Threads Insights connection guide

Supermetrics Support Site Team

Modified on: Thu, 9 Jan, 2025 at 3:48 PM

This guide contains all permissions and requirements for connecting your Threads Insights data to Supermetrics.

You can connect to data sources from the Data sources page on the Supermetrics Hub. On the Hub, you can also share an authentication link to connect to a data source you don't have direct access to.

After you connect to the data source on the Hub, you can use the data source connection in all available destinations.

Required permissions

To connect your Threads data to Supermetrics, you need to log in with your Instagram account and allow Supermetrics access to your Threads data.

Supermetrics requires 2 types of access:

Access and display your Threads information and posts (Required)
This access is necessary to fetch data for the Profile engagement and Profile followers query types.
Manage insights of posts on Threads (Optional)
This access is required to fetch data for the Post query type.

Query types define what sort of metrics and dimensions are available. You need to select one of the following query types when pulling data:

When connecting to Threads Insights, you need to log in to Instagram and select the accounts to use when prompted.

Select the Threads Insights data source on the Supermetrics Hub or in the data destination.
If prompted, choose to make this connection shared or private.
Click Start.
Click Continue with Instagram.
Log in with your Instagram account. If you’re currently logged in to Threads in the same browser, that account will be used to log in to Threads Insights. To use another account, visit Threads and log out before clicking Start.
Allow Supermetrics to access your data as requested, and click Continue as.
In your data destination, select the account and query type to use.

You can also connect to Threads Insights from these destinations: