API key

API key usage is surging, with creators and posts up significantly, but concerns rise over security incidents and restrictive usage policies.

About API key

API keys are credentials used to authenticate requests to an application or service, often for programmatic access.

Insights

api key creators is up 9008.33% from the previous week.
api key engagements is up 2192.2% from the previous week.
api key posts created is up 3864.29% from the previous week.

Engagements: [-------] (24h)

Engagements Line Chart
Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data
Current Value: [-------]
Daily Average: [-------]
[--] Week: [---------] +2,192%
[--] Month: [----------] +70%
[--] Months: [----------] +35%
[--] Year: [-----------] +165%
1-Year High: [---------] on 2025-07-16
1-Year Low: [------] on 2025-02-28

Engagements by network (24h): Instagram: [--] News: [--] Reddit: [---] X: [-------] YouTube: [------] TikTok: [-----]

Mentions: [-----] (24h)

Mentions Line Chart
Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data
Current Value: [-----]
Daily Average: [---]
[--] Week: [-----] +10,100%
[--] Month: [-----] +549%
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-21
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-03-15

Mentions by network (24h): Instagram: [--] News: [--] Reddit: [--] X: [---] YouTube: [---] TikTok: [--]

Creators: [---] (24h)

Creators Line Chart
Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data
[---] unique social accounts have posts mentioning API key in the last [--] hours which is down 7.30% from [---] in the previous [--] hours Daily Average: [---]
[--] Week: [-----] +9,008%
[--] Month: [-----] +486%
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-21
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-03-15

The most influential creators that mention API key in the last [--] hours

Creator	Rank	Followers	Posts	Engagements
@cstanley	[--]	[-------]	[--]	[------]
@codyschneiderxx	[--]	[------]	[--]	[------]
@marclou	[--]	[-------]	[--]	[-----]
@tunemusicalmoments	[--]	[---------]	[--]	[-----]
@zinhoautomates	[--]	[------]	[--]	[-----]
@leonvanzyl	[--]	[------]	[--]	[-----]
@VadimStrizheus	[--]	[------]	[--]	[-----]
@YuLin807	[--]	[-----]	[--]	[-----]
@DhruvalGolakiya	[--]	[-----]	[--]	[-----]
@galnagli	[--]	[------]	[--]	[-----]

Sentiment: 83%

Sentiment Line Chart
Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data
Current Value: 83%
Daily Average: 85%
[--] Week: 86% -3%
[--] Month: 78% -5%
[--] Months: 78% -12%
[--] Year: 78% -20%
1-Year High: 99% on 2025-04-08
1-Year Low: 4% on 2025-07-16

Most Supportive Themes:

Developer Adoption and Integration: (35%) Content highlights the ease of integrating API keys into various applications and platforms, showcasing successful use cases and tutorials that encourage wider developer adoption.
New API Features and Updates: (25%) Announcements and reviews of newly released API features and updates are generating significant engagement, with developers eager to leverage enhanced functionalities.

Most Critical Themes:

API Key Compromise Incidents: (60%) Recent reports of API key compromises are raising concerns about security vulnerabilities and the potential impact of data breaches, leading to increased scrutiny.
Rate Limiting and Usage Restrictions: (40%) Developers are expressing frustration with strict rate limits and usage restrictions on certain APIs, impacting application performance and user experience.

Topics List

https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topics/list/v1

Get a list of trending social topics.

Example request:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topics/list/v1

Example response:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "topic": "youtube",
      "title": "YouTube",
      "topic_rank": 1,
      "topic_rank_1h_previous": 1,
      "topic_rank_24h_previous": 1,
      "num_contributors": 338702,
      "num_posts": 877109,
      "interactions_24h": [----------]
    }
  ]
}

Schema:

topic: LunarCrush social topic. Can only includes letters, numbers, spaces, #, and $
title: The case sensitive title of the topic or category
topic_rank: LunarCrush metric for ranking a social topic relative to all other social topics
topic_rank_1h_previous: The topic rank from [--] hour ago
topic_rank_24h_previous: The topic rank from [--] hours ago
num_contributors: The number of unique social contributors to the topic
num_posts: Total number of posts with interactions on this topic in the last [--] hours
interactions_24h: Number of interactions in the last [--] hours

