Social Media OSINT Tools – A Comprehensive Guide

Here are some tools that you can use for Social Media OSINT. In the ever-evolving landscape of digital investigations, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools are crucial for gathering information from social media platforms.

This article provides a detailed overview of various OSINT tools designed specifically for platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok.

Whether you’re a cybersecurity professional or just curious about OSINT, these tools will enhance your ability to gather and analyze data from social networks.

Facebook

• Search is Back : Find people and events on Facebook.
• Facebook Graph Searcher : Search for people, location, keywords (you need login).
• Maltego : Graphical link analyses (free and paid version).
• LookUp Id : Search for Facebook ID for your profile or a group.
• Who Posted What : Non public Facebook keyword search on specific dates.
• Ultimate Facebook Scraper : Automates social media interactions(paid version).
• GraphTips : Search for people, posts, pages, events etc.

Twitter

• Followerwonk : Search, compare and analyze people on Twitter (free and paid version).
• Sparktoro : Audience research (free and paid version).
• Twexplorer : Search the most common terms, hashtags, and links (you need login).
• Real Top Tweeps : Shows an interaction overview on Twitter.
• TweetBeaver : Shows different type data on Twitter (you need login).
• Twitter Advanced Search : Advanced Search on Twitter.
• Account Analysis : Evaluate and analyse Twitter profiles (free and paid version).
• Spoonbill : See profile changes on Twitter (you need login).
• Twint : Twitter Intelligence Tool.

Instagram

• Search my bio : Search Instagram user bios.
• Followerwonk for Instagram : Search for Instagram influencers and users.
• Instadp : Downloader Tool for Instagram.
• Instahunter : Fetch data from Instagram’s Web API without login.
• Osintgram : Perform analysis on Instagram account of any users by its nickname.
• Instaloctrack : scrape geotagged locations – output in JSON & interactive map.
• Instagram Scraperk : scrapes and downloads an instagram user’s photos and videos.
• Instaloader : downloads photos, videos, hashtags, stories.
• Sterraxcyl : informations on an instagram account from its following & followers.

Snapchat

• Snapchat : Search for hotspots around the world.
• Dizkover : Full-featured social media platform that helps you discover people on Snapchat.
• Ghostdex : Search for Snapchat users.
• Ghostcodes : Browse through Snapchat categories and users.
• Add me contacts : Search Snapchat usernames.
• Snapmap Archiver : download Snapmaps from a specific location.