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 Facebook Scrapers: Apify, Oxylabs & Decodo
Social Media ScrapingInsightOct 13We benchmarked five web scraping providers on the same 1,000 Facebook post URLs, for 5,000 requests in total. For every request, we measured success rate, completion time and the number of parsed metadata fields returned. See the best Facebook scraping tools based on supported page types, output formats, pricing, and trial options. Apify was the…
- Social Media ScrapingOpen World EvaluationOct 13
Best Instagram Scrapers 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 vendors with links…
- Social Media ScrapingBenchmarkOct 13
The Best LinkedIn Scrapers
We benchmarked four LinkedIn scraping APIs with 4,000 requests, sending each provider the same 1,000 LinkedIn post URLs. For every request we measured success rate, completion time, and the number of parsed metadata fields returned. Read our methodology for details about the LinkedIn benchmark. The chart below shows the daily success rate of each LinkedIn…
- Social Media ScrapingBenchmarkOct 12
Top 7 Video Scrapers: Tested & Ranked
We tested the top 7 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. To see how we calculated these metrics, read video scraping benchmark methodology. Different providers return different amounts of metadata for the same…
- Social Media ScrapingBenchmarkOct 8
Best TikTok Scrapers: Scrape Video 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 four web scraping APIs on the same 1,000 TikTok post URLs, for 4,000 requests in total, and measured the success rate and completion time of each. See our methodology for validation…
- Social Media ScrapingBenchmarkOct 8
Best Twitter (X) Scrapers: Benchmarked
We benchmarked four web scraping APIs for Twitter scraping on the same 1,000 X post URLs, for 4,000 requests in total. For every request, we measured success rate and completion time. The fastest provider also had the highest success rate. Zyte completed 99.6% of the 1,000 X post requests at 8 seconds per request. Oxylabs…
- Social Media ScrapingBenchmarkSep 28
Best Social Media Scrapers: 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. Use the tool below to estimate your monthly budget based on…