The Facebook Creator Discovery API offers robust data-driven discovery for Facebook's creator ecosystem to help brands find the right creators for their partnership ads campaigns. Brands can evaluate creators for partnership ads using authenticated, real-time 1st party data.
facebook_creator_marketplace_discoverypages_show_listfacebook_creator_marketplace_discovery permission will only receive simulated (mocked) creator data when making API queries.
To obtain real creator data, you must submit an App Review request and receive Advanced Access approval for the facebook_creator_marketplace_discovery permission.
curl -i -X GET "https://graph.facebook.com/creator_marketplace/creators/...&access_token={page_access_token}"curl -i -X GET "https://graph.facebook.com/creator_marketplace/content/...&access_token={page_access_token}"/me/accounts endpoint of the Graph API. This will return a list of Pages the user manages, each with its own Page Access Token.The Facebook Creator Discovery API enforces rate limits at both the Facebook account level and the application level.
2000 per user per rolling one-hour window10000 per app per rolling one-hour window| Parameter | Data Type | Description |
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| integer | The number of results per page. Default Value: Maximum Value: |
| string | Cursor identifier used to fetch results that come before a specific reference point in the data. The value of a cursor identifier can be obtained from a previous successful query response. |
| string | Cursor identifier used to fetch results that come after a specific reference point in the data. The value of a cursor identifier can be obtained from a previous successful query response. |
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_id={creator-id}&fields=creator_alias,creator_bio,...GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_categories={creator_category}&creator_countries={country_code}&query={query}Filter values are not case-sensitive.
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creator_id | string | The public profile or page id or alias of the creator. Examples: |
limit | int | The number of creators per page Default Value: |
query | string | Free-form semantic text input (keywords/ categories) to help search for Creators whose content is similar to the input query. Accepts single words or even multi word phrases. Responses will be prioritized with creators with recent contents that are relevant to the input. Examples: Note: This is a recommended parameter for discovery over |
sort_by | string | The descending sort order of search results. Values: Note: does not apply to semantic search (any search using |
creator_categories | array[string] | The self-selected category of the creator. Supports multiple comma separated categories. Note: While this is not an exhaustive list of creator categories, they cover the vast majority of them. Values: |
creator_interests | array[string] | The predicted interests of the creator. Allows searching against the hierarchy from top-level interest to subinterest to sub-subinterest (if available). Note: Coverage is currently limited, so not every creator will be filterable by this filter. Values: see Available Interests for valid values |
creator_countries | array[string] | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the creator. Supports multiple comma separated countries. Values: |
major_audience_age_bucket | string | The age group of most followers. Values: |
major_audience_gender | string | The gender of most followers. Values: |
major_audience_country | array[string] | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of most followers. |
follower_count | JSON | Creator follower count filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
interaction_rate | JSON | Creator interaction rate filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more detail. |
reach | JSON | Creator reach filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
interactions | JSON | Creator interactions filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
publishing_activity | JSON | Creator publishing activity filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
views | JSON | Creator views filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
creator_languages | array[string] | ISO 639-1 language code of creator languages. Examples: |
past_partnerships | array[string] | Partner(s) tagged by the creator in their posts. This includes organic posts and partnerships ads. Example: Note: We support partial string matches, e.g. |
has_past_partnerships | bool | True if the creator has tagged partner pages through organic posts or partnerships ads. Values: |
Format:
{min:<number>,max:<number>,time_range:"<string>",breakdown:"<string>"}Sample queries:
creator_marketplace/creators?reach={min:1,max:50,time_range:"L28",breakdown:"follower"}creator_marketplace/creators?interaction_rate={min:1.5,time_range:"L14"}Please remember to use quotations ("") on subparameter values (e.g. breakdown:"follower").
