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Member Follower Statistics

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The memberFollowersCount API retrieves lifetime follower statistics for the current member.

The memberFollowersCount API retrieves both lifetime and time-bound follower statistics for the authenticated member.

  • Lifetime follower statistics: To retrieve lifetime follower statistics, use the me finder. The API returns lifetime follower counts.

  • Time-bound follower statistics: To retrieve time-bound follower statistics, use the dateRange finder. The API returns the daily followers count within the specified dateRange.

Permissions

Permission Description
r_member_profileAnalytics Retrieve your profile analytics, including the number of profile viewers, followers, and search appearances. Restricted to members.

Retrieve Lifetime Follower Statistics

Call memberFollowersCount with me query parameter to retrieve lifetime follower statistics.

Sample Request

To fetch lifetime follower statistics for a member.

Restli 2.0:

GET https://api.linkedin.com/rest/memberFollowersCount?q=me

Sample Response

{
    "elements": [
        {
            "memberFollowersCount": 100
        }
    ],
    "paging": {
        "count": 10,
        "start": 0,
        "total": 1,
        "links": []
    }
}

Retrieve Time-bound Follower Statistics

Call memberFollowersCount with dateRange query parameter to retrieve time-bound follower statistics aggregated on daily basis.

Parameters

Field Description Format Required
dateRange Time restriction for the query. When omitted, the lifetime member follower count will be returned on a daily basis. object No
dateRange.start Inclusive starting date for the query (in year, month, day format). object No
dateRange.start.year Inclusive starting year for the query. object Yes, if dateRange.start is present.
dateRange.start.month Inclusive starting month for the query. object Yes, if dateRange.start is present.
dateRange.start.day Inclusive starting day for the query. object Yes, if dateRange.start is present.
dateRange.end Exclusive ending date for the query (in year, month, day format). Queries until the current date when not set. object No
dateRange.end.year Exclusive ending year for the query. object Yes, if dateRange.start is present.
dateRange.end.month Exclusive ending month for the query. object Yes, if dateRange.start is present.
dateRange.end.day Exclusive ending day for the query. object Yes, if dateRange.start is present.

Sample Request

To fetch time-bound follower statistics for a member from 2024/05/04 to 2024/05/06.

Restli 2.0:

GET https://api.linkedin.com/rest/memberFollowersCount?q=dateRange&dateRange=(start:(year:2024,month:5,day:4),end:(year:2024,month:5,day:6))

Sample Response

{
    "elements": [
        {
            "memberFollowersCount": 2,
            "dateRange": {
                "start": {
                    "month": 5,
                    "year": 2024,
                    "day": 4
                },
                "end": {
                    "month": 5,
                    "year": 2024,
                    "day": 5
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "memberFollowersCount": 4,
            "dateRange": {
                "start": {
                    "month": 5,
                    "year": 2024,
                    "day": 5
                },
                "end": {
                    "month": 5,
                    "year": 2024,
                    "day": 6
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "paging": {
        "start": 0,
        "count": 10,
        "links": [],
        "total": 2
    }
}

API Error Details

HTTP STATUS CODE ERROR MESSAGE ERROR DESCRIPTION RESOLUTION
500 Internal server error. Intermittent LinkedIn server error. Please try again.
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