Topic Whatsup

https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/:topic/whatsup/v1

Generate an AI summary of the hottest news and social posts for a specific topic

input parameters:

topic: Provide the topic to get a summary for. A topic must be all lower case and can only include letters, numbers, spaces, # and $. required

Example request:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/bitcoin/whatsup/v1

Example response:

{
  "config": {
    "id": "bitcoin",
    "_self_call": true,
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "topic": "bitcoin",
    "generated": [----------]
  },
  "summary": "A $6 million Bitcoin ransom demand for Nancy Guthrie remains unpaid as a deadline looms, while Binance has significantly increased its Bitcoin holdings for its SAFU fund.",
  "supportive": [
    {
      "title": "Binance Buys Bitcoin for SAFU Fund",
      "description": "Binance has increased its Bitcoin holdings by converting stablecoins into BTC for its SAFU fund.",
      "percent": [--]
    }
  ],
  "critical": [
    {
      "title": "Bitcoin Price Drops Amid Market Volatility",
      "description": "Bitcoin has experienced a significant price drop, signaling market uncertainty.",
      "percent": [--]
    }
  ]
}

Schema:

config: This includes the inputs for the request processed by the server and may include additional hints about the request and response information.
id: LunarCrush internal ID for the asset
name: The full name of the asset
symbol: The symbol for the asset
topic: LunarCrush social topic. Can only includes letters, numbers, spaces, #, and $
generated: A unix timestamp (in seconds) when the data was generated to understand possibly stale data
supportive: An array of supportive themes with a title, description, and an estimate of the percent of the circulating conversations on social around this theme.
title: The case sensitive title of the topic or category
description: Explanation of the change and the potential impact
critical: An array of critical themes with a title, description, and an estimate of the percent of the circulating conversations on social around this theme.

Topic Time Series

https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/:topic/time-series/v1

Get historical time series data for a social topic

input parameters:

topic: Provide the topic to get details for. A topic must be all lower case and can only include letters, numbers, spaces, # and $. required
bucket: bucket time series data into hours or days. default is hours.
interval: Use interval to specify the start and end time automatically for convenience. If "start" or "end" parameters are provided this parameter is ignored.
start: The start time (unix timestamp) to go back to.
end: The end time (unix timestamp) to stop at.

Example request:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/bitcoin/time-series/v1

Example response:

{
  "config": {
    "topic": "bitcoin",
    "id": "bitcoin",
    "_self_call": true,
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "interval": "1w",
    "start": 1769990400,
    "end": 1770681600,
    "bucket": "hour",
    "metrics": [],
    "generated": [----------]
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "time": 1769990400,
      "contributors_active": 25296,
      "contributors_created": 953,
      "interactions": 7206612,
      "posts_active": 51363,
      "posts_created": 1202,
      "sentiment": 67,
      "spam": 5052,
      "alt_rank": 225,
      "circulating_supply": 19982656,
      "close": 77750,
      "galaxy_score": 56,
      "high": 77750,
      "low": 77750,
      "market_cap": 1553927231331,
      "market_dominance": 59.8618,
      "open": 77750,
      "social_dominance": 29.1575,
      "volume_24h": [-----------]
    }
  ]
}

Schema:

config: This includes the inputs for the request processed by the server and may include additional hints about the request and response information.
topic: LunarCrush social topic. Can only includes letters, numbers, spaces, #, and $
id: LunarCrush internal ID for the asset
name: The full name of the asset
symbol: The symbol for the asset
interval: Typically used for specifying time intervals like 1w = [--] week, 1m = [--] month etc
start: Start/from unix timestamp (in seconds)
end: End/to unix timestamp (in seconds)
bucket: Data is generally bucketed into hours or days
metrics: Comma separated list of metrics to include or that are included
generated: A unix timestamp (in seconds) when the data was generated to understand possibly stale data
time: A unix timestamp (in seconds)
contributors_active: number of unique social accounts with posts that have interactions
contributors_created: number of unique social accounts that created new posts
interactions: number of all publicly measurable interactions on a social post (views, likes, comments, thumbs up, upvote, share etc)
posts_active: number of unique social posts with interactions
posts_created: number of unique social posts created
sentiment: % of posts (weighted by interactions) that are positive. 100% means all posts are positive, 50% is half positive and half negative, and 0% is all negative posts.
spam: The number of posts created that are considered spam
alt_rank: A proprietary score based on how an asset is performing relative to all other assets supported
circulating_supply: Circulating Supply is the total number of coins or tokens that are actively available for trade and are being used in the market and in general public
close: Close price for the time period
galaxy_score: A proprietary score based on technical indicators of price, average social sentiment, relative social activity, and a factor of how closely social indicators correlate with price and volume
high: Higest price fo rthe time period
low: Lowest price for the time period
market_cap: Total dollar market value of all circulating supply or outstanding shares
market_dominance: The percent of the total market cap that this asset represents
open: Open price for the time period
social_dominance: The percent of the total social volume that this topic represents
volume_24h: Volume in USD for [--] hours up to this data point

