There is currently no way to track ALL tags on Tumblr unless you want to shell out money for full access to GNIP (and even then you have to specify terms and get the data moving from the current data forward; you have to pay extra for historical data). Via the API, you can get posts per tag, and if you have some programming experience, you could set up a cron job to continually run through the API to collect data over a long period of time. I'm not familiar with Pinterest or Instagram's APIs (I assume they operate similarly), but you might check out http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~sbakhshi/gilbert.chi13.pinterest.pdf to see how they collected data. As far as cross-network, there is no service (to my knowledge) that allows you to do this. Alexander Leavitt PhD Student USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism http://alexleavitt.com Twitter: @alexleavitt On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Shulman, Stuart <stu@texifter.com> wrote:
Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook are part of the DiscoverText capability: http://www.discovertext.com/import.html
We support Gnip's "Power Track" operators for four streams of data: http://www.discovertext.com/Gnip.html
There is a 30-day free trial with access to Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Tumblr, and Disqus: https://app.discovertext.com/Home/SignupContactTrial
This is an example of how a sophisticated research group uses DT & Gnip: http://vimeo.com/55175059
Stu
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller@shu.ac.uk
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Hi all
Does anyone know of an easy way of keeping track of tags over time in Tumblr, Pinterest or Instagram. I'm especially interested in numbers of tags over time and particular spikes in their popularity, and, if possible, how manh unique users are associated with them and other tags often used in conjunction.
Also, is there any way you know of of being able to see how often things have been crossposted across different social media platforms (ibc flickr, twitter, facebook etc)?
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