Research tools documentation
Meta facilitates the study of social media's impact on society by providing approved research partners with access to privacy-protected historical and real-time Facebook and Instagram data concerning elections, politics, and other social issues. This data is accessible through Meta Secure Research Environment, and in some cases, through approved third-party cleanroom environments.
Products
Use these links to access product-specific documentation.
| Product | Description |
|---|---|
| Secure Research Environment | A custom JupyterHub environment that supports common languages such as SQL, Python, and R. This product is used in conjunction with several other products. The documentation for each product will indicate if it can only be used within this environment. |
| Meta Content Library and API | Content Library is a web-based tool that allows researchers to explore and understand data across Facebook and Instagram by offering a comprehensive, visual, and searchable collection of publicly available content. Content Library API is an API for querying and analyzing the Meta public content archive in Secure Research Environment or in an approved third-party cleanroom environment. |
| URL Shares dataset | Summarizes the demographics of people who have viewed, shared, or otherwise interacted with web pages shared on Facebook. |
| Ad Targeting dataset | Contains the ad targeting logic of all of the Social Issue, Electoral, and Political (SIEP) ads run on the Facebook platform beginning August 3, 2020. |
Get access
Please see the following product-specific information about getting access:
FAQ
This section answers general questions that apply to our research tools. Refer to the product-specific documentation for frequently asked questions about Secure Research Environment and our datasets and user interfaces.
Get help
For product support and troubleshooting, you can raise a ticket to the Meta Support Community to triage and help with your questions.