Open Data

Programmatic access to AI Companion Picker's community-pulse dataset. CSV bulk downloads, JSON API, CC BY 4.0 licensed. Built for programmers, analysts, and partners building on top of the data.

This page is the technical raw-access layer. If you’re a journalist or researcher looking for a citation-ready summary, see /research/ instead. For methodology, sample sizes, classifier prompts, and confidence rules, see /about/methodology/ (currently v1.1).

Coverage and framing

This is an early-period descriptive snapshot of an ongoing cross-platform AI companion observability time series. Coverage to date represents the first months of an ongoing time series; longitudinal trend claims will be appropriate when 12+ months of data accumulate (≥ Q1 2027). Until then, month-over-month changes are preliminary, not established patterns.

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

CC BY 4.0

All public datasets, CSV downloads, and API responses on this site are licensed under CC BY 4.0. You can copy, redistribute, and remix the data — including for commercial use — as long as you attribute the source.

Required Attribution

When using this data, include all three of the following:

  • 1. A link back to aicompanionpicker.com (dofollow, not iframe-wrapped)
  • 2. The methodology version cited (currently v1.1)
  • 3. A “data as of [date]” reference matching the dated snapshot you used (not the moving “latest” alias)

See the citation formats on /research/ for ready-to-paste snippets in HTML, Markdown, and BibTeX.

Full license terms, plain-English summary, and acceptable/unacceptable use examples: /data/license/.

Datasets · CSV Downloads

Live

Per-platform bulk CSV downloads of the full community-pulse dataset. CC BY 4.0 licensed. Header rows include source attribution, license URL, methodology version, and a dated “data as of” row so the file remains self-describing when shared offline.

URL convention

# Full history (moving alias — refreshed bi-weekly)
https://aicompanionpicker.com/data/community-pulse/[platform].csv

# Dated snapshot (immutable; cite this for stories and papers)
https://aicompanionpicker.com/data/community-pulse/[platform]/[YYYY-MM].csv

# Platform metadata (single row per platform; static editor scores)
https://aicompanionpicker.com/data/community-pulse/platform-metadata.csv

Companion file

platform-metadata.csv editor scores + review URLs →

Per-platform time series

API

Live

Public read-only JSON endpoints. No API key required — rate-limited by IP via Cloudflare CDN caching (1-hour edge cache). Every response carries _methodology_url and _methodology_version fields so consumers can lock to a specific methodology revision.

Endpoints

GET /api/community-pulse/all-platforms.json     # combined index
GET /api/community-pulse/[platform].json        # per-platform full history
GET /api/community-pulse/[platform]/[YYYY-MM].json   # period-specific snapshot

Full reference, example responses, code samples (curl / Python / JS), and citation formats are at /api/docs/.

Methodology & Context

Methodology

v1.1

Data sources, classifier prompt, sample sizes, confidence-threshold rules, exclusion logic. Versioned with full change log.

Research Hub

Live

Citation-ready summary, key findings, named editor, copy-paste citation snippets. The journalist front door.

Hitting an issue with the data, finding a discrepancy, or building something interesting on top? Email nolan@aicompanionpicker.com.