A list of 50+ social media research tools curated by researchers at the Social Media Lab. Only tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies are included.
Netlytic is a social media data collector, text analyzer and social networks visualizer. It’s designed for social media researchers & educators to study public discourse on social media. Available data sources: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, RSS Feed, .text/.csv.	Communalytic is a new Reddit community analyzer. It’s a research tool designed to collect, analyze and visualize publicly available data from Reddit.
The Twitter Learning Analytics Dashboard is an information dashboard designed for instructors who uses Twitter for their class discussions.	PoliDashboard is an information dashboard designed help voters, members of the media, and campaign staffers to gauge the health of online political discussions on Twitter in real-time.