Insights & X Data Reports
Exclusive rankings, reports and developer guides — built on our real-time X (Twitter) data engine, not estimates.
Exporting Twitter Data to CSV: What You Can Get and the Traps in the File
How to export posts, followers, and search results — plus the two CSV bugs that corrupt exports silently: formula injection from tweet text, and encoding that mangles non-English characters.
How to Clear Your X Search History (and What It Doesn't Delete)
Clearing recent searches takes three taps. Here's how, plus what it actually removes, what stays, and the two different things people mean by 'Twitter search history'.
The Best Time to Post on X Is Not 9am Wednesday — Here's How to Find Yours
Published 'best times' are averages across audiences nothing like yours. Here's how to compute your own from your posting history, and the sampling trap that makes most people's answer wrong.
Searching X by Date: Why Your Range Returns Less Than It Should
since: and until: look simple and behave strangely. Here's the timezone the operators actually use, why narrow windows return more than wide ones, and how to sweep a long period without gaps.
Replies, Quotes and Threads: How to Read the Conversation Around a Post
The reply count under a post hides three different kinds of response. Here's what each one means, why quote tweets matter more than replies, and how to pull a full conversation programmatically.
Hashtag Tracking on X: How to Measure a Campaign That's Already Running
Hashtags have no dashboard and no owner. Here's how to measure reach, find who's actually participating, and separate genuine adoption from a handful of accounts posting repeatedly.
Twitter Trends by Country: How to Read Them and How to Get Them Programmatically
X trends are location-specific and change by the minute. Here's how the regional lists actually work, why the same trend ranks differently in two countries, and how to pull any region's list in code.
How to See Everyone an Account Follows — and What That List Tells You
The following list is more revealing than the follower list. Here's how to read it, how to pull it programmatically, and why the two lists answer completely different questions.
How to Find Old Tweets — What Actually Works, and What Doesn't
Search won't reliably surface posts from years back. Here's what still works for finding old tweets, why the official archive is the best option nobody uses, and how to keep your own.
Is X a Search Engine? Why Google Can't Find Tweets Anymore
Google's coverage of X has collapsed, and X's own search behaves nothing like a search engine. Here's what each one actually indexes and which to use for what.
Getting a Twitter Developer Account: Approval, Keys, and Whether You Need One
How the developer portal application actually works, what to do with your API keys, why X has no usable webhook, and when you don't need a developer account at all.
Twitter Analytics: What the Numbers Mean and How to Get Them Yourself
X's built-in analytics only covers your own account, only goes back so far, and doesn't export cleanly. Here's what each metric actually measures and how to build the analysis you want.
Twitter Scraping in 2026: Your Four Options and What Each One Costs
Comparing every way to get X data — the official API, self-hosted scrapers, no-code tools, and managed APIs. What each actually costs, what breaks, and how to choose.
Twitter Advanced Search: Every Operator That Still Works in 2026
The complete list of X search operators, tested against the live platform — date ranges, engagement filters, boolean logic, and the syntax that quietly stopped working.
What the X API Actually Costs in 2026 — and How to Work Out Your Own Number
X's API pricing changed again. Here's what each tier costs now, the arithmetic for estimating your own bill before you commit, and the three mistakes that make real bills exceed estimates.