Key takeaways
- LinkedIn's current LinkedIn-Version header value is 202609 (September 2026) — confirmed on a LinkedIn documentation page updated just one week before this check, the freshest and most cleanly confirmed fact in this whole survey.
- Meta's Graph API v26.0 is current as of July 2026; v20.0 sunsets around September 24, 2026 — essentially the day after this page's own check date.
- Bluesky's AT Protocol has no numbered REST-style versioning at all — methods are identified by a reverse-DNS namespaced identifier (NSID), and a breaking change requires minting an entirely new NSID rather than incrementing a version number.
- X's v1.1 media-upload endpoints were formally announced for deprecation, with the original deadline extended at least twice per forum posts — whether the v1.1 host is still reachable today could not be confirmed via a direct primary-source fetch in this research.
Instagram graph API version: meta, LinkedIn, and YouTube
Meta's Graph API v26.0 is current, introduced July 29, 2026; versions are supported for a minimum of roughly 2 years, with sunset pegged to the successor version's release, and multiple versions run concurrently. v20.0 sunsets around September 24, 2026. No distinct Threads-specific version number could be confirmed — it likely rides on Graph API's own versioning, but this is not explicitly stated anywhere in Meta's documentation, so do not print a specific Threads version number as fact.
LinkedIn's LinkedIn-Version header is currently 202609 (September 2026), confirmed on a documentation page updated just one week before this page's check date — LinkedIn revises this monthly and supports each value for a minimum of one year. YouTube Data API v3 remains current and actively revised (confirmed revision-history entries as recently as September 2026); no v4 has been announced and no v3 sunset notice exists.
X, Pinterest, and TikTok
X's v2 is the current organic-posting API. Its v1.1 media-upload endpoints were formally announced for deprecation, with the original mid-2025 deadline extended at least twice per forum posts; secondary sources claim the v1.1 host was still reachable as of around August 2026 with no fixed final sunset date, but this specific "still works" claim could not be confirmed via a direct primary-source fetch and should be re-verified before relying on it.
Pinterest's v5 is the sole current, supported API version. v3 is confirmed deprecated (cutover began mid-2023). v4's exact sunset date could not be found, and Pinterest's migration-guide page returned a 404 on direct fetch — possibly retired once earlier versions fully sunset, but don't assume that permanently without re-checking. TikTok's Content Posting API endpoints are versioned under /v2/; no v3 or any deprecation-of-v2 notice was found, though this evidence is weaker — it is inferred from the endpoint path rather than an explicit "current version" statement, since TikTok does not appear to publish a changelog/sunset page equivalent to Google's or Meta's.
Bluesky and Telegram: the two platforms that version differently
Bluesky's AT Protocol has no numbered REST-style versioning at all. Methods are identified by a reverse-DNS namespaced identifier (NSID, e.g. app.bsky.feed.post) rather than a version segment in the URL. A breaking change requires minting an entirely new NSID — the old one stays frozen and functioning, and existing schemas may only be extended additively, never modified in place. This is architecturally distinct from every other platform surveyed here and should be stated plainly, not treated as an odd exception to the conventional model.
Telegram's most recently confirmed-dated Bot API release is 10.2 (July 14, 2026); evidence of a further 10.3 release exists via third-party client-library tracking, but its exact date could not be confirmed from a primary source. Telegram ships updates roughly every 1-3 months and has never been observed to formally sunset a prior Bot API version — old fields are kept and marked deprecated rather than removed, a strictly additive, backward-compatible model.
FAQ
- What is LinkedIn's current API version as of this page's check date?
- 202609 (September 2026), passed via the required LinkedIn-Version header — LinkedIn revises this value monthly and supports each one for a minimum of one year before it sunsets.
- Does Bluesky's AT Protocol use numbered API versions like v1, v2, v3?
- No — it has no numbered REST-style versioning at all. Methods are identified by a namespaced identifier (NSID) instead, and a breaking change requires creating an entirely new NSID rather than incrementing a version number.
- When does Meta Graph API v20.0 sunset?
- Around September 24, 2026, per Meta's own versioning guide — essentially immediately after this page's own 2026-09-23 check date, so v20.0 should be treated as effectively already retired.
- Is X's v1.1 media-upload API still usable?
- It was formally announced for deprecation with its deadline extended at least twice, and some sources report it was still reachable as of mid-2026 — but this specific claim could not be confirmed via a direct primary-source fetch in this research, so it should be re-verified before being relied upon.
- Has TikTok's Content Posting API moved to a v3?
- No evidence of a v3 or a deprecation notice for v2 was found — TikTok's endpoints remain versioned under /v2/, though TikTok does not appear to publish a dedicated changelog page confirming this as explicitly as Google or Meta do for their own APIs.
- Does Telegram's Bot API ever remove old fields?
- No confirmed instance was found — Telegram's updates are strictly additive and backward-compatible, with old fields kept and marked deprecated rather than removed outright.