Intro:

The Medium Following Scraper is a powerful tool designed for extracting follower lists from Medium users. Whether you're doing influencer research or analyzing networks within the content creation community, this actor helps you gather valuable insights quickly and efficiently.

🔍 What Is Medium Following Scraper?

The Medium Following Scraper is an API that allows you to scrape the lists of accounts followed by any public Medium user. It extracts detailed information such as names, bios, profile URLs, and membership statuses of the users being followed. This tool is particularly useful for marketers, data analysts, and anyone interested in understanding influence dynamics on Medium.

✨ Features

• 🔍 Scrape following lists from any public Medium profile.
• 👤 Get detailed user information including:
  • User ID
  • Name
  • Username
  • Bio
  • Profile URL
  • Profile Image
  • Membership Tier
  • Book Author Status
• ⚡ High-performance scraping with built-in request management.
• ⚙️ Configurable maximum items limit.

🛠️ How to Use It

Step-by-step tutorial:

1. Go to the tool’s page: Medium Following Scraper
2. Click “Try for free” or “Run actor”.
3. Fill in the required input fields:
   • usernames (Array): List of Medium usernames to scrape following lists.
   • maxItems (Number): Maximum number of profiles to scrape.
4. Click “Run” and wait for results.
5. Download results or send them to a webhook.

🧪 Sample Input (JSON)

json { "usernames": [ "mariaspantidi" ], "maxItems": 30 }

📤 Output Data (Fields)

• id
• name
• username
• bio
• profileUrl
• imageUrl
• membershipTier
• isBookAuthor

💰 Pricing This actor is priced at $0.01/credit. Apify offers a free tier or trial for new users, allowing you to test the actor without any initial cost.

👨‍💻 Built By Apify Team — from Apify.com

✅ Final Thoughts The Medium Following Scraper is a must-try for marketers, researchers, and content creators looking to analyze followers and understand their audience better. Its ability to extract comprehensive follower data from Medium makes it an invaluable tool in the digital marketing landscape.

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