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| Number (int or float) | The minimum value of the metric to filter for. |
| Number (int or float) | The maximum value of metric to filter for. |
| String (see "Available Lookback and Breakdown Types" for available input) | The time range value of metric to filter for. |
| String (see "Available Lookback and Breakdown Types" for available input) | The breakdown value of metric to filter for. |
"L" stands for "Last", so anywhere you see L followed by a number x, it stands for the last x days. For example, L90 is equivalent to "last 90 days".
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By default, all response fields are hidden except for creator_id if no fields are specified. To receive additional fields in your response, you must explicitly request them using the fields=... parameter.
When querying by creator_id, if the creator has been invited but has not yet onboarded to the program, the response may include only a subset of fields.
| Field | Data Type | Description |
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| string | Creator's profile id |
| string | Name of profile or page |
| string | Creator's alias |
| string | Creator's self-provided intro bio on their profile |
| url | Creator's profile link |
| url | Creator's profile image link Disclaimer: this url has temporary retention. |
| url | Creator's profile cover photo link Disclaimer: this url has temporary retention. |
| array[Content response] | List of public content made by the creator in Capped at 90 posts or at Note: Prefer using the Content Insights API and filter by |
| number | Creator's follower count |
| array[string] | The self-selected category of the creator. Supports multiple comma separated categories. Note: This is not an exhaustive list of categories. While this is not an exhaustive list of creator categories, they cover the vast majority of them. Values: |
| array[string] | Filter creators based on category list input. See the "Available Interests" table for supported values. |
| string | Creator's email, if available. |
| string | Creator's gender, if available. |
| string | Age bucket of the creator. Respects creator's FB privacy settings; only available if creator is already sharing their birthday and birth year publicly on Facebook. Otherwise, this field will not be included in the response. Values: Note: Coverage is currently limited, so not every creator will have this field. |
| string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the country in which the creator is based. Examples: |
| array[string] | ISO 639-1 language code of creator languages. Examples: |
| array[string] | Partner(s) tagged by the creator in their posts. This includes organic posts and partnerships ads. Note: Creators can tag brands themselves, which does not necessarily imply brand endorsement. |
| JSON, see Creator Insights Metrics section | Collection of creator-level metrics data |
Insights are included as a field (insights) within the Creator endpoint above. This field offers additional customizability with input parameters of its own.
These values are estimated and updated daily. The time zone will be determined by the user's local time zone, or if unavailable, it will default to Pacific Time (Los Angeles).
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_id={creator-id}&fields=insights.metrics().period().time_range()| Parameter | Data Type | Description | Defaults (no param input) |
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| enum, or comma separated list | List of queryable metrics. See "Available Metrics" table below. | No default. See "Available Metrics" table below. |
| enum | The interval to break the result into: |
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| enum | Name of the metric |
| enum | Period for the metric query. Either |
| enum | Available values: |
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(potential field within values) | number | The actual numeric result for the metric query. Can either represent a total over the time range or a single day's value. |
(potential field within values) | JSON | A dictionary of breakdown to actual numeric result for that breakdown. Currently only represents a total over the time range. |
Values for metrics field | Supported period(s) | Supported time_range(s) | Description |
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| The number of times the creator's content was played or displayed for at least 1ms. Content includes reels, videos, posts, stories and ads. |
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| The number of times the creator's content was played or displayed. Content includes reels, videos, posts, stories, and ads. Views are presented as a percentage breakdown based on follower status. Type of follower includes: |
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| The number of times the creator's content was played or displayed for at least 1ms. Content includes reels, videos, posts, stories, and ads. Views are a percentage breakdown by content type. Content types: |
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| The total number of text, photo reels and stories published by the creator on Facebook in the specified time frame. This includes deleted posts. Note: for the overall period, values are updated once per day. |
