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News & OSINT monitoring API

Follow the story.
From post one.

One query across news, X, Reddit, TikTok and more. See who had it first and how it spread, then get every new post and article as it lands.

Watch a storySee who had it first

Google NewsXRedditTikTokYouTubeBlueskyThreadsTelegramTruth SocialGoogle TrendsWeb

exoplanet AND (radio OR signals)

47 hbetween the first report and people searching for it

  1. Science NewsNewsFirst radio waves seen from an exoplanet hint at otherworldly aurorasFirst
  2. BBC Sky at Night MagazineNewsRadio signals detected from a planet beyond our Solar System+18h
  3. Phys.orgNewsAstronomers detect radio signals coming from an exoplanet for the first time+24h
  4. The SETI InstituteSocialAstronomers have detected radio signals coming directly from an exoplanet for the first time. No, it’s #notaliens.+31h21K views
  5. Daily MailNewsScientists detect radio signals coming directly from an exoplanet for the first time+44h678K views
  6. Google Trends, GermanyGoogle search“exoplanet” starts rising+46h10K+ searches

One query · real posts and articles · times in UTC24 Sep 2026

Who had it first

Early beats loud.
Watch where it starts.

Stories rarely break where they end up. They start on an official account, a local paper or a single post, and reach the big outlets hours later. Watch the early lanes and you hear first.

Science · Global

47 hThe first report on the discovery ran two days before people started searching for it.

  1. Science NewsNews
  2. Google Trends, GermanyGoogle search · 46 h 40 min after
Sport · 10 countries

10 countriesSearches for the match spread to 10 countries in under three hours.

  1. Google Trends, IndiaGoogle search
  2. Google Trends, South AfricaGoogle search · 2 h 40 min after
Company launch · Global

8 minTikToks about the new glasses were up before Google showed the search rising.

  1. @seanontechSocial
  2. Google Trends, USGoogle search · 8 min after

What you can build

A watch desk.
Without the desk.

  • Science News
  • BBC Sky at Night Magazine
  • Phys.org
  • The SETI Institute

Catch it at the source

Specialist outlets and expert accounts break stories first. Follow them and you have it days before it reaches the big sites.

“TOSS NEWS! Japan won the toss and opted to bowl first!”

Afghanistan Cricket Board · 23:43 UTC · 10K views

Follow a live event

Watch the official accounts, the live threads and the searches as an event unfolds, country by country.

13 itemsacross 4 lanes within 24 hours of Meta Connect, from preview coverage to the first reactions.

Competitor launch desk

Point one query at a rival’s event and see the coverage, the reactions and the questions as they arrive.

“Every morning, tell me what’s new about our brand across news, X and Reddit, with links.”

Runs the searches, then sends the short version

Brief your agent

Connect Claude or ChatGPT over MCP. It runs the standing query and tells you what changed since yesterday.

How it works

One query.
Every public lane.

Search news and posts on one key, then keep the query running as a monitor.

  1. 1Search the newsGET /v1/google_news/search1 credit

    Articles from local and national outlets for any query, newest first, with source and time.

    curl -G https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/google_news/search \
  -H "x-api-key: $MONOCRAWL_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=exoplanet radio signals"
  2. 2Search the postsGET /v1/x/search-tweets1 credit

    X posts for the same query, from official accounts, reporters and the public, with views and time.

    curl -G https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/x/search-tweets \
  -H "x-api-key: $MONOCRAWL_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'query="meta connect"'
  3. 3Keep watchingMonitors

    Save the query as a monitor. It re-runs every 15 minutes to once a week, keeps what it finds and sends new items by email or webhook.

    How monitors work Or connect your agent

Sources

Every public lane.
All on one key.

Google News
  • News search1 credit
X
  • Post search1 credit
  • Account posts3 credits
Reddit
  • Post search1 credit
  • Full threads5 credits
TikTok
  • Video search2 credits
YouTube
  • Video search1 credit
Bluesky
  • Post search3 credits
Threads
  • Post search1 credit
Telegram
  • Channel posts2 credits
Truth Social
  • Account posts2 credits
Google Trends
  • Rising searches2 credits
Web
  • Full article text1 credit

Cost

Pay per check.
Stop when it ends.

Priced per call at today’s rates. Check a quiet story once a day or a breaking one every 15 minutes, and pay only for the checks you run.

Start freeEvery platform’s price

About1,800credits a month

5 × 4 checks a day × 30 days × (news 1 + X 1 + Reddit 1) per check.

Fits Starter$29/month · 10,000 credits

Before you start

Monitoring,
answered.

Is this only public data?

Yes. Published articles, public posts and accounts, and public search trends. No private groups, no logins and no personal records.

Can it alert me when something new appears?

Yes. Save any query as a monitor. It re-runs every 15 minutes, hourly, every 6 hours, daily or weekly, and sends new findings by email or webhook.

Which sources can one query cover?

News sites through news search, plus X, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Threads, public Telegram channels, Truth Social accounts and Google’s rising searches, all on the same key.

Can I follow a specific account?

Yes. Pull the latest posts from any public account, such as an agency, a council, a newsroom or a company, and check it as often as you like.

Can I get the full article?

Yes. News search gives you the headline, outlet and time. Pass the link to the web scraper to get the article text.

Can my AI agent watch a story?

Yes. Connect it over MCP and give it the query. It searches every lane and tells you what is new since it last looked.

Catch the next story
at its first post.

1,000 free credits every month.

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