# LinkedIn Followers API (linkedin.followers)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/linkedin-api/followers
- Endpoint: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with {"platform": "linkedin", "action": "followers", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000556 per call ($0.56 per 1,000 requests); failed calls and empty results are not charged
- Returns: single object
- Mode: sync; add "mode": "async" for slow tasks

LinkedIn Followers reads the audience numbers of one LinkedIn account: follower count, accounts followed, post count, likes and connection count, given the account path in `username`, such as company/openai for a company page. It returns counts only, never the list of followers. Social media managers, B2B marketers and analysts use it to benchmark company pages against competitors and, called on a schedule, to chart how fast an account's audience grows.

Each number reflects the moment of the call, so store the values with a date if you want a trend. A null count means LinkedIn does not disclose that number, which is not the same as zero. `connection_count` measures the account's network of connections, a different audience from its followers, and some counts are shown only approximately, which `precision` flags.

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=linkedin&action=followers

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| username | not declared | yes | not declared | Specifies the username handle from a LinkedIn /in/ profile path or a full personal profile URL for person_profile, or an account path for followers. In the followers action, it returns the total follower count rather than a list of followers. |
| channel | not declared | no | not declared | The followers action accepts an account path input, though the required username parameter takes precedence. This action returns a follower count object and does not export channel member lists. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
| username | Username (@handle). |
| url | Link to the record on the platform. |
| follower_count | Followers. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
| following_count | Accounts followed. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
| post_count | Total posts. null means not disclosed, not 0. |
| like_count | Likes. null means the platform or this capability does not disclose it; it is not 0. |
| connection_count | Number of connections (person_profile, profile_search). |
| precision | platform-native meaning |
| platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "action": "followers",
  "params": {
    "username": "company/openai"
  }
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "linkedin",
        "action": "followers",
        "params": {
            "username": "company/openai",
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

Real response to the example request above, captured 2026-09-26T08:56:04Z. `results` and `count` are real with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed. `id`, `billing` and `quota` differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

```text
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "action": "followers",
  "results": {
    "id": "company/openai",
    "username": "company/openai",
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/•••",
    "follower_count": 11788468,
    "precision": "exact",
    "platform": "linkedin"
  },
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}
```

## FAQ

### Does this return the people who follow an account?

No. It returns numbers, `follower_count` among them, not a list of followers, and `channel` does not export members either. To see people at a company, the LinkedIn Employees capability lists a public sample of its employees from the company's short name or page link.

### What do I pass as `username`?

The account path from the LinkedIn link, the part after linkedin.com/, such as company/openai for OpenAI's company page. Copy it from the address bar of the page you want to measure. `channel` accepts the same path for compatibility, but `username` is still required and takes priority when both are sent.

### What does `precision` mean?

It marks counts that LinkedIn displays approximately rather than exactly, such as 500+ connections. When a value carries this flag, read the number as a lower bound and store the flag beside it, so later comparisons do not treat a capped figure as an exact one.

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=linkedin
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md