Social Listening API Built for Developers
Programmatic access to brand mentions across Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn, and 10+ other platforms. One endpoint replaces managing multiple social APIs.
No credit card required. Full API access during trial.
Loved by 1000+ SaaS & Developer Brands
One API For Socials, News, Podcasts & More
Instead of managing Twitter API, Reddit API, and LinkedIn API separately—get all mentions from one clean endpoint.
Managing Multiple Social APIs
- Deal with rate limits and strict quotas
- Handle multiple authentication systems
- Build your own deduplication and filtering
- Fix data pipeline issues constantly
- Close enterprise agreements with social platforms to access data
With Octolens API
- One API key, one endpoint for all platforms
- $0.007 per mention — cheaper than most direct APIs
- Reddit, LinkedIn, HN, YouTube, TikTok included
- AI filtering removes spam and irrelevant mentions
- Webhooks push data to your systems in real-time
Built for Developers
RESTful endpoints. Webhook delivery. MCP server for AI agents. Python and Node SDKs coming soon.
All Platforms, One Endpoint
Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn, Hacker News, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, DEV, Product Hunt, podcasts, and newsletters.
No need to integrate and maintain 10+ different APIs.
Real-Time Webhooks
Push delivery to your systems. New mentions hit your endpoint within minutes of being posted.
Configure filters to only receive the mentions that matter.
AI Filtering Built In
Relevance scoring, sentiment analysis, and deduplication happen at the API level.
"Octolens' AI-assessments helped weed out a lot of the noise" — Prisma
MCP Server
Connect Octolens to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI agent for real-time social data.
Your AI agents can query mentions, analyze sentiment, and respond.
Simple API, Clean Data
Fetch mentions with a single request. Get structured JSON with sentiment, relevance scores, and engagement metrics.
curl https://api.octolens.com/v1/mentions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"keywords": ["your-brand"],
"sources": ["reddit", "twitter", "linkedin"],
"since": "2026-03-01"
}'{
"mentions": [
{
"id": "mn_abc123",
"source": "reddit",
"platform_id": "t3_xyz789",
"body": "Just tried your-brand and it solved our monitoring problem...",
"author": "u/developer_mike",
"author_followers": 2340,
"url": "https://reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/xyz789",
"sentiment": "positive",
"relevance_score": 0.92,
"timestamp": "2026-03-08T14:23:00Z",
"engagement": {
"upvotes": 47,
"comments": 12
}
},
{
"id": "mn_def456",
"source": "twitter",
"platform_id": "1234567890",
"body": "Switching to your-brand was the best decision we made...",
"author": "@startup_cto",
"author_followers": 8900,
"url": "https://twitter.com/startup_cto/status/1234567890",
"sentiment": "positive",
"relevance_score": 0.88,
"timestamp": "2026-03-08T10:15:00Z",
"engagement": {
"likes": 89,
"retweets": 23,
"replies": 7
}
}
],
"cursor": "eyJwYWdlIjogMn0=",
"has_more": true
}What's included: Sentiment analysis, relevance scoring, engagement metrics, author data, and pagination — all in one response.
What Developers Build With Our API
Your data, your workflows. No locked-in dashboards.
Power AI Agents
Feed real-time social data to Claude, GPT, or custom AI agents. Use MCP server for natural language queries or REST API for batch processing.
Ask your agent: "What are people saying about our new feature on Reddit?"
Build Custom Dashboards
Pull mention data into your BI tool, Notion, or internal dashboard. Track sentiment trends, engagement metrics, and share of voice.
Schedule daily syncs to BigQuery or Snowflake for historical analysis.
Use in Your SaaS
Embed social listening into your product. Show customers what people are saying about their brand, surface relevant discussions, or add social proof widgets.
Add a 'Brand Mentions' tab to your marketing dashboard that pulls live data from our API.
API Included on All Plans
No enterprise upsell. No premium tier for API access.
13 platforms included
3,000 mentions included. More mentions can be added flexibly.
How We Compare
Enterprise tools gatekeep API access. Platform APIs require you to build everything yourself.
| Feature | Octolens | Brandwatch | Sprinklr | Direct APIs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| API on starter plan | N/A | |||
| All sources, one endpoint | ||||
| MCP server for AI agents | ||||
| Price per mention | $0.007 | $$$ | $$$$ | $$ |
| Self-serve signup | ||||
| AI filtering included | Limited | Limited |
“Damn Octolens does exactly what i wanted and does it really well.”
Sam Lambert
CEO, Planetscale
API Questions Answered
No. API, webhooks, and MCP server are included on all plans, starting at $49/month. We don't gatekeep developer features behind enterprise pricing.
Reddit, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Hacker News, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, DEV, Product Hunt, Stack Overflow, podcasts, newsletters, and more. All accessible through a single endpoint.
Monthly subscription includes a mention quota (3,000 on Starter, 15,000 on Pro, 50,000 on Scale). Additional mentions are available on all plans at $0.007 per mention. Per-mention cost is effectively $0.005 at scale.
Yes. Connect Octolens to Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-compatible AI agent. Your AI can query mentions, analyze sentiment, and work with social data in natural language.
Yes. Configure webhooks to push new mentions to your endpoint as they're detected. Filter by source, sentiment, relevance score, or engagement metrics. Webhooks are also directly compatible with Discord.
Each mention includes: source platform, author info, full content, URL, timestamp, sentiment label, relevance score (AI-generated), engagement metrics, and any tags. Paginated responses with cursor support.
Generous rate limits that scale with your plan. Most customers never hit them. If you're building something high-volume, reach out and we'll work with you.
Python and Node SDKs are in development. For now, the REST API is straightforward to use with any HTTP client. We also support Zapier, n8n, and Make for no-code integrations.
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Full API access included. No credit card required.
REST API + Webhooks
Full programmatic access to all mention data
MCP Server
Connect to Claude, Cursor, and AI agents
13+ Platforms
Reddit, Twitter, LinkedIn, HN, and more
Setup in 2 minutes. Cancel anytime. From $49/month after trial.