${ path }` , { headers: { "x-api-key" : "YOUR_API_KEY" }, }); const data = await res. json (); Response 200 OK · 1.82s { "handle" : "charlidamelio" , "displayName" : "Charli D'Amelio" , "followers" : 48300000 , "following" : 1284 , "verified" : true ,…from socialfetch.dev

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