Add a social account to Hootsuite
Connecting your social accounts to Hootsuite helps you save time managing your social media. Instead of signing in to each social network individually, you can manage activity for all of them in one place.
Each Hootsuite plan type allows you to add a different number of social accounts (see Overview of Hootsuite plan types). If you reach your plan limit when adding social accounts, you must remove an account to make room for a new one.
Generally, everyone has one social profile per account when they sign up with a social network, like Twitter or Instagram. Facebook and LinkedIn are a bit different. With those social networks, you could have access to multiple account types, including your personal profile, as well as Pages or groups. Pages and groups are also considered account types in Hootsuite.
Supported account types
Hootsuite supports the following account types and counts each one toward your account limit:
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Tip: To integrate a social account not listed here, like WeChat or Sina Weibo, check to see if it’s available through the Hootsuite app directory.
For step-by-step instructions for connecting each type of account, see:
- Add a Facebook account
- Add an Instagram account
- Add a Twitter account
- Add a LinkedIn account
- Add a YouTube channel
- Add a Pinterest account
Important information for Impact customers
If you're using Hootsuite and Hootsuite Impact, you must add your social accounts to both. See Connect an organic or paid social account to Impact for detailed instructions.
Troubleshoot adding a social account
I can't add more accounts, even though my plan type supports more.
Team, Business, and Enterprise plan members, make sure you’re adding accounts to your Hootsuite organization, and not for your private use. If you’ve recently upgraded to a Business plan, your limit will be updated after you receive the first email from the Hootsuite customer success team.
The account I’m trying to add is currently owned by another user
A social media account can only connect to one Hootsuite account at a time. If the account you’re trying to add is already connected to another Hootsuite account, you'll be prompted to Take Ownership of the account.
- If the account is connected to Hootsuite for personal use, you can take ownership of it, which removes the account from that Hootsuite account and connects it to yours.
- If the account is connected to a Hootsuite organization, you cannot claim it. You’ll either see a message displaying the name of the organization that currently owns the account, or when you try to take ownership you’ll see the message, “You don’t have access to this social network”.
Team, Business, and Enterprise members of a Hootsuite organization - You should already have access to the social accounts in the organization and should not need to add them to your own Hootsuite account. For more information, see Overview of teams and organizations.