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Is social media data getting harder to access lately?
Posted by on April 15, 2026 at 4:29 pmFeels like over the past few months, social media platforms have become a lot more restrictive.
APIs are getting tighter
rate limits feel more aggressive
more endpoints are hidden behind GraphQL or dynamic calls
and sometimes even basic data access feels inconsistentIt’s almost like platforms are shifting from “open data” to much more controlled environments.
Not sure if it’s just me or if others are seeing the same trend.
Curious how people here are dealing with this.
Are you still relying on official APIs, or moving more towards custom data pipelines?
Also wondering if anyone has noticed changes in:
- rate limiting behavior
- response consistency
- auth/session handling
Would love to hear what others are experiencing lately !
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1 Reply
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It’s true it has been getting harder to access the data. I use a combination of official APIs and more custom pipelines. I think the reason for this shift has been more of the social media companies are hoarding their data for AI training purposes and to protect competitors training on their data. Rate limits have gotten tighter, response consistency has been pretty good but changing when platform changes are made. Some of the APIs are just down right unaffordable for solo practitioners. Where has your struggle been?
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