---
title: "social_search"
description: "Searches posts that mention a brand or topic on Instagram (including `#hashtags`), TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X and Reddit, stories on Google News, and places on Google Maps."
---

| Tool | Kind | Purpose |
| :-- | :-- | :-- |
| `social_search` | read | Searches posts that mention a brand or topic on Instagram (including `#hashtags`), TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X and Reddit, stories on Google News, and places on Google Maps. |

Group: [Social listening](/docs/en-US/agents/mcp/social-listening).