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Black Friday social media dataset

Black Friday social media dataset

Social media conversations about Black Friday deals, Cyber Monday, shopping trends, and consumer sentiment across 8 social networks.

8 social networks

2021 - 2026

Updated monthly

Mentions

2,796,628

Views

6.2B

Engagement

473.4M

Sample data

[ { "platform": "[redacted]", "type": "content", "content_type": "text", "id": "t3_1s7yjhv", "url": "[redacted]", "title": "When did you get your first smartphone?", "text": "I got one on Black Friday 2013 and I got a ZTE AWE. So one of those lower end range smartphones at that time.", "text_snippet": null, "timestamp": "2026-03-30T18:13:53Z", "lang": "en", "hashtags": null, "author": {"id": "t2_1ytrz48a43", "username": "Johnwick124520"}, "engagement": {"like_count": 15, "comment_count": 56}, "media": null, "metadata": {"flair": "Discussion"} }, { "platform": "[redacted]", "type": "content", "content_type": "link", "id": "t3_1rx1whf", "url": "[redacted]", "title": "Kamakura Clearance Event", "text": "35% off with 40% off if you join their site. Not as good as the black Friday deal, but they rarely have any sale.", "text_snippet": null, "timestamp": "2026-03-18T11:59:09Z", "lang": "en", "hashtags": null, "author": {"id": "t2_f8tkc", "username": "Mercury82jg"}, "engagement": {"like_count": 46, "comment_count": 26}, "media": [{"type": "link", "url": "[redacted]"}], "metadata": {"flair": ""} }, { "platform": "[redacted]", "type": "content", "content_type": "image", "id": "t3_1rtimd3", "url": "[redacted]", "title": "Router positioning", "text": "I'm installing home networking on my new house. I already bought a TP-LINK Archer BE400 during black Friday.", "text_snippet": null, "timestamp": "2026-03-14T12:50:11Z", "lang": "en", "hashtags": null, "author": {"id": "t2_a612atrf", "username": "ZUCCHY-"}, "engagement": {"like_count": 89, "comment_count": 23}, "media": [{"type": "image", "url": "[redacted]"}], "metadata": {"flair": "Unsolved"} } ]

About this dataset

This dataset captures the full spectrum of Black Friday and Cyber Monday social media conversation. It includes deal hunting, retailer promotions, consumer complaints, and shopping trend analysis.

Typical use cases include retail competitive intelligence, promotional campaign analysis, consumer sentiment tracking, and demand forecasting.

Data is collected from 8 social networks using Datashake's data collection infrastructure.

Boolean query used

"black friday" OR "blackfriday" OR "cyber monday"

This dataset is generated by running the above query across social networks. All matching posts and their comments are included.

Data fields included

platform

string

url

string

type

string

content_type

string

id

string

text

string

timestamp

ISO 8601

lang

string

hashtags

array

author

object

mentions

array

engagement

object

media

object

metadata

object

title

string

text_snippet

string

$2,682

Based on 2,796,628 mentions at $0.00096/mention

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Delivered via JSON/CSV

Mentions

2,796,628

Views

6.2B

Engagement

473.4M

Social networks

8

Date range

2021 - 2026

Format

JSON / CSV

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