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    <periodOfReport>2020-11-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>false</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001517375</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Sprout Social, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SPT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001791895</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Gilpin Jamie Cannon</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>131 SOUTH DEARBORN ST.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 700</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60603</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Marketing Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-11-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1278.00</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>43.71</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>109488.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares sold pursuant to an irrevocable election made in conformity with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 for the purpose of covering tax obligations upon settlement of restricted stock units issued under the Sprout Social, Inc. 2016 Incentive Award Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The total reported in Column 5 of Table I includes 54,375 reported RSUs which vest in 18 monthly installments beginning on November 16, 2020, and expire on April 16, 2025. Each RSU represents the contingent right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Heidi Jonas, Attorney-in-fact for Jamie C. Gilpin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-11-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