Topic Time Series

https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/:topic/time-series/v1

Get historical time series data for a social topic

input parameters:

topic: Provide the topic to get details for. A topic must be all lower case and can only include letters, numbers, spaces, # and $. required
bucket: bucket time series data into hours or days. default is hours.
interval: Use interval to specify the start and end time automatically for convenience. If "start" or "end" parameters are provided this parameter is ignored.
start: The start time (unix timestamp) to go back to.
end: The end time (unix timestamp) to stop at.

Example request:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" https://lunarcrush.com/api4/public/topic/bitcoin/time-series/v1

Example response:

{
  "config": {
    "topic": "bitcoin",
    "id": "bitcoin",
    "_self_call": true,
    "name": "Bitcoin",
    "symbol": "BTC",
    "interval": "1w",
    "start": 1769990400,
    "end": 1770681600,
    "bucket": "hour",
    "metrics": [],
    "generated": [----------]
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "time": 1769990400,
      "contributors_active": 25296,
      "contributors_created": 953,
      "interactions": 7206612,
      "posts_active": 51363,
      "posts_created": 1202,
      "sentiment": 67,
      "spam": 5052,
      "alt_rank": 225,
      "circulating_supply": 19982656,
      "close": 77750,
      "galaxy_score": 56,
      "high": 77750,
      "low": 77750,
      "market_cap": 1553927231331,
      "market_dominance": 59.8618,
      "open": 77750,
      "social_dominance": 29.1575,
      "volume_24h": [-----------]
    }
  ]
}

Schema:

config: This includes the inputs for the request processed by the server and may include additional hints about the request and response information.
topic: LunarCrush social topic. Can only includes letters, numbers, spaces, #, and $
id: LunarCrush internal ID for the asset
name: The full name of the asset
symbol: The symbol for the asset
interval: Typically used for specifying time intervals like 1w = [--] week, 1m = [--] month etc
start: Start/from unix timestamp (in seconds)
end: End/to unix timestamp (in seconds)
bucket: Data is generally bucketed into hours or days
metrics: Comma separated list of metrics to include or that are included
generated: A unix timestamp (in seconds) when the data was generated to understand possibly stale data
time: A unix timestamp (in seconds)
contributors_active: number of unique social accounts with posts that have interactions
contributors_created: number of unique social accounts that created new posts
interactions: number of all publicly measurable interactions on a social post (views, likes, comments, thumbs up, upvote, share etc)
posts_active: number of unique social posts with interactions
posts_created: number of unique social posts created
sentiment: % of posts (weighted by interactions) that are positive. 100% means all posts are positive, 50% is half positive and half negative, and 0% is all negative posts.
spam: The number of posts created that are considered spam
alt_rank: A proprietary score based on how an asset is performing relative to all other assets supported
circulating_supply: Circulating Supply is the total number of coins or tokens that are actively available for trade and are being used in the market and in general public
close: Close price for the time period
galaxy_score: A proprietary score based on technical indicators of price, average social sentiment, relative social activity, and a factor of how closely social indicators correlate with price and volume
high: Higest price fo rthe time period
low: Lowest price for the time period
market_cap: Total dollar market value of all circulating supply or outstanding shares
market_dominance: The percent of the total market cap that this asset represents
open: Open price for the time period
social_dominance: The percent of the total social volume that this topic represents
volume_24h: Volume in USD for [--] hours up to this data point

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API key

About API key

Insights

Engagements: [-------] (24h)

Mentions: [-----] (24h)

Creators: [---] (24h)

Sentiment: 83%

Top API key Social Posts

Topics List

Topic Whatsup

Topic Time Series

Topic Time Series