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Social Blade

Public social media stats tracker

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★4.1ratingPricing · FreemiumStable
The FalcoScan Intel PanelSocial Blade · Social
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.1
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Social Blade does

Social Blade is a website that tracks daily statistics and growth for content creators on YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Facebook, and Instagram. Named features include channel and user statistics for YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram, comparison between users with growth analysis, top creator lists for each platform, and a query builder for filtered data reports. A paid Business API lets organizations integrate its data into other systems. It is intended for creators who want to follow and analyze the growth of their own or favorite creators, and for businesses that need platform data. A free account provides access to analytics for favorite creators. Paid options include a membership that removes ads and unlocks historical data, daily and weekly charts, and YouTube report cards, plus the paid Business API. The page does not state specific prices.

How Social Blade compares with its closest alternatives

3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Social Blade does. Only Blacktwist lists a starting price, $6 a month. 2 of the 5 offer an API, as Social Blade does. Social Blade offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Social Blade was founded in 2008; the alternatives were founded between 2018 and 2022. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in Sweden.

Market position · Social

How Social Blade compares in Social

Social Blade has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 251 live Social tools on FalcoScan. Across Social, the average opportunity score is 53.5 and the average saturation score 56.2. FalcoScan rates Social Blade's own market position as contested. 16 of the 251 operating Social tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 8 shutdowns in the category.

Social Blade compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Social BladeFounded 2008ModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWebStable
Shield AnalyticsFounded 2019 · Stockholm, SwedenModerateContestedPaid—NoNoWebStable
Shield AppFounded 2021 · Stockholm, SwedenModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWebStable
Shield LinkedIn ProFounded 2021 · Stockholm, SwedenModerateContestedPaid—NoNoWebStable
Analisa.ioFounded 2018ModerateCrowdedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIStable
BlacktwistFounded 2022ModerateCrowdedFreemium$6/moYesYesWebDeclining

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Social.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Social Blade exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Data ExtractionClassification
Industry Verticals
MediaMarketing
Tagged

Social Blade shows up when builders search for these

analyticsyoutubetwitchgrowth tracking
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Alternatives to Social Blade

Products still running that do the same job, from the social market and related ones, closest match first.

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Shield Analytics

LinkedIn analytics for creators and brands

★ 4.4Opportunity Moderate
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Shield App

LinkedIn analytics for creators

★ 4.4Opportunity Moderate
Freemium
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Shield LinkedIn Pro

Deep LinkedIn analytics for creators

★ 4.4Opportunity Moderate
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Analisa.io

Instagram and TikTok audience analytics

★ 4.2Opportunity Moderate
Freemium
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Blacktwist

Twitter/X analytics and growth

★ 4.2Opportunity Moderate
Freemium
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Brandwatch

Enterprise social listening and consumer intelligence

★ 4.5Opportunity Low
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Questions

Social Blade: common questions

Is Social Blade free?

Social Blade has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Social Blade?

The closest alternatives to Social Blade that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Shield Analytics, Shield App, Shield LinkedIn Pro, Analisa.io, and Blacktwist.

Is Social Blade still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Social Blade as operating at socialblade.com.

Does Social Blade have an API?

Yes. Social Blade offers an API.

Who is Social Blade for?

Social Blade is built for creators and marketers.

How do I sign in to Social Blade?

Sign in on Social Blade's own website, socialblade.com. FalcoScan reviews Social Blade but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Social Blade directly.

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