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Stay up to date with the latest changes to the Upriver API.

February 2026

February 2, 2026

Creator API: Bio Enrichment

Creator profiles now include biographical summaries. Use include=bio to get a concise summary of the creator’s background and content focus.
GET /v1/creators?url=https://youtube.com/@MrBeast&include=bio

January 2026

January 31, 2026

Creator API: Enhanced Profile Data

Creator API responses now include enriched profile metadata and primary publication identifiers for better creator identification and categorization.
January 31, 2026
Better video relevance scoring for more accurate trend recommendations.
January 30, 2026

API Performance Improvements

  • 3x speed improvement to the /v1/audience_dimensions endpoint
  • Faster response times for /v1/trends/broad endpoint
  • Improved YouTube channel resolution performance
January 28, 2026

Creator API: Duplicate Profiles

Fixed an issue where the same YouTube channel could appear multiple times in search results.
January 26, 2026

Breakout Topics: Multi-Label Classification

Topics can now be tagged with multiple labels simultaneously, enabling more nuanced topic categorization and filtering.
January 22, 2026

Breakout Topics: Relevance and Momentum Tracking

Renamed dynamic_score to relevance_score for clarity. Added trend object to topic responses showing momentum indicators like velocity and acceleration for better understanding of topic trajectory.
January 22, 2026

Breakout Topics: Enhanced Signal Quality

  • Improved Reddit signal filtering to exclude routine discussion threads
  • Added engagement scores to topic responses for better signal assessment
  • Expanded sports coverage in topic monitoring
January 22, 2026

Breakout Topics: Volume-Aware Momentum

Topic momentum scoring now adapts to conversation volume, providing more accurate trending signals across topics of different scales.
January 21, 2026

Creator API: Labels and Tags

Added labels field to Creator API responses with stable category classifications. Labels use the same taxonomy as media_categories for consistent categorization across the platform. The existing tags field continues to provide flexible, free-form tagging.
January 21, 2026

Breakout Topics: Improved Scoring

Better topic scoring with improved decay functions that adapt to the nature and popularity of each topic.
January 20, 2026

Breakout Topics: Citations

Added include_citations parameter to the breakout topics endpoint. When enabled, returns source URLs for each detected topic.
January 20, 2026

Breakout Topics: Quality Improvements

  • More accurate topic deduplication
  • More accurate citation attribution
  • Added engagement scoring for better signal quality
January 20, 2026

Brand Research API

Brand research endpoints consolidated to the v1 API path.
January 18, 2026

Creator API: Performance

Major API performance improvements, especially for creators not previously tracked in our database.
January 15, 2026

Breakout Topics API

New API for discovering emerging trending topics across news and social media.
January 10, 2026

Audience Dimensions API

New /v1/audience_dimensions endpoint for structured audience profiling.
January 8, 2026

Creator Batch Endpoint

New /v1/creators/batch endpoint for bulk creator lookups.
January 5, 2026

Creator API: GET Endpoint

New GET /v1/creators endpoint for simplified creator lookups.
January 4, 2026

Creator API: Engagement Metrics

Creator responses now include engagement metrics such as average views, likes, and comments across platforms. Metrics are computed from recent content and cached for performance.
January 3, 2026

Creator API: Categories

Creator search results now include media categories and taxonomy classification.

December 2025

December 10, 2025
New trend search endpoint for finding relevant TikTok trends by keyword.
December 9, 2025

Sponsors Search API

New /v1/sponsors/search and /v1/sponsorships/search endpoints. Search by brand URL for sponsorship data.
December 4, 2025

Per-Result Pricing

Flexible per-result billing for products, sponsors, and trends endpoints.
December 3, 2025
Added playback_url for audio trend samples.

November 2025

November 20, 2025

Product Research API

Improved product deduplication and filtering. Brand name search support for sponsors.
November 19, 2025
Parallel search mode using multiple data providers. Response caching for faster lookups.
November 9, 2025

Products API: Pagination

Added cursor-based pagination for products endpoint. Improved product result ranking.
November 6, 2025

Categories Search API

New /v1/categories/search endpoint to explore media categories.
November 5, 2025
New /v1/trends/match endpoint to find relevant TikTok trends for brands.
November 4, 2025

Creator Search API

New /v1/creators/search endpoint to discover creators. Cross-platform profile resolution for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Twitch. Includes subscriber counts and profile metadata.
November 4, 2025

Brand Research API

New /v1/brand/research endpoint for comprehensive brand intelligence. Returns brand overview, target audience, and positioning.

October 2025

October 27, 2025

Audience Insights v2: Personas

New /v2/audience_insights endpoint with improved persona generation. Includes personality traits and behavioral insights. Separate citations endpoint for source attribution.
October 20, 2025

Sponsors API: Enhanced Data

Added brand domain and LinkedIn URL to sponsor responses.
October 15, 2025

Sponsors API: Categories

Filter sponsorships by media categories.
October 8, 2025

Categories API

New /v1/categories endpoint to browse the media category taxonomy.
October 7, 2025

Sponsors API: Performance

Major performance improvements for sponsor and sponsorship lookups.
October 2, 2025
Enhanced trend scoring with engagement metrics. Audio and video quality scoring.

September 2025

September 26, 2025

Products API

New /v1/brand/products endpoint to discover products from brand websites.
September 19, 2025
New /v1/trends/broad endpoint for discovering trending TikTok content. Audio and video trend samples with usage instructions. Pagination support.
September 4, 2025
New /v1/sponsors endpoint to discover brands sponsoring content. New /v1/sponsorships endpoint for detailed sponsorship data. Industry and URL-based filtering.
September 3, 2025

Audience Insights: Citations

Added citation finding capability with source URLs. Enhanced creative guidance with citations.
September 1, 2025

Audience Insights: Schema Improvements

Simplified response schema with cleaner field naming. Updated personality and psychology field structures.