# What does it cost to pull 1,000 posts from X, TikTok, Weibo or Xiaohongshu through an API?

> The cost of 1,000 posts from keyword search on X, TikTok, YouTube, Weibo, Bilibili, Douyin and Xiaohongshu, the page size behind each price, and when to pay for detail.

Canonical page: https://okdata.online/answers/social-media-posts-cost-per-1000/

**Short answer: **Through okdata keyword search, 1,000 posts cost $0.30 on X, $0.068 on TikTok, $0.20 on Weibo and $1.00 on Xiaohongshu. Each call is one page of results ($0.006 for about 20 X posts), and results already carry likes, comment counts and the author, so most jobs need no extra calls.

Say you are writing a launch report and want 1,000 posts per platform that mention the product. The bill depends on two numbers per platform: the price of one search call and how many posts that call returns.

## 1,000 posts, platform by platform

| Platform | Endpoint | Per call | Posts per call | 1,000 posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | [X post search](/apis/x/posts/search/) | $0.006 | 20 | $0.30 |
| TikTok | [TikTok video search](/apis/tiktok/videos/search/) | $0.002 | 30 | $0.068 |
| YouTube | [YouTube video search](/apis/youtube/videos/search/) | $0.004 | 20 | $0.20 |
| Weibo | [Weibo post search](/apis/weibo/posts/search/) | $0.002 | 10 | $0.20 |
| Bilibili | [Bilibili video search](/apis/bilibili/videos/search/) | $0.002 | 20 | $0.10 |
| Douyin | [Douyin video search](/apis/douyin/videos/search/) | $0.02 | 20 | $1.00 |
| Xiaohongshu | [Xiaohongshu note search](/apis/xiaohongshu/notes/search/) | $0.02 | 20 | $1.00 |

All seven platforms at 1,000 posts each come to $2.868.

For comparison, X's own pay-per-use API lists post reads at $0.005 each on [its pricing page](https://docs.x.com/x-api/getting-started/pricing) as of November 2026, about $5 per 1,000 posts. The official API is the better choice when you also need to post, need full-archive search, or want a direct agreement with X.

## One page, trimmed

```bash
curl -G "https://api.okdata.online/v1/x/posts/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OKDATA_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'query="your product" lang:en' \
  --data-urlencode 'sort=latest' \
  --data-urlencode 'fields=id,text,published_at,metrics.likes,author.username'
```

Pass `page.next_cursor` back as `cursor` for the next page. Every page is billed on its own, and the amount is in `meta.billing.amount`.

## Where the estimate goes wrong

- Platforms only let a keyword search go so deep. If you run out before 1,000, add a second sort order or narrower keywords rather than paging further.
- Full text and every image cost extra on some platforms: [Xiaohongshu note detail](/apis/xiaohongshu/notes/get/) is $0.02 per note. Fetch it only for the posts you will read in full.
- Metrics a platform hides come back as null and are listed in `meta.unavailable`; the call is still a normal, billed result.

If the posts feed a trend report, the [trend research guide](/solutions/trend-research/) shows how to group them. Open-source tools such as twscrape or MediaCrawler cost nothing per call but need accounts and upkeep, which is worth it mainly for one-off pulls by someone who enjoys the maintenance.

## Endpoints used

- [X post search](https://okdata.online/apis/x/posts/search/) `x.posts.search`: $0.006 per call · about 20 posts per page
- [TikTok video search](https://okdata.online/apis/tiktok/videos/search/) `tiktok.videos.search`: $0.002 per call · about 30 videos per page
- [YouTube video search](https://okdata.online/apis/youtube/videos/search/) `youtube.videos.search`: $0.004 per call · about 20 videos per page
- [Weibo post search](https://okdata.online/apis/weibo/posts/search/) `weibo.posts.search`: $0.002 per call · about 10 posts per page
- [Bilibili video search](https://okdata.online/apis/bilibili/videos/search/) `bilibili.videos.search`: $0.002 per call · about 20 videos per page
- [Douyin video search](https://okdata.online/apis/douyin/videos/search/) `douyin.videos.search`: $0.02 per call · about 20 videos per page
- [Xiaohongshu note search](https://okdata.online/apis/xiaohongshu/notes/search/) `xiaohongshu.notes.search`: $0.02 per call · about 20 notes per page

Updated 2026-11-12