Social Blade

Overview

Social Blade turns public account data into analytics and rankings across five social networks. It is best suited to creators, streamers and brands that want to follow public profiles or find accounts by category and country. Its free plan is a useful starting point, but short tabular history and prepaid API usage make deeper monitoring a paid commitment.

Key features

Social Blade gathers public data from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and Facebook. Charts track performance and include estimated earnings and future projections, which can help frame a profile’s trajectory but are estimates rather than a creator’s own account reporting.

Top lists sort accounts by category, country and performance ranking. Free users can browse the top 100 lists; higher plans extend that reach, a practical advantage for users researching beyond the most prominent results. Custom reports filter for matching users and export to Excel. YouTube report cards are downloadable PDFs, but the feature does not extend to the other networks.

Tabular history starts at 14 days on Free and reaches 365 days on Platinum. Separately, YouTube historical data is limited to a maximum of three years. That distinction matters: even the highest tier does not provide more than a year of tabular history, while the YouTube ceiling remains three years.

The REST API serves public statistics, historical performance, rankings and top lists for supported platforms. Lookups consume prepaid credits, with profile charges varying by platform; each page of 100 top-list results costs 20 credits. Silver and above include monthly API credits, but businesses with regular or broad API needs should account for additional prepaid usage. Client libraries for cURL and Node.js offer a starting point for integration.

Social Blade says passwords are cryptographically hashed and payment card details go directly to PayPal or Stripe. Support is offered through a ticket system, social media and Discord.

Pricing

Social Blade is freemium. The Free plan costs nothing and allows five favorites per platform, top 100 lists and up to 14 days of tabular data. It suits casual tracking, but the favorite, list and history caps can be restrictive for sustained research.

All paid plans below are billed annually:

Bronze is the modest step up for users who mainly need more favorites, deeper lists and 30 days of tables; it does not include monthly Business API credits. Silver adds those credits and more report cards, while Gold and Platinum are aimed at heavier tracking and reporting workloads. Even Platinum’s 50 monthly credits do not remove the prepaid-credit model, and profile lookup costs vary by platform. Paid prices are annual, so the monthly equivalents are not month-to-month terms.

Platforms

Social Blade is available on web, Android and iOS, with API access for business use.

Who it's for

Creators and streamers can use the charts and rankings to follow public profiles, while brands can use filters and exports to research accounts. Business users who need programmatic access may value the API, but should plan for credit consumption. It is a weaker fit for teams that need long tabular histories across platforms or frequent reports beyond YouTube.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Coverage spans five major networks, with charts, rankings and filtered Excel exports useful for both monitoring and discovery.
• Pros: The free plan provides top lists and public-profile tracking without a subscription, and paid tiers progressively expand favorites, list depth and history.
• Cons: Free tabular history is limited to 14 days, and even Platinum tops out at 365 days.
• Cons: PDF report cards are YouTube-only, and API lookups require prepaid credits beyond the included monthly amounts.

Alternatives

Consider social media analytics software to compare more options. Iconosquare may fit users who prefer a freemium service with a free trial and a free tier limited to one user, 10 posts per month per profile and one month of analytics history. Fanpage Karma is another freemium option with a free trial; its free plan covers one user and brand, five owned and five competitor profiles, 50 posts a month and a dashboard with 30 days of history.

Hopper HQ Hashtag Generator is an alternative to consider. Exolyt is worth considering. Pixalera is another option. RPSync is an alternative. Social Status is another option. ViralDashboard is also available to consider.

Verdict

Social Blade is a strong choice for creators, streamers and brands that need public-profile analytics and ranked discovery across multiple networks, especially if its free history cap is enough. Choose a paid tier when deeper tabular history or more reporting capacity matters; look elsewhere if you need cross-platform report cards or predictable API access without prepaid-credit costs.