# Facebook Page Follower Count History: Daily Growth Log

**Use case:** 

Build a follower count history for Facebook pages. Each run saves the exact followers of every page; the next runs add the change since the last check, over 7 and 30 days and per day. Example: 10 sports and news pages. Put in your own or your competitors' pages and schedule it daily.

## Input

```json
{
  "pages": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/realmadrid",
    "https://www.facebook.com/fcbarcelona",
    "https://www.facebook.com/manchesterunited",
    "https://www.facebook.com/nba",
    "https://www.facebook.com/nfl",
    "https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews",
    "https://www.facebook.com/cnn",
    "https://www.facebook.com/nytimes",
    "https://www.facebook.com/natgeo",
    "https://www.facebook.com/NASA"
  ],
  "includeEngagement": false,
  "onlyChanges": false,
  "minChange": 1,
  "maxConcurrency": 10
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Page",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "followers": {
    "label": "Followers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousFollowers": {
    "label": "Followers before",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "followersChange": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "followersGrowthPct": {
    "label": "Growth %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "followersChange7d": {
    "label": "Change 7 days",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "followersChange30d": {
    "label": "Change 30 days",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "avgDailyGrowth": {
    "label": "Avg per day",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previousCheckAt": {
    "label": "Previous check",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "daysSincePreviousCheck": {
    "label": "Days since",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Facebook URL",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Facebook Follower Count Checker: Exact Count & Growth History Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Facebook Page Follower Count History: Daily Growth Log". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/JIPCdWmmfZcS42cby) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Facebook Page Follower Count History: Daily Growth Log" task

The Facebook Follower Count Checker: Exact Count & Growth History Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like 📘 facebook pages, 💬 add talking about, check-ins and category, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Facebook Page Follower Count History: Daily Growth Log" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as page, followers, followers before, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Facebook Page Follower Count History: Daily Growth Log" task via API](https://apify.com/s_actors/facebook-follower-count-checker.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Facebook Follower Count Checker: Exact Count & Growth History](https://apify.com/s_actors/facebook-follower-count-checker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/s_actors/facebook-follower-count-checker.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/s_actors/facebook-follower-count-checker.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).