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Book banning social media dataset

Book banning social media dataset

26,864 social media mentions about Book banning across 8 social networks.

8 social networks

2022 - 2026

Updated monthly

Mentions

26,864

Views

9.0M

Engagement

3.4M

Sample data

[ { "platform": "[redacted]", "type": "content", "content_type": "text", "id": "t3_1psmz6i", "url": "[redacted]", "title": "TIFU by badly introducing a child to politics", "text": "Took my 11yo cousin out for a tea and bookstore day to celebrate starting middle school (and soak up the “cool older cousin” admiration). We browsed books for a long time. Since she’s dyslexic, reading is tough for her, but she tries really hard in the bookstore. She decides to get an anatomy book because she wants to be a doctor one day. I’m so proud of her. As we’re checking out, I point out a postcard that says “A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.” “What does that mean?” “Reading is re", "text_snippet": null, "timestamp": "2025-12-22T01:36:11.044000Z", "lang": "en", "hashtags": null, "author": { "id": "t2_c6tg38go", "username": "OneWildAndPrecious" }, "engagement": { "like_count": 3482, "comment_count": 141 }, "media": null, "metadata": { "flair": "S", "flair_url": null, "award_count": 0, "is_archived": false, "is_locked": false } }, { "platform": "[redacted]", "type": "content", "content_type": "text", "id": "3mdlxeygvt222", "url": "[redacted]", "title": null, "text": "Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...", "text_snippet": null, "timestamp": "2026-01-29T23:37:10.577000", "lang": "en", "hashtags": [], "author": { "id": "did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r", "username": "nytimes.com", "display_name": "The New York Times", "verified": true }, "engagement": { "like_count": 2900, "comment_count": 190, "share_count": 870, "bookmark_count": 48 }, "media": [ { "type": null, "url": "[redacted]" } ], "metadata": null }, { "platform": "[redacted]", "type": "content", "content_type": "multimedia", "id": "t3_1r8emui", "url": "[redacted]", "title": "AMA: I've made governments and school boards choke on their own rules. No law degree. No money. Just paperwork and a refusal to back down.", "text": "Chaz Stevens (proof) here. A few highlights: Broward County Schools was letting churches plaster banners all over school property. I applied to hang a Satanology banner. They said no -- so I sued them in federal court. They ripped down every church banner rather than let mine go up. Florida passed a book-ban law. I used it to challenge the Bible. The governor had to rewrite the law to keep me out of it. Public records requests. Three officials convicted. City hall to the state legislature. I pai", "text_snippet": null, "timestamp": "2026-02-18T20:40:37.714000Z", "lang": "en", "hashtags": null, "author": { "id": "t2_qctgugr7", "username": "ChurchOMarsChaz" }, "engagement": { "like_count": 1074, "comment_count": 243 }, "media": null, "metadata": { "flair": null, "flair_url": null, "award_count": 2, "is_archived": false, "is_locked": false } } ]

About this dataset

This dataset captures 26,864 social media mentions about Book banning across 8 social networks.

Data is collected using Datashake's data collection infrastructure covering Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.

Boolean query used

"book ban" OR "banned books" OR "#bannedbooksweek"

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

$26

Based on 26,864 mentions at $0.00096/mention

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Mentions

26,864

Views

9.0M

Engagement

3.4M

Social networks

8

Date range

2022 - 2026

Format

JSON / CSV

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