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I want to view the list of followers of other accounts and also be able to search/ sort it

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If you need to actually search or sort someone else’s followers at scale, the compliant way is to use X (formerly Twitter) API data and then filter locally. Workflow: look up the account’s user ID, request its followers with useful user fields (for example, public_metrics and created_at), paginate through the full set, and load the JSON into a spreadsheet or database for sorting/filtering. Access to follower lookup depends on your API tier, so check current access and rate limits on the X Developer site. You will not be able to retrieve followers for protected accounts you are not approved to follow, or if you are blocked by the account.

Example using API v2:

# 1) Get the user ID
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/by/username/USERNAME"

# 2) Get followers with useful fields (paginate with pagination_token)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://api.twitter.com/2/users/USER_ID/followers?user.fields=public_metrics,created_at"

After export, you can sort by followers_count, following_count, tweet_count, or created_at. To estimate recent activity, fetch each follower’s most recent tweets via GET /2/users/:id/tweets (be mindful of rate limits). Docs: user lookup and followers endpoints (users/by, followers), user object fields (data dictionary), tweets endpoint (users/:id/tweets), and API access/pricing (overview). Avoid scraping that violates platform rules (automation policy).

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Member Avatar for Rajat_13

You can view the list of followers of any public Twitter account from Twitter app/ website only.

Its really simple visit their profile and click on the follower's tab, the list of followers will be displayed.

But you won't be able to sort or search in those followers lists and Twitter doesn’t give this option.

I use FollowerAudit for that. All you have to do is run a followers audit of your account a list will be displayed of all the followers in which you can search and sort the followers based on the total number of followers, total number of following, total number of tweets, and last active date.

Hope you find this answer helpful.

Member Avatar for nextsmm

You can find the account you want to search Twitter followers using the Twitter search bar, and go to their profile. Click the following option to search who someone follows on Twitter oir click followers to search for someone's Twitter followers. Then, scroll down through the lists to find the specific accounts.

Member Avatar for bijutoha

Using the Twitter search box, locate the account you wish to look for Twitter followers and go to their profile. - To see who someone on Twitter follows, choose the Following option from the drop-down menu. Alternatively, you may click Followers to search for someone's Twitter followers. - Scroll through the listings until you discover the precise accounts you're looking for.

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Member Avatar for bessieexum

Find the account you want to search Twitter followers using the Twitter search bar and go to their profile. - Click the "Following" option to search who someone follows on Twitter. - Or click "Followers" to search for someone's Twitter followers. - Then, scroll down through the lists to find the specific accounts.

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