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Get Twitter Broadcast Data

Access details of any Twitter broadcast or live video — title, viewer count, broadcaster profile, and stream state.

Average response time: 70ms

Code Examples

const response = await fetch(
  'https://scrapebadger.com/v1/twitter/spaces/broadcast/1rmxPkBbVzqKN',
  { headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' } }
);
const broadcast = await response.json();
console.log(broadcast.data.title, broadcast.data.viewer_count);
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "1rmxPkBbVzqKN",
    "title": "Live Product Launch",
    "state": "ended",
    "viewer_count": 5400,
    "broadcaster": { "username": "company", "followers_count": 120000 }
  }
}

API Reference

GET/v1/twitter/spaces/broadcast/{broadcast_id}
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
broadcast_idstringRequiredThe broadcast/live video ID

Use Cases

Media Monitoring

Track how news stories propagate on Twitter, measure story amplification, and identify key distributors of information.

Social Listening

Monitor brand mentions, keywords, and conversations across Twitter in real time to understand public sentiment and emerging topics.

Content Curation

Aggregate top-performing content by topic or industry to fuel newsletters, social feeds, and content marketing calendars.

Academic Research

Collect large-scale Twitter datasets for computational social science, NLP research, political analysis, and network studies.

Trend Tracking

Detect emerging trends, viral content, and breaking news before they peak using real-time trending topic data.

Influencer Research

Identify and vet influencers by analyzing follower quality, engagement rates, audience demographics, and content authenticity.

Frequently Asked Questions

Broadcasts are live video streams on Twitter, similar to Facebook Live or YouTube Live.

Yes. Metadata for ended broadcasts remains accessible including peak viewer count.

Broadcast IDs appear in tweet data when a user shares a live broadcast link.

Yes. Spaces are audio-only rooms, while broadcasts are video streams. They use different IDs and endpoints.