# Search API always returns 0 followers

**URL:** <https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/search-api-always-returns-0-followers/8015>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [November 3, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/search-api-always-returns-0-followers/8015 "2016-11-03T10:24:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![josephcricket](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/josephcricket/32/4488_2.png) [@josephcricket](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/josephcricket)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/search-api-always-returns-0-followers/8015/1 "2016-11-03T10:24:40Z")

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I posted this on github but since nobody answered i’m guessing this would be a better place:

> <https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API/issues/633>

Since this last friday/saturday the search API has been returning 0 followers for every single one of the channel objects returned as a result of the search queries.

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**Author:** ![DallasNChains](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/dallasnchains/32/1608_2.png) [@DallasNChains](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DallasNChains)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/search-api-always-returns-0-followers/8015/2 "2016-11-03T13:32:32Z")

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Thanks for the heads up! I’ll let the team know and get back with you soon!

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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:** [December 3, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/search-api-always-returns-0-followers/8015/3 "2016-12-03T13:32:38Z")

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