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| The total number of text, photo reels and stories published by the creator on Facebook in the specified time frame. Displayed as a percentage breakdown of content type, including deleted posts. Type of content includes:
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| Percentage of post net interactions (reactions, shares, comments, saves) divided by post views, averaged across all public content in the selected period. This metric is estimated. |
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| Counts unique reach from organic, paid, and other sources (e.g., tags, check-ins, profile visits), including boosted content. This metric is estimated. |
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| Percentage breakdown of reach by follower status. Reach is de-duplicated across organic and paid distribution. Types of follower include: |
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| The number of reactions, saves, comments, shares and replies on this content. Content can include formats such as posts, stories and more. |
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| Percentage breakdown of interactions by follower status. Type of follower includes: follower, non_follower |
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| The gender distribution of the creator's followers. |
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| The age and gender distribution of the creator's followers. Note: limit to 10 cities by default. |
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| Audience concentration by country. Countries are returned in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code format. Note: limited to top 10 countries. |
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| error_subcode | error_user_title | error_user_msg |
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| Could not load creator | The provided creator ID is invalid. |
| Creator not invited | Creator has not been invited yet. |
| Ineligible creator | Creator does not meet the criteria to join this program. |
| N/A | Data unavailable: Creator is not onboarded to Creator Marketplace insights sharing |
| Invalid metric type | Invalid metrics: check for typos or incorrect endpoint usage. |
| Invalid period type | The requested period type is not supported for one or more of the metric(s) |
| Invalid time range type | The requested time range type is not supported for one or more of the metric(s) |
| Invalid content type | The requested metrics have an unsupported content type. |
| Invalid value | The filter value {value} for {key} is not supported. Please refer to documentation. |
| Min Follower Count Greater Than Max Follower Count | Min follower count is greater than max follower count. Please make sure the min follower count is less than or equal to max follower count. |
| Invalid time range value | The time range value {value} for {key} is not supported. Current supported time range values are {supported_time_range_values}. Please refer to documentation. |
| Invalid min or max value | Invalid input range for {filter_key}. Please ensure both minimum and maximum values are non-negative and that the minimum value is less than or equal to the maximum value. |
Get creator insights on two metrics
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_id={creator-id}&fields=insights.metrics(creator_reach,creator_interactions)Get daily time series
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_id={creator-id}&fields=insights.metrics(creator_reach).period(day)Get overall values with selected time range
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_id={creator-id}&fields=insights.metrics(creator_reach).time_range(L90)Get 3 most recent content (Note: prefer using the Content Endpoint and filter by creator_id and limit)
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_id={creator-id}&fields=recent_content.limit(3)Search for all creators in the US and limit 10 per page
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_countries=US&limit=10
Search for creators that are related to Disney (limited to basic fields)
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?fields=creator_display_name,creator_bio,creator_profile_url,creator_follower_count,creator_onboarding_status,creator_categories&query=Disney
Search creators with creator reach of 100-5000 over the past 28 days.
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?reach={min:100,max:5000,time_range:"L28"}Search creators with a followers percentage on creator reach of 1-50% over the past 14 days.
GET creator_marketplace/creators?reach={min:1,max:50,time_range:"L14",breakdown:"follower"}Search for creators with a minimum of 100,000 followers
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?follower_count={min:100000}Search for creators who are producing contents related to "cookies", are from the US or CA, and have a minimum of 100,000 followers and a maximum of 1,000,000 followers.
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?query=cookies&creator_countries=US,CA&follower_count={min:100000,max:1000000}Search for creators from US, and major audience age in the group 25-34, and major audience gender is female
GET /creator_marketplace/creators?creator_countries=US&major_audience_age_bucket=25-34&major_audience_gender=female
Not all interests are covered, and results may be limited with increased query specificity level.
