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 Social Media Scrapers 2026: 75K Requests Tested
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. Social media performance benchmark Estimating your scraping costs Social media scraping…
Best LinkedIn Scrapers: Bright Data, Apify & PhantomBuster
We benchmarked the best LinkedIn scraper tools using 9,000 requests across posts, profiles, and job listings. This guide covers two main areas: Comparison of the top LinkedIn data scrapers Python tutorial for extracting LinkedIn posts, profiles, companies, and jobs. LinkedIn scraper API comparison LinkedIn scrapersTypePurposeStarting price/moFree trial Bright DataProxy-basedData collection platform$1.5 / 1K requests20 free…
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. The best Instagram scraper…
Best TikTok Scrapers: Scrape Video & Profile Data
A TikTok scraper collects public data from TikTok, including video metadata, profile details, engagement metrics, and comments, without using TikTok’s official API. We tested Bright Data, Apify, and Decodo by running 500 unique TikTok video URLs per provider. We measured two dimensions: validation success rate and the breadth of available metadata fields. Best TikTok scrapers:…
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. Then it explains how to extract detailed post data using the API, along with tips for scaling the process with tools…
Best Twitter (X) Scrapers in 2026: Benchmarked
We benchmarked the top Twitter (X) scrapers across 1000 URLs , for a total of 5000 requests. To help you choose the right tool for your Twitter scraping projects, we have categorized the top performers below. Twitter (X) scrapers benchmark Since all providers reached 100% success rate, we compared their completion time. See our benchmark…
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. This guide uses the Twitter scraper API, which enables reliable, compliant scraping of Twitter data by managing proxy rotation and ethical…