Track Follower Changes in n8n
Detect audience shifts on any account — automatically, on your schedule.
Neither TikTok nor Instagram offers webhooks for public follower data. Regular polling via KonbiniAPI — scheduled in n8n — is the most reliable way to detect account growth, drops, or milestones without maintaining a custom scraper.
Perfect 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.
- 1
Schedule Trigger node
Set your polling frequency. Daily is enough for most cases; hourly if you need tighter tracking.
- 2
MCP node — tiktok.get_user / instagram.get_user
Fetch the creator or brand's current follower count from KonbiniAPI.
- 3
Compare with stored value
Use n8n's built-in storage, a Google Sheet node, or a database node to compare current vs. previous count.
- 4
Conditional notification
Trigger a Slack message, email, or webhook if the change exceeds your threshold.