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.