Track Follower Changes in n8n
Detect audience shifts on any account — automatically, on your schedule.
Public follower tracking is a polling job: read the same profile on a schedule, compare it with the stored baseline, and notify only when the change matters. KonbiniAPI provides profile tools for TikTok, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn; n8n handles storage and routing.
Before you start
- 1A KonbiniAPI accountThe free plan includes 100 credits, which is enough to run this a few times.
- 2n8n connectedOAuth2 or API key.
- 3A real targetA public account, post, or keyword to run it against — the placeholders below are not live values.
Wire it up.
Each step below is a node or action in n8n. The KonbiniAPI step is an MCP tool call, and it costs the same credits as the matching REST call.
Good for
- Alert your team when a competitor gains or loses significant followers
- Track creator follower growth as part of an influencer campaign report
- Detect unusual follower spikes that might signal a viral moment
- Build a long-term follower history for any public account
Workflow steps
Poll on a schedule, fetch the current follower count from KonbiniAPI, compare against a stored baseline, and notify when the delta exceeds your threshold.
- 1Schedule Trigger nodeSet your polling frequency. Daily is enough for most cases; hourly if you need tighter tracking.
- 2MCP node — profile tool for the selected platformFetch the account's follower count using the matching TikTok, Instagram, X, or LinkedIn profile tool.
- 3Compare with stored valueUse n8n's built-in storage, a Google Sheet node, or a database node to compare current vs. previous count.
- 4Conditional notificationTrigger a Slack message, email, or webhook if the change exceeds your threshold.
Other n8n workflows
- Monitor creator growthSelf-hosted, scheduled profile tracking across all five supported platforms.
- Weekly competitor reportSelf-hosted competitive monitoring — automated, recurring, no manual work.
- Content digestA scheduled brief on what was published, not just that something was.
- CRM enrichmentTurn a URL on a record into headcount, industry, and what they have been posting.
Run this in n8n.
One API key works for MCP and the REST API. The free plan includes 100 credits and no credit card.