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
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FASHION_AND_STYLE | |||
ANIMALS_AND_PETS | |||
VEHICLES_AND_TRANSPORTATION | |||
TRAVEL_AND_LEISURE_ACTIVITIES | |||
VISUAL_ARTS_ARCHITECTURE_AND_CRAFTS | VISUAL_ARTSCRAFTS | ||
FOOD_AND_DRINK | |||
SPORTS | |||
PERFORMING_ARTS | COMEDYDANCE | STAND_UP_COMEDY | |
HOME_AND_GARDEN | |||
MUSIC_AND_AUDIO | PODCASTS_AND_RADIOMUSICAL_INSTRUMENTSMUSICAL_PERFORMANCES | PODCASTS | |
BUSINESS_FINANCE_AND_ECONOMICS | |||
GAMES_PUZZLES_AND_PLAY | TOYSVIDEO_GAMES | ||
TV_AND_MOVIES | TV_AND_MOVIES_CELEBRITIES | ||
SCIENCE_AND_TECH | TECHNOLOGY |
Retrieve insights about a post
GET /creator_marketplace/content?content_id={content-id}Find Creator content using flexible filters and search criteria
GET /creator_marketplace/content?creator_id={creator-id}GET /creator_marketplace/content?reach={min:min-reach,max:max-reach}&sort_by=reactions&time_range={time-range}&content_type=reels| Parameter | Data Type | Description |
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| string | ID of the Facebook Content (this is either the numeric ID or encoded string from a URL, both will work) Example:
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| array[string] | The public profile or page ID or alias of the content creator. Supports multiple comma-separated IDs. E.g. |
| string | The descending sort order of search results. Values: |
| string | The start date (inclusive) for the publish time of the content you want to retrieve, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Note: invited if |
| string | The end date (inclusive) for the publish time of the content you want to retrieve, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Note: invited if |
| string | A preset time range for the query. Use this instead of Values: |
| string | The type of content to filter by, case-insensitive. If not specified, all content types are included. Values: |
| JSON | Content views filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
| JSON | Content reach filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
| JSON | Content interactions filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
| JSON | Content reactions filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
| JSON | Content comments filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
| JSON | Content shares filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
| JSON | Content clicks filter with subparameters, see Metric Search Filters for more details. |
Format:
{min:<number>,max:<number>}Sample queries:
creator_marketplace/content?reach={min:1,max:50}creator_marketplace/content?reactions={min:1,max:50}&comments={min:2}| Parameter | Data Type | Description |
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| Number (int or float) | The minimum value of the metric to filter for. |
| Number (int or float) | The maximum value of metric to filter for. |
The time zone will be determined by the user's local time zone, or if unavailable, it will default to Pacific Time (Los Angeles).
When querying by content_id, if the creator has been invited but has not yet onboarded to the program, the response may include only a subset of fields.
| Field | Data Type | Description |
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| string | ID of the content, number or encoded string |
| string | ID of the creator |
| string | The type of the content. Examples: Note: the pluralization for REELS, VIDEOS, TEXT is intentional. A post can be multimedia. |
| ISO 8601 string | The publish time of the content. Represented as a date time in ISO 8601 format. |
| string | If the content tagged a business partner (sponsor), show the name of the sponsor's Facebook page |
| url | The publicly accessible URL of the content |
| url | URL linking to picture of content thumbnail Disclaimer: this url has temporary retention. |
| string | Creator-generated text in the post. |
| JSON, see Content Insights Metrics section | Collection of content-level metrics data |
| array[Comment response] | List of comments received on a post ranked by reactions count descending. Note: Comments count are capped at 10 and potential integrity concerns are hidden. "Reactions" include like, love, laugh, etc. |
Insights are included as a field (insights) within the Content endpoint above. This field offers additional customizability with input parameters of its own.
