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Meta Content Library and API (researcher access)

Meta Platforms

NontraditionalIn-kind resource

Free researcher access to public content from Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp Channels, searchable across more than 100 data fields with up to 100,000 results per query, for scientific or public-interest research such as studies of online communities, help-seeking, misinformation or youth social media use.

Indicative award
Not a cash award (not a cash award)No cash; access and computation in Meta's secure research environment carry no fees.
Timing
Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Apply through Meta's Research Tools Manager; applications are independently reviewed by the Secure Data Access Center (CASD). The page states no cycle or review timeframe.
Who can apply
Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Any faculty rank, Community organisation
Eligibility
Researchers affiliated with an academic institution or a not-for-profit organisation whose core activity is scientific or public-interest research; for-profit organisations are excluded, as are applicants or institutions in US, UK, EU or UN sanctioned jurisdictions.
SSWR clusters
Special Interest Groups
Topics
social media data · public content archive · computational social science · secure research environment · online behaviour
Apply at
https://transparency.meta.com/researchtools/meta-content-library/
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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