👤 Managed Account Listening
Datasource Capabilities
An overview of X Platform data source capabilities and limitations for the managed Account Monitor.
Source of Data: Official API
Post Latency: Realtime
Historical Data Access:
Since 2006
All post types are collected in the Historical request
All engagement metrics are collected in the Historical request for the last 30 days since the Monitor creation
Metrics Availability
Lifetime (since post creation): likes count, comments count, quotes count, and reposts count.
Last 30 days only (relative to monitor creation): engagements count, views, profile visits, bookmarks count, profile visits count, and video metrics.
Post Types: My Posts, Reposts, Quotes, Comments
Post Content Types: Text, Images, Videos, URL, Mixed Media
Engagement & Metrics Refresh Rate
Engagement Types (Realtime):
Reposts
Quotes
Comments
Posts/Mentions (Engagements that happen to my posts)
Engagements Latency:
Realtime (You see engagement posts as soon as they happen to your posts)
Metrics:
Account & Post Metrics:
Account Level Metrics (Realtime):
Follows
Unfollows
Total number of posts
Post Level Metrics:
Likes count
Comments count
Quotes count
Reposts count
Engagements count
Views
Profile visits
Bookmarks count
Profile visits count
Video Metrics:
Total videos
Video views
Watch time
Playback percentage (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%)
Video completion rate
Average watch time
Video completions
Metrics Refresh Rate:
Account Level Metrics: Realtime
Post Level & Media Metrics: Refreshed every 2 hours (available for 30 days only)
Data Dictionary & Engagement Metrics Refresh Rate
Entity | Description | Entity Latency | Metadata | Metrics | Metrics Refresh Rate | Duration |
Account | Represents the owned X account being monitored | -- | Account username, Account display name | Followers, Unfollowers, total number of posts | Real time | Forever |
My Post (Post, Repost, Quote, Reply) | Content published by the account owner | Realtime | Post permalink, Creation date & time, Media (Photos, Videos, GIFs, URL) | Likes, Reposts, Replies, Quotes, Total engagements, Views, Profile visits, Favorites, Video Analytics: Total videos, Video views, Watch time, Playback %, Video completion rate, Avg watch time | 1-2H | 30 days |
Engagements to My Account (Post, Replies, Quotes, Reposts) | User engagements with accounts' posts published by the account owner. (Post = Mention) | Realtime | Author image, Author name & username, Post permalink, Parent post permalink, Post content, Creation date & time, Media (Photos, Videos, GIFs) | N/A | -- | -- |
Author / Engager | Profile information for users who post, engage with, or mention the owned account | -- | Profile URL, Profile image, Name & username, Followers / Following, Bio, Location, Joined date | Total Engagement | Real time | Forever |
How to Setup
To set up an X Platform managed account monitor, refer to this guide: Creating a Managed Account Monitor.
