InsightSocial

What it is

InsightSocial: the homepage

InsightSocial is a free Chrome extension that scrapes public social media data from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads, LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube and Pinterest. Users can export posts, comments, profiles, followers and engagement metrics to Excel, CSV, JSON or Google Sheets without providing login credentials.

Unlike cloud-based scrapers, InsightSocial runs directly in the browser using the user's existing session, so data never leaves the user's computer and login credentials are never sent to servers. The extension works at a human pace and is read-only, never posting or messaging on behalf of users.

The free plan includes unlimited scraping with 500 exported rows per month. Pro adds 10,000 rows for $9.99/month or $7.99/month billed yearly. For developers, InsightSocial also offers an API that returns data from 25 platforms as JSON and integrates with Claude, ChatGPT and n8n.

Quick answers

1. Is InsightSocial free?

   Yes. The free plan has no time limit and requires no credit card. Scraping is unlimited on all nine platforms, and you can export 500 rows per month. Pro costs $9.99/month or $7.99/month billed yearly for 10,000 rows. One-off credit packs start at $2.

2. Will my social media account get banned?

   No tool can promise zero risk, but InsightSocial keeps it low. It reads pages the way users do at a human pace and collects only what appears publicly. It never posts, likes, follows or messages from your account, and it doesn't send login credentials to any server, which is the biggest risk with cloud scrapers.

3. Where does the data I collect go?

   The rows you collect are saved to your private InsightSocial dashboard where you can filter, export and share them later. Your social media login is not sent: the extension uses the session already in your browser, and your password and cookies are never sent to the company's servers. You can delete any run from your history.

4. How is this different from Apify or PhantomBuster?

   Cloud scrapers run on their own servers so they need your session cookies or a pool of proxies, and you wait for a job to finish. InsightSocial runs in your own Chrome: rows appear as the page loads, it reaches what your account can already see like groups you belong to, and there is nothing to configure.

5. What can I extract?

   Posts, comments and replies, profiles, followers and following lists, reactions, and hashtag and search results across nine platforms: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads, LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube and Pinterest. Each row comes with engagement numbers, author and timestamp.