---
title: "Snapchat"
description: "Public Spotlight videos with views, shares and comments, keyword and hashtag search, and Spotlight transcripts."
url: https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/platforms/snapchat
---

# Snapchat

Public Spotlight videos with views, shares and comments, keyword and hashtag search, and Spotlight transcripts.

## What you can get

| Data | Status | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Profiles | Limited | A public profile's posts and follower count; no bio. |
| Posts and stats | Limited | Spotlights carry views and shares; stories and highlights have no public view counts. |
| Keyword search | Live | Public posts that match a word or phrase, in a date window. |
| Hashtag search | Live | Public posts under a hashtag. |
| Sound search | Limited | Give a Spotlight that uses the sound; there is no sound page to search. |
| Comments | Limited | Spotlights only. |
| Transcripts | Limited | Spotlights only. |
| On-screen text | Limited | Read from the post's cover image only. |
| Media files | Not available |  |
| Audience (estimated) | Limited | Estimated from commenters' names and comment text only; no profile lookups. |
| Trends | Not available |  |
| Footage matching | Limited | Matched by what is said in the clip only. |

## Post fields

Every platform returns the same post shape ([all fields](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/concepts#the-post)). On Snapchat:

- `likes` is the Spotlight's boost count.
- `views` is `null` on fresh Spotlights that hide their count, and on stories and highlights.

Search kinds: `keyword`, `hashtag`, `sound`.

## Example post

A real public post found by Sonder's Graham Norton Show demo campaign (illustration, not a client result). Numbers as of 2026-10-29.

A Snapchat post:

```json
{
  "id": "2e498b39f726e29d25cba50de0c38ee3",
  "platform": "snapchat",
  "externalId": "W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYYmlld2txbGVrAaFyaAhZAaFyaAgyAAAAAA",
  "url": "https://www.snapchat.com/spotlight/W7_EDlXWTBiXAEEniNoMPwAAYYmlld2txbGVrAaFyaAhZAaFyaAgyAAAAAA",
  "creator": {
    "handle": "thesun_uk",
    "name": "The Sun",
    "followers": null
  },
  "caption": "Hilarious moment Prince William reveals he dreamt of being a DJ #PrinceWilliam #Royals #TV",
  "hashtags": [
    "princewilliam",
    "royals",
    "tv"
  ],
  "postedAt": "2026-10-25T09:33:02Z",
  "durationSec": 28,
  "views": 1186,
  "viewsEstimated": false,
  "likes": 7,
  "comments": 2,
  "shares": 1,
  "transcriptExcerpt": "In a surprise appearance on The Graham Norton Show, the Prince of Wales discussed what he wanted to …",
  "onscreenText": "The Graham Norton Show, BBC | Prince William reveals he dreamt of b…",
  "asOf": "2026-10-29T04:32:33Z"
}
```

## Planned endpoints

> **Early access:** The REST API below is in early access: its endpoints are the planned shape and are not open for self-serve use yet. [Request access](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/access). Live today: the [MCP server](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/mcp) and the [free datasets](https://docs.sonderlabs.co.uk/datasets).

Planned shape:

```http
GET /v1/posts/search?platforms=snapchat&q=red+bull+rampage&kind=keyword&since=2026-10-01 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.sonderlabs.co.uk
Authorization: Bearer <your API key>
```