Social media data API for researchers & journalists
Captapi helps researchers and journalists collect public social data at scale — comments, transcripts, search results, profiles, video details and engagement metrics across 29 platforms — in clean JSON ready for analysis, with no scraping infrastructure to maintain.
What you can build
Trend & discourse analysis
Bulk-collect comments and transcripts to study narratives over time.
OSINT investigations
Pull public metadata and engagement signals for verification work.
Academic datasets
Assemble structured, reproducible datasets across multiple platforms.
Misinformation tracking
Summarize and compare video claims and audience reactions.
APIs you'll use
Why Researchers & Journalists choose Captapi
- One REST API for 29 platforms and 179 endpoints
- Clean JSON — no scraping, no OAuth, no quotas
- Transcripts, AI summaries, comments, search, ads, commerce & engagement
- 100 free credits to start, no credit card
Frequently asked questions
Can I export comments in bulk for analysis?+
Yes. Captapi's comments endpoints return structured JSON you can collect at scale and load into your analysis pipeline or spreadsheet.
Is this only public data?+
Captapi works exclusively with publicly accessible data. You are responsible for compliant use within your jurisdiction and institution's guidelines.
Other use cases
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