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Information You Need

To write a citation for social media you will need the following pieces of information:

  • Author
  • Year, month, day
  • Title
  • URL

Social Media Formats

APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition - Blog post references are covered in Section 10.1

APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition - Facebook references are covered in Section 10.15

APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition - Instagram references are covered in Section 10.15

APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition - LinkedIn references follow the template for social media references in Section 10.15

APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition - Online forum references are covered in Section 10.15

Example of online forum: Reddit

APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition - TikTok references follow the template for social media references in Section 10.15

APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition - Twitter references are covered in Section 10.15