Social Media Scraping
Social media scrapers enable the extraction of user-generated content, follower metrics, and engagement data from platforms like Instagram, LinkedIn, and X. We benchmarked tools for public data collection based on platform compatibility and data accuracy.
Best LinkedIn Scrapers: Bright Data, Apify & PhantomBuster
We benchmarked the best LinkedIn scraper tools using 9,000 requests across posts, profiles, and job listings.
Top 6 Video Scrapers: Tested & Ranked
We tested the top 6 video scraping providers to see how they handle video metadata on the top video platform, totaling 6,000 requests, and measured their success rate, response time, and metadata fields. Video scraping benchmark results To see how we calculated these metrics, read video scraping benchmark methodology.
Best Social Media Scrapers in 2026: 75,000+ Requests Benchmarked
We executed 75,000+ test requests across X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook to find the most reliable social media scraping API. Whether you need social media data scraping for business information extraction or a high-scale social media scraping solution, our benchmark reveals the top performers.
Scrape Data from Twitter (X.com) with Python
Social media platforms, such as X.com, employ strict anti-scraping defenses, including CAPTCHA, rate limits, and IP blocking. These security measures make building a custom scraper from scratch both difficult and prone to frequent interruptions.
Best Facebook Scrapers: Apify, Bright Data & Decodo
Using Python and a managed Facebook scraping API lets you collect public posts, comments, likes, and shares. This tutorial demonstrates how to scrape Facebook posts by keyword and retrieve their URLs via Google search.
Best TikTok Scraping Tools in 2026 (Python Guide)
In 2026, TikTok moved its U.S. operations to the TikTok USDS Joint Venture, managed by Oracle. This changed how the platform handles data and anti-bot measures. To understand how well different tools handle TikTok data, we tested the leading TikTok scrapers by running 500 unique TikTok videos per provider.
Best Instagram Scrapers in 2026 to Scrape Instagram Data
Instagram remains one of the most aggressive platforms for blocking automated scraping due to advanced anti-bot measures like TLS fingerprinting and IP reputation checks. Whether you need a high-performance scraper API or a custom Python script, this guide evaluates the top tools, including Apify Instagram Scraper and Bright Data Instagram Scraper.