How to cite a social media post in Turabian
A post from Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, or a similar network. Turabian author-date — Chicago adapted for students.
Quick answer
To cite a social media post in Turabian, include the author(s), year, title, and container or publisher details. A concrete example is below.
Example
Nosek, B.. "Today's key finding on reproducibility." Twitter (2024). https://twitter.com/BrianNosek/status/example
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What you need
For a social media post, Turabian expects these fields at minimum:
- Author (handle or display name)
- Full date
- Text of the post or description
- Platform name
- URL
Common mistakes
- Mixing bibliography formatting with in-text citation rules. Reference-list entries and in-text cites follow different patterns — use the style's official guide for both.
- Forgetting the DOI. When a DOI exists, most styles now require it (usually as a full https://doi.org/… URL).
- Inconsistent capitalization. APA uses sentence case for titles; MLA and Chicago use title case. Mixing them is the single most common style error.
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Last updated: 5 May 2026