# Social Post API: Find Real-Time Posts From People and Companies

Our Social Post API helps you understand prospects, candidates, and founders better by pulling their social media posts and activity data in real time.

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## Datapoints returned by the Social Post API

- Post content
- Content text
- Name of poster
- Hyperlinks
- Engagement metrics
- Total likes
- Total comments
- Total shares
- Data of people who engage
  - Name
  - Current job title
  - Current company
  - Employment history
    - Start and end dates of past jobs
    - Job description and locations
  - Educational institutions
    - Degrees
    - Start and end dates of education
  - Contact information

### Popular Use Cases

#### Track what your prospects are posting online
Use this to personalize outreach or understand the current focus of your prospects by pulling posts made by decision makers at target companies.

#### Spot founder announcements or hiring updates
Find posts where startup founders talk about team expansion, fundraising, or product milestones. This is useful for investors, recruiters, and sales teams.

#### Build live feeds of hiring related posts
Power job boards or recruitment alerts with real-time posts that mention open roles.

#### Enrich candidate profiles with social activity
Understand a candidate deeper by accessing their posts to find topics they care about and get a better picture of their interests and potential fit.

## Get access to people’s social posts and activity data

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### What is the Posts API and what can it be used for?
- What 10+ data points are available with each social media post?
- How fresh is Crustdata's post data (update frequency)?
- Can I get social posts from specific people or companies?
- Can I search for posts by keywords?