📅 2025-11-08 — Session: Explored Twitter API Rate Limits and Alternatives
🕒 19:55–20:15
🏷️ Labels: Twitter Api, Data Ingestion, Social Media, Rate Limits, Historical Tweets
📂 Project: Media
Session Goal
The session aimed to explore Twitter API v2 rate limits, strategies for social media data ingestion in Buenos Aires, and alternatives for accessing historical Twitter data.
Key Activities
- Researched Twitter API v2 rate limits and filtered stream rules, focusing on academic research access and geolocated tweets collection best practices.
- Developed strategies for ingesting social media data in Buenos Aires, considering technical constraints and recommended tools.
- Investigated Twitter API v2 pricing and access tiers for 2025, emphasizing rate limits and filtered stream rules.
- Analyzed API rate limits for public safety monitoring in Buenos Aires, highlighting optimal configurations for efficient data collection.
- Explored alternatives to Gnip for Twitter data reselling, including providers like Brandwatch, Meltwater, and Sprinklr.
- Queried data access options for Twitter’s Academic Research product and Talkwalker pricing.
- Reviewed third-party providers for Twitter/X data procurement, focusing on offerings, pricing, and compliance.
Achievements
- Clarified Twitter API v2 rate limits and pricing models for 2025.
- Identified effective strategies for social media data ingestion in Buenos Aires.
- Compiled a list of Twitter data resellers and alternatives, with insights into pricing and historical data access.
Pending Tasks
- Further investigation into specific vendor contracts and compliance requirements for Twitter data procurement.