LinkedIn Following Export

LinkedIn Following Export extracts the profiles followed by the authenticated LinkedIn account. It returns structured records for followed accounts, including profile URLs, identifiers, names, profile images, headlines, job titles, and follower counts, which makes it useful for network analysis, audience mapping, and enrichment workflows.

Built on the Apify platform, this Actor supports scheduling, webhooks, and dataset exports.

Use cases

• Export the accounts a LinkedIn user follows for network analysis
• Build structured datasets of followed profiles for enrichment or CRM workflows
• Review followed accounts for audience research, creator analysis, or prospecting
• Run repeated following exports and compare changes over time

How to use LinkedIn Following Export

1. Open the Actor on Apify
2. Enter the extraction limit and authenticated LinkedIn session fields
3. Start the run
4. Review the dataset output for followed-profile records

Input

This Actor accepts the fields required to export followed profiles through an authenticated LinkedIn session.

Proxy object

Use the proxy object to define how requests should be routed. Common fields are:

• ip - Proxy host or endpoint URL
• port - Proxy port
• username - Proxy username
• password - Proxy password

Example input

{
  "maxCountLiFollowerExport": 10,
  "connectedAccountId": "example_connected_account_id",
  "profileId": "example-profile-id",
  "li_at": "example_li_at",
  "JSESSIONID": "ajax:example",
  "bcookie": "example_bcookie",
  "liap": "true",
  "li_theme_set": "app",
  "li_theme": "light",
  "timezone": "Asia/Calcutta",
  "bscookie": "example_bscookie",
  "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "timezoneOffset": "5.5",
  "csrf-token": "example_csrf-token",
  "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...",
  "x-li-track": "{\"clientVersion\":\"1.13.455\"}",
  "x-li-lang": "en_US",
  "X-Restli-Protocol-Version": "2.0.0",
  "txSmSelfProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-self/",
  "proxy": {
    "ip": "http://proxy.example.com",
    "port": "1080",
    "username": "example_username",
    "password": "example_password"
  }
}

Output

The Actor writes the action result to the default dataset.

Example output

{
  "success": true,
  "response": [
    {
      "inputMaxCountLiFollowerExport": "5",
      "totalResultCount": 3,
      "fullName": "Rakshanda Kumawat",
      "firstName": "Rakshanda",
      "lastName": "Kumawat",
      "liProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAADZTLPwByBEikpxHin1R4UFNOShT4x7oinY?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAADZTLPwByBEikpxHin1R4UFNOShT4x7oinY",
      "liProfileId": "ACoAADZTLPwByBEikpxHin1R4UFNOShT4x7oinY",
      "liMemberUrn": "911420668",
      "profileImageUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D03AQHylmaFWFlLXQ/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1686835274896",
      "headline": "Senior Human Resource Executive",
      "jobTitle": "Senior Human Resource Executive",
      "following": true,
      "followersCount": 21198,
      "timestamp": "2026-06-30T07:13:01.417Z"
    },
    {
      "inputMaxCountLiFollowerExport": "5",
      "totalResultCount": 3,
      "fullName": "Anubhav Singh",
      "firstName": "Anubhav",
      "lastName": "Singh",
      "liProfileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAACeXACgBnBOA4a3SZc1nwsk3-eAWUtM938U?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAACeXACgBnBOA4a3SZc1nwsk3-eAWUtM938U",
      "liProfileId": "ACoAACeXACgBnBOA4a3SZc1nwsk3-eAWUtM938U",
      "liMemberUrn": "664207400",
      "profileImageUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D03AQELYUp1eP1w3w/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1701001443243",
      "headline": "DM for referral, Salesforce Developer @Akamai || 5x Certified | LWC | Apex | Integration",
      "jobTitle": "DM for referral, Salesforce Developer @Akamai || 5x Certified | LWC | Apex | Integration",
      "following": true,
      "followersCount": 15959,
      "timestamp": "2026-06-30T07:13:01.418Z"
    }
  ]
}

Pricing / Cost estimation

$0.0017 per 50 result items.

Support

If you need adjustments for your workflow, use the Actor Issues tab or your internal support channel.