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Social Media Research

Tools and guidance for using social media in your research

Social Media Research Tools

Explore a topic, term, or hashtag:

CrowdTangle
Chrome extension that lets you track shares of a link across public Facebook posts. Learn more about the capabilities and limitations of CrowdTangle.
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Requires a Facebook account.

Get information about videos

Youtube Data Viewer
Look up a Youtube video and find out exactly when it was uploaded (more precise than what's listed on Youtube)
TikTok Date Extractor
Look up when a video was uploaded to TikTok
MW Metadata (Youtube Video Search)
Look up a Youtube video to find out exactly when it was uploaded, location, images, and the user and channel.

Identify trends and popular stories

Trends24
Lists the top trending topics on Twitter every hour; lets you focus on a specific city or country (e.g. New Zealand)
AlgoTransparency (Youtube)
Identifies the most recommended videos on YouTube