# Twitter (X) Profile & Follower Scraper (`andok/twitter-follower-counter`) Actor Scrape Twitter follower counts, following stats, and bio information directly from public profiles for social media audits. - **URL**: https://apify.com/andok/twitter-follower-counter.md - **Developed by:** [Andok](https://apify.com/andok) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Developer tools - **Stats:** 57 total users, 10 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: 1.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 profile checks This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Twitter/X Follower Counter (Bulk) Track Twitter/X follower growth weekly for brands and creators without spinning up headless browsers. Whether you are benchmarking competitors or reporting on influencer reach, this actor returns follower counts, following counts, and profile bios for any list of handles in seconds. Lightweight HTML parsing keeps costs low and runs fast at scale. ### Features - **Bulk processing** — check hundreds of Twitter/X profiles in a single run - **No browser required** — parses public meta tags, so runs are fast and cheap - **Follower & following counts** — get both metrics for every profile - **Profile metadata** — returns username, full name, and bio text - **Scheduled monitoring** — pair with Apify schedules to track weekly growth - **Pay-per-event pricing** — you only pay for profiles successfully checked ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | `urls` | `array` | Yes | — | List of Twitter/X profile URLs to check (e.g. `https://x.com/elonmusk`) | | `timeoutSeconds` | `integer` | No | `15` | Maximum seconds to wait for each profile page to respond | #### Input Example ```json { "urls": [ "https://x.com/x", "https://x.com/elonmusk", "https://x.com/OpenAI" ] } ```` ### Output Each profile produces one dataset item containing the input URL, parsed username, display name, follower and following counts, and bio text. If a profile cannot be reached, the item includes an `error` field instead. #### Output Example ```json { "inputUrl": "https://x.com/OpenAI", "username": "OpenAI", "fullName": "OpenAI", "followerCount": "3.8M", "followingCount": "0", "bio": "Creating safe AGI that benefits all of humanity." } ``` ### Pricing | Event | Cost | |-------|------| | `Profile Check` | Pay per event on Apify platform | ### Use Cases - **Competitive benchmarking** — compare follower growth across rival brands on a weekly schedule - **Influencer vetting** — verify follower counts before signing sponsorship deals - **PR monitoring** — track how announcements or campaigns affect follower numbers - **CRM enrichment** — append Twitter audience size to lead and contact records - **Agency reporting** — pull follower snapshots into client dashboards automatically ### Related Actors | Actor | What it adds | |-------|-------------| | [Instagram Follower Counter](https://apify.com/andok/instagram-follower-counter) | Extend the same tracking to Instagram profiles | | [YouTube Subscriber Counter](https://apify.com/andok/youtube-subscriber-counter) | Add YouTube channel subscriber counts to your reports | | [TikTok Profile & Video Intelligence](https://apify.com/andok/tiktok-intelligence) | Scout TikTok creators with video-level engagement data | ### Notes - Twitter/X may return limited data for profiles behind login walls or geo-blocks. The actor does its best with publicly available meta tags. - Counts are returned as formatted strings (e.g. "3.8M") matching how Twitter displays them. # Actor input Schema ## `urls` (type: `array`): Twitter/X profile URLs to check. Supports both x.com and twitter.com formats (e.g. https://x.com/elonmusk). ## `usernames` (type: `array`): Twitter/X usernames to check (with or without @). Example: elonmusk or @elonmusk ## `timeoutSeconds` (type: `integer`): Maximum seconds to wait for each profile to respond. ## Actor input object example ```json { "urls": [ "https://x.com/x" ], "usernames": [], "timeoutSeconds": 15 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description ## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`): No description ## `run` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "urls": [ "https://x.com/x" ], "usernames": [] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("andok/twitter-follower-counter").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "urls": ["https://x.com/x"], "usernames": [], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("andok/twitter-follower-counter").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "urls": [ "https://x.com/x" ], "usernames": [] }' | apify call andok/twitter-follower-counter --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=andok/twitter-follower-counter", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Twitter (X) Profile & Follower Scraper", "description": "Scrape Twitter follower counts, following stats, and bio information directly from public profiles for social media audits.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "3gz50B1d6GLlkJtEI" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/andok~twitter-follower-counter/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-andok-twitter-follower-counter", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/andok~twitter-follower-counter/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-andok-twitter-follower-counter", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/andok~twitter-follower-counter/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-andok-twitter-follower-counter", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "urls": { "title": "Profile URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Twitter/X profile URLs to check. Supports both x.com and twitter.com formats (e.g. https://x.com/elonmusk).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "usernames": { "title": "Usernames", "type": "array", "description": "Twitter/X usernames to check (with or without @). Example: elonmusk or @elonmusk", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "timeoutSeconds": { "title": "Timeout (seconds)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 120, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum seconds to wait for each profile to respond.", "default": 15 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```