Monitor social media trends across Reddit, Instagram & TikTok with Apify

📺 Full walkthrough video: https://youtu.be/Me4d4BILvHk

What it does This workflow automatically monitors trending content across Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok using keywords you define. It scrapes the most engaging posts, calculates platform-specific engagement scores, ranks content in a unified leaderboard, and delivers a professional HTML email dashboard — while storing historical data in a structured table for long-term trend tracking.

No manual research. No tab switching. Just the top-performing content in your inbox, automatically.

Who's it for Social media managers, content creators, brand managers, marketing teams, and agencies who need to track keyword performance and trending content across multiple platforms for competitive analysis, content inspiration, and influencer discovery.

How it works The workflow runs a full scraping cycle for each keyword in your list:

- Reddit Monitoring: Searches top posts by keyword with upvotes and comment data - Instagram Monitoring: Scrapes hashtag-based posts with likes and comments - TikTok Analysis: Tracks hashtag content including views, likes, shares, and comments - Engagement Scoring: Applies platform-specific algorithms to rank content objectively - Unified Ranking: Combines all platforms into a single top 15 leaderboard - Email Report: Delivers a formatted HTML dashboard with clickable links to original posts - Data Storage: Pushes all results into a DataTable for historical tracking and trend analysis

Requirements

- Apify account (free tier works — no recurring cost) - Gmail account for report delivery - n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted) - Platform scrapers: Reddit Scraper Lite, Instagram Scraper, TikTok Scraper