# Get Follower count

**URL:** <https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-follower-count/44164>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [March 13, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-follower-count/44164 "2023-03-13T21:10:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![NothingTV](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/nothingtv/32/23302_2.png) [@NothingTV](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/NothingTV)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-follower-count/44164/1 "2023-03-13T21:10:29Z")

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Hi,

I saw several question posts about how to get followers and they all rely on “Get Channel Followers” but this endpoint isn’t available for new users anymore. Is there an alternative to get only the follower count?

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**Author:** ![Dist](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/dist/32/7192_2.png) [@Dist](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Dist)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-follower-count/44164/3 "2023-03-13T21:16:44Z")

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Get Channel Followers is the new endpoint, [https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/#get-channel-followers](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/#get-channel-followers), that’s not deprecated.  
You do NOT need a scope for this endpoint if all you need is the total follower count, the `moderator:read:followers` scope is only needed if you want the list of actual users.

The deprecated endpoint is Get User Follows [https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/#get-users-follows](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/reference/#get-users-follows)

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**Author:** ![NothingTV](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/nothingtv/32/23302_2.png) [@NothingTV](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/NothingTV)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-follower-count/44164/4 "2023-03-13T21:49:09Z")

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Thank you very much! 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2spem0quai2ol.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/get-follower-count/44164/5 "2023-04-12T21:49:26Z")

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