MLA Citation Guide (MLA 9th Edition): Social Media

Last Name, First Name or Group Name. "Text of post." LinkedIn, Day Month Year of Post, URL.

Note: You can shorten long text by listing only the first few words followed by an ellipsis (...).

Example:

Statistics Canada. "Using data from the Canadian #Housing Statistics Program, our latest article shows that first-time home buyers in #BritishColumbia had higher incomes than repeat buyers..." LinkedIn, 22 Sept. 2021, www.linkedin.com/posts/statcan_housing-britishcolumbia-novascotia-activity-6846187529159380992-kbKh.

(Last Name or Group Name)

Example: 

(Statistics Canada)

Last Name, First Name or Group Name. "Profile Title" LinkedIn, Year, URL.

Example:

O'Brien, Conan. "Conan O'Brien." LinkedIn, 2021, www.linkedin.com/in/conanobrien.

(Last Name or Group Name)

Example: 

(O'Brien)

Instagram Account Name [@username]. Description of post. Instagram, Day Month Year of Post, URL.

Note: If the author's account name is similar to their username, you can exclude the [@username] element from the citation.

Examples:

Kaur, Rupi. Video of Rupi Kaur poem reading. Instagram, 30 Apr. 2021, www.instagram.com/p/COTCyVaADQe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art. Photo of 1999 NTT DOCOMO emojis and 2016 iOS emojis. Instagram, 17 Feb. 2021, www.instagram.com/p/CLaTInaB50k/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.

(Account Name)

Examples: 

(Kaur)

(MoMA The Museum of Modern Art)

TikTok Account Name [@username]. "Text of TikTok." TikTok, Day Month Year Posted, URL.

Notes:

• You can shorten long text by listing only the first few words followed by an ellipsis (...).
• If the author's account name is similar to their username, you can exclude the [@username] element from the citation.

Examples

Saturday Night Live [@nbcsnl]. "Ok but for real what is an NFT." TikTok, 29 Mar. 2021, https://www.tiktok.com/@nbcsnl/video/6945222679502785797.

Washington Post. "In its latest software updates, Apple is forcing apps to first ask before collecting personal information on your phone or tablet." TikTok, 30 Apr. 2021, https://www.tiktok.com/@washingtonpost/video/6956987818140830982.

(Account Name)

Examples

(Saturday Night Live)

(Washington Post)

X Account Name [@username]. "Text of Post." X, Day Month Year of Post, URL.

Notes:

• You can shorten a long Post by listing only the first few words followed by an ellipsis (...).
• If the author's account name is similar to their username, you can exclude the [@username] element from the citation.

Examples

Hubble. "#MayThe4thBeWithYou! Hubble captured this view of a celestial 'lightsaber' that’s called HH 24..." X, 4 May 2021, twitter.com/NASAHubble/status/1389581790868905991.

Lee, Min Jin [@minjinlee11]. "I will never be ashamed of being hated for my race. This shame belongs to the racist. It is not my shame."  X, 17 Mar. 2021, twitter.com/minjinlee11/status/1372038596463624192.

(X Account Name)

Examples

(Hubble)

(Lee)

Facebook Account Name [@username]. "Text of post or Title of Video." Facebook, Day Month Year of Post, URL.

Notes:

• You can shorten long text by listing only the first few words followed by an ellipsis (...).
• If the author's account name is similar to their username, you can exclude the [@username] element from the citation.
• If the post doesn't have a title, use the text of the post instead. You can shorten long text by listing only the first few words followed by an ellipsis (...).
• If the post doesn't have a title or any text, include a description of the post.

Examples

Cho, Seong-Jin. "The Unkown Mozart: World Premiere by Seong-Jin Cho." Facebook, 27 Jan. 2021, www.facebook.com/100044536921960/videos/828765901006444.

Internet Archive. "At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book..." Facebook, 6 Feb. 2021, www.facebook.com/internetnetarchive/videos/252387973129402/.

Olympics. Video of Celine Dion performing during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Facebook, 26 July 2024, www.facebook.com/URL.

(Last Name or Account Name)

Examples

(Cho)

(Internet Archive)

(Olympics)