Post metrics

API + MCP

GET/v3/social-media/post-metrics

Requests to this endpoint are free and do not consume any API units.

Query parameters

date_tostring

The end date of the historical period in YYYY-MM-DD format.

date_fromstringRequired

The start date of the historical period in YYYY-MM-DD format.

channel_idstringRequired

Unique identifier for the social media channel.

external_post_idstringRequired

Platform-specific post identifier.

outputstring

The output format.

Allowed values:jsoncsvxmlphp

Responses

metricsarray<object>

viewsinteger

Total number of times the post was viewed.

unique_viewsinteger

Number of unique users who viewed the post.

likesinteger

Number of likes on the post.

commentsinteger

Number of comments or replies on the post.

retrieved_atstring

Timestamp when the metrics were last retrieved.

Parameters

date_to

date_fromRequired

channel_idRequired

external_post_idRequired

output

API key

Request

curl "https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/social-media/post-metrics" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AHREFS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

import requests

url = "https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/social-media/post-metrics"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer $AHREFS_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/social-media/post-metrics", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer $AHREFS_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
  }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.ahrefs.com/v3/social-media/post-metrics", nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer $AHREFS_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()

data, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(data))

Response

200 OK

{
  "metrics": [
    {
      "views": 0,
      "unique_views": 0,
      "likes": 0,
      "comments": 0,
      "retrieved_at": "string"
    }
  ]
}