Best Social Media Listening Software in 2026
When you need to follow conversations about your brand or market, social media listening software varies in which sources it covers and how it helps you monitor them. Compared on social network coverage, historical data, sentiment analysis, and news and web monitoring, the entries also distinguish themselves through alert channels and tracked query limits. Free plans and paid-from pricing add cost context. The ranking opens with dig, Mentionlytics, and Brandwatch Listen, followed by Brand24 and Lucidya. As you compare options, consider which networks and wider web sources matter to your team, how far back you need to look, and how you want alerts delivered.
82 social media listening software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Social network coverage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | 8.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $25/mo | Yes | $25/mo | — | View |
| 2 | Mentionlytics | 8.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $49/mo | No | $69/mo | X, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky, Threads | View |
| 3 | Brandwatch Listen | 7.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Tumblr, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky, QQ | View |
| 4 | Brand24 | 7.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $124.92/mo | No | $199/mo | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Medium, Quora | View |
| 5 | Lucidya | 7.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $125/mo | No | — | — | View |
| 6 |  KWatch.io | 7.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $19/mo | Yes | $19/mo | — | View |
| 7 | Awario | 7.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $29/mo | No | $29/mo | X, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Vimeo | View |
| 8 | Brand Intel | 7.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube | View |
| 9 | BrandMentions | 7.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $99/mo | No | $79/mo | Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky | View |
| 10 | Sprinklr Social Listening | 7.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, Google Business Profile, WhatsApp, LINE, WeChat | View |
| 11 |  Truescope | 7.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | No | — | Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Weibo, Xiaohongshu | View |
| 12 | Meltwater Social Listening | 6.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | X, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, Pinterest, Snapchat, Twitch, Discord, Threads, Bluesky, WeChat, Weibo, RED (Xiaohongshu), Douyin, Toutiao, QQ, Bilibili, Youku, Naver, Kakao Talk, LINE | View |
| 13 | Media Watcher | 6.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $19.17/mo | No | $230/mo | — | View |
| 14 | Pulsar | 6.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Discord, Twitch, Weibo, WeChat, Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Bilibili, Naver, VK | View |
| 15 |  Muck Rack | 6.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn | View |
| 16 | Talkwalker | 6.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Bluesky, Snapchat, Twitch, LINE, Reddit, Weibo, Truth Social | View |
| 17 | BrandMonitoring.ai | 6.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, TikTok, Reddit, Discord, Twitch, Telegram, WhatsApp | View |
| 18 | DeepDive | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, X/Twitter, Reddit | View |
| 19 | Konnect Insights Social Listening | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $39/mo | No | — | Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Reddit, TikTok | View |
| 20 |  Media Meter | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit | View |
| 21 | Cision | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky | View |
| 22 | SentiOne Listen | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $199/mo | No | $199/mo | Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit, Threads | View |
| 23 | Determ | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | €99/mo | No | — | Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube, Reddit, Bluesky | View |
| 24 | Infegy Starscape | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $295/mo | No | $295/mo | X/Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok | View |
| 25 |  Synthesio | 6.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which social media listening software is ranked first on Inferse?
dig is ranked #1 of 82 with a score of 8.6. Mentionlytics is second and Brandwatch Listen third.
How many of these have a free plan?
7 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, KWatch.io has the lowest first paid tier we found: $19/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.