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Facebook Followers & Following Scraper 👥📊📘

The Facebook Followers & Following Scraper is a powerful and scalable Apify Actor designed to extract structured followers and following data directly from Facebook profiles and pages.

It enables audience analysis, influencer research, competitor monitoring, lead generation, social media intelligence, community tracking, automation workflows, and structured follower dataset generation from Facebook.

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🎯 What This Scraper Does

Simply provide one or more Facebook profile URLs and the scraper handles everything automatically.

✅ Extracts Facebook followers or following lists

✅ Supports bulk profile URL scraping

✅ Works with profiles and pages

✅ Handles authentication-required pages

✅ Automatically processes followers/following lists

✅ Applies maxItemsPerUrl limits

✅ Extracts profile metadata and public details

✅ Captures profile images and profile URLs

✅ Collects gender and location information when available

✅ Generates clean and structured datasets

✅ Ready for analytics and lead generation workflows

✅ Export-ready output format

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📊 Data Extracted

👤 Followers / Following Information

Field	Description
🆔 id	Facebook profile identifier
👤 name	Profile full name
🖼️ image_uri	Profile image URL
🌐 profile_url	Facebook profile URL
📍 subtitle_text	Profile location or subtitle
🚻 gender	Gender information
🤝 friendship_status	Friendship status
✂️ short_name	Short profile name

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🛠 How to Use

1️⃣ Configure Input

Provide one or multiple Facebook profile URLs:

{
  "bulk_urls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/successwithluke",
    "https://www.facebook.com/darinstevenson"
  ],
  "max_items_per_url": 50,
  "types": "Followers 👥"
}

2️⃣ Run the Actor

• Loads Facebook profile pages • Processes followers or following lists automatically • Extracts structured profile information • Collects metadata and profile URLs • Applies maxItemsPerUrl limits • Stops automatically when limits are reached

3️⃣ Export the Dataset

Download your results in multiple formats:

✅ JSON ✅ CSV ✅ Excel ✅ XML ✅ HTML

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⚙️ Input Configuration

📥 Input Example

{
  "bulk_urls": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/successwithluke"
  ],
  "max_items_per_url": 50,
  "types": "Followers 👥"
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Description
bulk_urls	array	List of Facebook profile/page URLs
max_items_per_url	integer	Maximum number of followers/following to collect per profile
types	string	Choose Followers or Following

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📤 Output Example

{
  "id": "YXBwX2l0ZW06MTAwMDAzNTAwODY1ODgyOjIzNTYzMTgzNDk6MzM6OjEwMDAxMDcwNDA0NjAwOQ==",
  "name": "Alex Proyas",
  "image_uri": "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/profile.jpg",
  "profile_url": "https://www.facebook.com/RealAlexProyas",
  "subtitle_text": "Sydney, Australia",
  "gender": "MALE",
  "friendship_status": "CAN_REQUEST",
  "short_name": "Alex"
}

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📊 Output Explanation

Use Case	Description
📈 Audience Analysis	Analyze followers and communities
🏁 Competitor Monitoring	Monitor competitor audiences
💼 Lead Generation	Build targeted prospect lists
🤝 Influencer Research	Analyze influencer communities
📊 Social Media Intelligence	Study audience behavior and engagement
🤖 Automation Pipelines	Feed follower datasets into workflows

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🌍 Why Use This Scraper?

📊 Scrape followers and following lists at scale

👥 Analyze audience demographics and engagement

🏁 Monitor competitors and influencers

⚡ Fast and automated extraction

🤖 Automation-ready structured output

📦 Bulk profile scraping support

🔒 Works even with authentication-required pages

🧠 Ideal for marketers, agencies, analysts, and researchers

🚀 Scalable for both small and enterprise workloads

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❓ FAQ

How does this scraper work?

The scraper loads Facebook profile pages and extracts structured followers or following information including names, profile URLs, profile images, locations, and additional metadata.

Can I scrape multiple profiles in one run?

Yes. You can provide multiple Facebook profile URLs inside the bulk_urls array.

Can I scrape both followers and following?

Yes. Use the types field to select either Followers 👥 or Following 👥.

Does the scraper require authentication?

Yes. Facebook authentication credentials are required to access certain follower/following pages.

Does the scraper support Facebook pages?

Yes. Both Facebook profiles and pages are supported.

What export formats are supported?

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and HTML.

Is the data collected live?

Yes. Data is extracted directly from Facebook during every run.

Can I use the extracted data commercially?

Yes. The extracted data can be used for analytics, research, lead generation, automation, and commercial workflows.

What happens if the scraper fails?

The Actor includes retry mechanisms and automated error handling to improve reliability.

How long does a run take?

Most runs complete within minutes depending on the number of profiles and requested results.

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🚀 How to Use

1️⃣ Sign up — Create a free Apify account

2️⃣ Find the tool — Search for "Facebook Followers & Following Scraper" in the Apify Store

3️⃣ Configure URLs — Add one or multiple Facebook profile URLs

4️⃣ Run it — Start the Actor and wait for extraction

5️⃣ Export data — Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is an independent solution and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Facebook or Meta Platforms, Inc.

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💸 Pricing

This scraper runs on a pay-per-result pricing model.

You only pay for successfully extracted records.

💳 Price: $2.89 / 1,000 results

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