# X User Followers API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/twitter/user-followers)

> Returns the accounts following a Twitter/X user. Each follower includes the username, display name, bio, avatar, follower and following counts, tweet count, account privacy flag, and join date; verification status is not available on this surface and returns null. Page size is set by the source, typically around 70 accounts. To go deeper, send `pagination.next_cursor` back as `cursor` and repeat until `pagination.has_more` is false; each page costs 1 credit.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/twitter/user/followers` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | yes | Twitter username without the @ symbol |
| `cursor` | no | Cursor from the previous response's pagination.next_cursor to fetch the next page |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/twitter/user/followers" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=News24" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### What does the X User Followers API return?

Returns the accounts following an X (Twitter) user, each with the handle, display name, bio, follower and tweet counts, privacy flag, and join date. The response uses the same JSON envelope as every SocialCrawl endpoint, with the data, credits_used and request_id fields.

### When should I use the X User Followers endpoint?

Use it to sample an account's audience. Page size is set by the source, around 70 accounts, and the cursor pages deeper; verification status is not readable here and returns null.

### How much does the X User Followers API cost?

Each call costs 1 credit, so the 100 free credits every new account gets cover 100 calls. Credits for failed or empty calls are refunded automatically, and there is no subscription.

### What parameters does the X User Followers API need?

The one required parameter is handle (twitter username without the @ symbol). It also accepts 4 optional parameters, all listed on this page.

### How do I call the X User Followers API?

Send a GET request to https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/twitter/user/followers?handle=News24 with your API key in the x-api-key header. An Authorization: Bearer header works too.

See the full X API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/twitter

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

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