The use of data science and urban analytics has become a defining feature of smart cities. This timely book is a clear guide to the use of social media data for urban analytics. The book presents the foundations of urban analytics with social media data, along with real world applications and insights on the platforms we use today. It looks at social media analytics platforms, cyberphysical data analytics platforms, crowd detection platforms, city as a platform and city as a sensor for platform urbanism. The title provides examples to illustrate how we apply and analyse social media data to determine disaster severity, assist authorities with pandemic policy and capture public perceptions on smart cities. This will be a useful reference for those involved with and researching social, data and urban analytics and informatics