I Built a Tariff Impact Tracker That Shows What the Internet Actually Thinks

Tariffs are dominating the news cycle right now. But the headlines only tell you what journalists think. What does the actual internet think?

I built a quick tracker that pulls real-time social data on tariffs -- volume, sentiment, top posts, which platforms are driving the conversation -- using

What we're building

A simple Node.js script that:

• Tracks social volume and sentiment for any keyword (tariffs, trade war, specific companies)


• Compares how different platforms feel about the same topic


• Finds the most viral posts driving the conversation


• Runs on a cron to alert you when sentiment shifts

Setup (2 minutes)

mkdir tariff-tracker && cd tariff-tracker

npm init -y

Grab an API key at

I'm building a bunch of small projects like this. Follow along if you're into this kind of thing.