Looking for CrowdTangle alternatives?

With the popular social media monitoring solution shutting down on August 14th, many publishers are looking for new solutions. And it’s easy to see why. Social monitoring is an increasingly important aspect of many teams’ workflows. For social teams, monitoring allows for benchmarking their performance. For editorial teams, it’s the way to keep track of what peers are publishing.

So, if you’re a current CrowdTangle user or you’re looking for a social media monitoring solution, here are 5 options ideal for publishers.

7 CrowdTangle alternatives you should be looking at

Echobox Benchmarks

The Echobox Benchamarks Shares tab. Echobox Benchmarks is a new social media monitoring solution for those looking for CrowdTangle atlernatives
The Echobox Benchmarks Shares page

If you’re looking for a CrowdTangle alternative, Echobox Benchmarks is an excellent place to start.

Unlike traditional social media monitoring tools that focus on listening to broad conversations, Echobox Benchmarks takes a targeted approach. It specifically analyzes social media activity related to your competitors and trending topics. To this end, you to see what content resonates with your audience segment and what’s gaining traction overall, empowering you to refine your content strategy and stay ahead of the curve.

Echobox Benchmarks has two main sections: the Leaders tab and the Shares tab. With Leaders, you can monitor your social pages for metrics like engagement, followers and share of voice.

Meanwhile, the Shares tab lets you get more granular. Accordingly, here you can find more detailed information on the shares that each page has made. For example, if you want to see which shares are getting strong engagement, sort shares by “overperformance”. Or, if you want to know which shares are getting the most comments, you can sort for that, too.

And, even better, it’s now right at the heart of Echobox Social, giving you a single, unified, AI-powered solution for sharing and monitoring.

NewsWhip

NewsWhip is a social media engagement tracking solution for publishers and marketers.

It tracks audience engagement (likes, shares, comments) across platforms, providing insights into what resonates with audiences. This allows users to optimize content strategy, identify trending stories, and measure social media campaign effectiveness. But it’s a premium product that comes at a premium price.

Dataminr

Compared to traditional social listening tools, Dataminr goes beyond. Instead of simply tracking keywords and hashtags, it lets you sift through a massive amount of publicly available data, including social media, news reports, and network sensors.

Consequently, by analyzing this data in real-time, Dataminr can identify early signals of unfolding events, like protests, accidents, or natural disasters, allowing organizations to react quickly and effectively.

Social News Desk

Social News Desk incorporates social media monitoring features and allows news publishers to track relevant keywords, hashtags, and even specific locations to identify breaking news stories and emerging trends. This allows them to deliver content that aligns with what their audience is buzzing about.

Sprinklr

Sprinklr goes beyond basic social media monitoring by offering a powerful suite of AI-powered tools. It scours social media channels for conversations relevant to your brand, competitors, and industry trends. 

Sprinklr then analyzes this data to extract key insights, such as sentiment analysis to understand audience perception, identify emerging issues, and measure campaign effectiveness. This comprehensive approach allows you to make informed decisions, optimize your social media strategy, and build stronger brand relationships.

Sprout Social

Sprout Social can turn social media into a listening post for your business. It monitors industry conversations, competitor buzz, and what your target audience is saying. This lets you uncover trends, gauge sentiment, and identify brand champions (or detractors). By analyzing this social intelligence, you can make smarter decisions about your social media strategy, craft content that resonates, and engage your audience more effectively.

SocialFlow

And lastly, SocialFlow. While it doesn’t specialize in social media monitoring in the traditional sense, it does include real-time dashboards that can be used for monitoring purposes.

These dashboards go beyond basic analytics, offering insights gleaned from social listening. As such, it allows you to see how your content resonates with your audience in real-time.

 

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