Communalytic is a no-code computational social science research tool for studying online communities and public discourse on social media.
For Teaching & Learning | 30K Records across 3 Datasets
Designed to help students learn about social media data analytics.
For Research | 3M Records across 30 Datasets
Designed for researchers and journalists and is ideal for large-scale research projects.
Social Media Data Collectors
Designed by Researchers for Researchers – Communalytic is designed to provide researchers, journalists, and students with essential resources and infrastructure for conducting independent, public-interest research. It has a full suite of easy-to-use social media data collectors – no coding required. Users can bring their own data or use one of Communalytic’s various social media data collectors. *
Data Analyzers
Communalytic also comes with a comprehensive suite of built-in data analyzers capable of processing both social and non-social media data. Many of the analyzers are equipped with advanced AI features that assist researchers in conducting complex analyses, offering valuable insights and recommendations as needed. Researchers maintain complete control throughout the process, allowing them to add essential context and expertise and make all final decisions.
Civility Analyzer
Identifies toxic and prosocial interactions in a dataset using the latest machine-learning models
Sentiment Analyzer
Calculates sentiment polarity scores to determine whether text in a dataset expresses a positive, negative or neutral sentiment
Topic Analyzer
Discovers latent topics based on the semantic similarity between posts (aka records) in a dataset using embeddings and multilingual large language models
Network Analyzer
Generates and visualizes various types of networks in a dataset, including communication and link-sharing networks
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* API/Data Access
Communalytic provides easy data access via official APIs owned and maintained by various social media platforms; it does not “scrape the data”. Depending on the platform, users may need to request and/or pay separately for access. For example, accessing data from X currently requires a separate paid API plan. Please note that social media data and API access in Communalytic are granted solely at the discretion of their respective owners and may be revoked at any time; therefore, Communalytic cannot guarantee access to any specific platform. See our FAQ and Tutorials for platform-specific details and access instructions.
How to Cite:
If you are using Communalytic in an academic publication, please cite it as:
- Gruzd, A., & Mai, P. (<access year>). Communalytic: A no-code computational social science research tool for studying online communities and public discourse on social media. Available at https://Communalytic.org
If you are mentioning Communalytic in a news publication or blog post, please refer to it as:
- Communalytic is a research tool for studying online communities and public discourse on social media.
Account Types and Features
Account Types
[EDU] – Free
[PRO] – New for 2025: We now offer more subscription options* and lower prices, starting at just $19.99 USD per month.
Data Storage Cap
[EDU] – Collect ≤ 30K records (shared across ≤3 datasets)
[PRO] – Collect ≤ 3M records (shared across ≤30 datasets)
Sign-in Options
[EDU] – via Gmail
[PRO] – via Gmail OR Regular email
Concurrent Data Collection
Collect data from multiple social media platforms at the same time
Collaboration Friendly
Access to various team collaboration features
* Subscriptions support essential site infrastructure, including increased server-side data collection limits, enhanced analysis and visualization capabilities, and expanded data storage capacity.
