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social-media-profile-scrapers – Pull competitor profiles fast

Use this Python scraper to collect public data from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Reddit and more—perfect for founders building market intel.

From the repo · “Fetch user's data across social media”

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584 stars+2★ this week93 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 18Updated 9/15/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Fetches user data from various social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit with Python.

Real use case example

"A founder of a small e-commerce business wants to create a custom lead list from their Facebook and Instagram followers to prepare for a sales campaign. They use this tool to fetch the necessary data and then use it to create a CSV file for easy import into their CRM. After analyzing the data, they discover some valuable insights about their ideal customer demographics and tailor their sales pitch accordingly."

Best insideClaude Desktop
When to use it
  • •When you need to collect user data for social media analytics
  • •When building a social media monitoring tool for your startup
  • •When researching user behavior across different social media platforms
Ready-to-paste prompt
python instagram_scraper.py -u johnDoe -d 2022-01-01 -f data.csv
Heads up: Make sure to handle rate limiting and API usage policies for each social media platform to avoid getting blocked or suspended
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
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🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/social-media-profile-scrapers && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/social-media-profile-scrapers/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/social-media-profile-scrapers/SKILL.md
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How social-media-profile-scrapers – Pull competitor profiles fast works
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Free to inspect

Social-media-profile-scrapers – Pull competitor profiles fast is a medium Python project (~3.7k lines across 12 code files). Expect some technical setup — comfortable with a terminal, or ask a developer. Last commit a month ago, Apache-2.0 license, no tests found.

Size
Medium codebase
~3.7k lines · 12 code files · 31 min skim
Setup
Some technical setup
Comfortable with a terminal? 20–40 min. Otherwise ask a dev.
Runs on
Python
No API keys detected
Python 100%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
What's in each folder
screenshot/Folder3 files
assets/Images & static assets1 files
READMENo tests foundThin docsNo CIApache-2.0 licenseUpdated 1 mo ago
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Details
Creator
shaikhsajid1111
Language
Python
Category
devtools
Published
4/26/2020

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