I know this question has been asked a few times here and there, but I haven’t been able to find a confirmed answer or working solution, so I thought I’d gently ask again in case something new has come up.
I’m looking for a way to retrieve the number of followers for a Facebook Business Page not the total Page Likes or Fans. Just the raw count of Followers.
To clarify, I’m not seeking any insights or details about the followers themselves just the follower count. Ideally, I’d love to integrate this into a scenario.
Has anyone managed to do this? Or could point me in the right direction?
Thanks so much for your help!
I looked into this before, and from what I found, the Graph API only gives access to page likes (fans), not followers, which seems like a weird limitation.
Totally get why you’re asking — Facebook doesn’t make it easy to pull the followers count separately, even though it’s such a key metric now. I haven’t seen a direct API call that gives just that number, but I’ve seen people use scraping tools or third-party platforms that track social stats. Not perfect, but might work for automation.
Kind of like how some creators buy YouTube subscribers just to get that initial momentum — it’s all about visibility, and follower counts definitely help with that perception. If I come across a cleaner method for Facebook, I’ll drop it here.