About BotShark
Explainable analysis tools for journalists, researchers, and platform integrity teams.
Every report says what we looked at, what we couldn't see, and how sure we are.
Built by one person in Liverpool.
I built BotShark because every bot checker I tried gave me a number and no reasons. I wanted the posts. Every report here shows its working, says what it couldn't see, and can be disputed by the person it's about. — Stu
BotShark started from a simple frustration: bot and coordination analysis tools either hide their reasoning or chase engagement. We publish the signals, the rules, and the evidence — so you can decide what the pattern means. We test our own scoring the same way we'd want a skeptical reader to — against labelled real accounts, not assumptions — and revise it when the data disagrees with us.
We are independent and methodology-first. Reports are public by handle; the person scanned can dispute them. This is not a partisan scoring service.