17.7
Brand24 is a media monitoring and social listening tool for tracking brand, competitor, and topic conversations across social media and the wider web.
AndroidiOSWeb
Best Social Listening Tools in 2026
Social listening tools help you follow online discussion, assess sentiment and spot changes around subjects or brands. This chart compares coverage scope, historical data, real-time alerts and Boolean queries. Check Android support before choosing if you work from a Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO phone or tablet. Android appears among the listed platforms, alongside web, API, iOS, macOS and Windows; confirm the app or…
27.5
Exolyt is a web-based platform for analyzing TikTok performance, audiences, and trends.
Free planWeb
37.2
BrandMentions is a web service for monitoring brand mentions, reputation, news, and links, with sentiment analysis and alerts.
Web
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Mentionlytics
Mentionlytics is a social listening and brand-monitoring platform for tracking online conversations about brands, products, and competitors.
WebAPI7.2From $49 a month - 5
Awario
Awario is a web service for monitoring mentions across social networks, websites, news, and other online sources.
Web7.0From $29 a month - 6
F5Bot
Free planWebAPI7.0From $109 a year - 7
Synthesio
Synthesio provides social and search intelligence for turning digital consumer data into business insights.
WebAPI6.9From $0.01 a month - 8
Social Searcher
Social Searcher is a web-based tool for finding and monitoring publicly available social content.
Free planWeb6.8Free plan - 9
Determ
AndroidiOSWeb6.7From €99 a month - 10
Cision
AndroidiOSWebAPI6.6 - 11
Signal AI
Signal AI provides reputation and risk intelligence for communications, risk, and enterprise teams.
WebAPI6.2 - 12
Onclusive Social
Onclusive Social is a web-based social listening platform for marketing, PR, and communications teams.
Web6.1 - 13
6.1From $199 a month - 14
Truescope
Truescope is a web-based service for monitoring news, websites, and social media, with sentiment analysis and alerts.
Free planWeb6.1Free plan - 15
Zignal Labs
Zignal Labs is a national security intelligence platform that turns publicly available information and licensed web content into structured…
AndroidiOSWebAPI6.1 - 16
Agility PR Solutions
Agility PR Solutions brings media relations, media monitoring, social listening, and media intelligence together for communications teams.
WebAPI6.0 - 17
Muck Rack
Muck Rack is an AI communications platform from Muck Rack, founded in 2009, for managing media discovery, pitching, monitoring, measurement, and…
WebAPI6.0 - 18
YouScan
Web6.0From $499 a month - 19
Infegy Atlas
Infegy Atlas is a web-based social listening product for analyzing conversations across X/Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Pinterest, Facebook, and TikTok.
Web5.9 - 20
Pulsar
Web5.9 - 21
Quid (formerly NetBase Quid)
Quid is a web-based platform for analyzing social media, news, reviews and other forms of market and company data.
WebAPI5.9 - 22
Critical Mention
Critical Mention is an earned media monitoring suite for tracking broadcast, online news, social media, and podcast coverage.
WebAPI5.7 - 23
Keyhole
Keyhole is a paid social listening and analytics product now available within the Muck Rack platform after its acquisition.
WebAPI5.7 - 24
5.5 - 25
Meltwater Social Media Analytics
Meltwater Social Media Analytics is a web-based paid product for campaign reporting and competitor benchmarking.
Web5.2
Choosing well
Check phone access
Android availability matters when you need to review alerts or reports away from a desk. Check whether the tool has an Android app and which tasks it supports.
Web access can cover phones, tablets and computers through a browser. API, iOS, macOS and Windows support may also be listed, so match the platform to your workflow.
Compare coverage and history
Coverage scope shows where a tool can look for mentions. Historical data indicates how far back you can examine discussion.
If you need context over time, compare both fields rather than choosing by the interface alone.
Review alerts and sentiment
Real-time alerts can notify you as activity changes. Sentiment analysis adds an estimate of positive, negative or neutral tone.
Check whether Boolean queries are included when you need precise combinations of words, phrases or exclusions.
Check cost and collaboration
Compare the free plan, paid-from price and any trial before committing. A free plan or trial can help you check coverage and alert behavior.
Included team seats show how a plan supports shared work. Report exports matter when findings need to move into another document or workflow.
Questions people ask
Do these social listening tools have Android apps?
Android is among the platforms represented in this category, but support varies by tool. Check the individual listing for Android availability and feature details.
Can I use a web browser instead of an app?
Web is a listed platform for social listening tools. Confirm the browser functions you need, such as alerts, queries and report access.
What does historical data mean?
Historical data describes how far back a tool lets you review mentions or discussion. Compare this field when past context matters.
Are free plans or trials available?
A free plan is offered by tools in this category, and a free trial is also available from tools on the list. Check plan terms for the product you prefer.
What are Boolean queries used for?
Boolean queries let you combine terms, phrases and exclusions to narrow monitoring results. Check whether this feature is included in the plan you choose.