These values are estimated and updated daily. The time zone will be determined by the user's local time zone, or if unavailable, it will default to Pacific Time (Los Angeles).
| Parameter | Data Type | Description | Defaults (no param input) |
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| enum, or comma separated list | List of queryable metrics. See "Available Metrics" table below. | No default. See "Available Metrics" table below. |
| enum | The interval to break the result into: |
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| enum | Name of the metric |
| enum | Period for the metric query. Either |
| enum | Available values: |
| array[JSON] | Array of |
(potential field within values) | number | The actual numeric result for the metric query. Can either represent a total over the time range or a single day's value. |
(potential field within values) | JSON | A dictionary of breakdown to actual numeric result for that breakdown. Currently only represents a total over the time range. |
Values for metrics field | Supported period(s) | Supported time_range(s) | Description |
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| The number of people who saw this content at least once. Reach is different from impressions, which may include multiple views of your content by the same people. |
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| Reach: The de-duplicated number of people who saw this content at least once. Followers: % of followers that have reached this content. Non-followers: % of non-followers that have reached this content. |
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| The number of times this content was played or displayed for at least 1ms or the number of times the creator's photo or text was on screen. |
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| Views are displayed as a percentage-based breakdown of views by whether the account that saw the content is a follower or not. |
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| Views are displayed as a percentage-based breakdown of views by whether the viewer saw the creator's content organically or through ads. |
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| The number of clicks on this post. |
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| The number of reactions, comments, shares and saves on this post. |
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| The number of reactions on this post. |
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| Displayed as a percentage-based breakdown of reactions by whether the viewer saw the creator's content organically or through ads. |
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| The number of comments on this post. |
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| Displayed as a percentage-based breakdown of comments by whether the viewer saw the creator's content organically or through ads. |
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| The number of shares on this post. |
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| Displayed as a percentage-based breakdown of shares by whether the viewer saw the creator's content organically or through ads. |
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| The number of saves on this post. |
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| Displayed as a percentage-based breakdown of saves by whether the viewer saw the creator's content organically or through ads. |
Comments are included as a field (comments) within the Content endpoint above.
| Field | Data Type | Description |
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| string | ID of the comment. |
| string | Text associated by comment body text. Note: |
| url | url linking to specified comment on the post. Note: Only post format is supported currently while Reels url will link to the reel itself. |
| error_subcode | error_user_title | error_user_msg |
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| Could not load content | The provided content ID is invalid or you do not have permission to access it. Please ensure that the content is public. |
| Creator not invited | The creator has not been invited yet. |
| Ineligible creator | The creator does not meet the criteria to join this program. |
| Invalid time range value | The time range value is not supported. |
| Invalid min or max value | Invalid input range for {filter-key}. Please ensure both minimum and maximum values are non-negative and that the minimum value is less than or equal to the maximum value. |
| Content ID filter can't be used with other filter parameters | The |
| At least one filter is required | At least one filter is required for this query to search for valid results. |
| Invalid time range query | You can't use start/end date filters together with the time range filter. Please refer to documentation. |
| N/A | Data unavailable: Creator is not onboarded to Creator Marketplace insights sharing |
| Invalid metric type | One or more of the requested metrics are invalid. There may be a typo, or you are trying to request content metrics for the creator endpoint, or vice versa. |
| Invalid period type | The requested period type is not supported for one or more of the metric(s) |
| Invalid time range type | The requested time range type is not supported for one or more of the metric(s) |
| Invalid content type | The requested metrics have an unsupported content type. |
Get multiple metrics insights for a post
GET /creator_marketplace/content?content_id={content-id}&fields=insights.metrics(reach,views,comments_by_paid_organic)Get comments text for a post
GET creator_marketplace/content?content_id={content-id}&fields=comments.fields(comment_text)Get views by paid/organic breakdown for a post
GET /creator_marketplace/content?content_id={content-id}&fields=insights.metrics(views_by_paid_organic)Search for posts from specific creators, with a minimum reach, sorted by reactions, published in the last 7 days and filtered to photo posts only
GET creator_marketplace/content?creator_id={creator-id-1},{creator-id-2}&reach={min:500}&sort_by=reactions&time_range=L7&content_type=PHOTOSSearch for posts sorted by number of comments, published in the last 14 days and return the content url and caption
GET creator_marketplace/content?sort_by=comments&time_range=L14&fields=content_url,caption