Follower numbers tell you how many people an account has.
Following activity tells you what an account is doing.
If you want to understand how a public account grows, who it targets, or how it builds visibility, tracking daily following changes is one of the most reliable signals. That is why I needed a way to track who an account follows and unfollows every day, not just what their following count looks like at a single moment.
X shows the total number of accounts someone is following, but it does not show what changed since the last time you checked. That missing information is exactly what daily tracking solves.
Arif Akdogan
Why Tracking Daily Following Change Is Important
Following behavior is often strategic. Accounts do not follow people randomly, especially when growth matters.
Daily following change helps you understand:
- Which accounts someone chooses to connect with
- When they actively follow new users
- When they clean up their following list
- Whether following is used as a growth tactic
Unlike follower count, following activity is an action, and actions reveal intent.
What “Following Change” Means on a Daily Basis
Daily following change is not just about the total following number going up or down. It consists of two clear activities.
🔹 New following: These are the accounts that someone started following since the last recorded day. Over time, these reveal targeting behavior, niche focus, and outreach strategy.
🔸 Unfollows: These show which accounts were removed from the following list. Unfollows often indicate cleanup, non-reciprocal follow removal, or a shift in focus.
Tracking both together gives context. A sudden increase in followings followed by unfollows usually points to deliberate growth tactics rather than organic behavior.
Why You Cannot Reliably Track This Manually on X
X does not provide tools to track following changes for other accounts.
You can:
- See how many accounts someone follows
- View part of their following list
You cannot:
- See who they followed today
- See who they unfollowed since yesterday
- Compare following lists between days
- Receive daily updates automatically
Because following lists are long and partially loaded, manual checking quickly becomes unreliable. Even if you check often, you cannot confidently identify what changed.
Why I Needed a Daily Following Tracker
I needed this to monitor public accounts consistently. Checking profiles manually did not help because I could not tell whether:
- The account started following new users
- Those followings were relevant to their niche
- Unfollows happened after follow-back attempts
I needed a system that records following activity daily, without relying on memory or manual comparison.
The Tool I Use: Circleboom Twitter
To track following changes properly, I use Circleboom Twitter.
Circleboom Twitter is an official X Enterprise developer, which means it works with X’s official data access. It allows you to monitor public account activity in a structured way.
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With Circleboom Twitter, you can:
🟢 Track new follow activities of any public account
🟢 Track unfollow activities
🟢 See daily following changes
🟢 Monitor following behavior over time
🟢 Turn activity into a clear daily record instead of assumptions
Once tracking is enabled, Circleboom automatically identifies what changed between days.
Seeing Following Activity Instead of Just Numbers
Following count alone does not explain behavior. Daily following change does.
When you track following activity daily, you start to see:
- Whether growth is driven by following strategies
- Which communities or niches an account targets
- How often follow-unfollow cycles occur
- When accounts clean up their following lists
These insights are not visible from a static profile view on X.
Using Following Change Data for Analysis and Action
Following change data is useful beyond observation.
By reviewing new followings, you can:
➡️ Discover accounts relevant to your niche
➡️ Identify potential leads or connections
➡️ Understand who an account is trying to engage with
➡️ Follow relevant users directly if they match your audience
Instead of guessing who to follow, actions are based on real, recent activity.
How to Track Someone’s Following Change Daily with Circleboom Twitter
With Circleboom's Track Someone’s Most Recent X Followers and Following feature, you can track and analyze someone’s most recent X followers and following with detailed reports!
Here is how:
Step #1: Select any username you want to track on X.
You will track their recently followed audience.
Step #2: Next, you will choose "Followings" or "Followers".
You should select one of the tracking options.
Step #3: Regarding the followings, you can track new, recent followings and unfollowings.
You can track both at the same time!
Step #4: For your tracking operations, you can receive email updates for each check.
You can still track new followings or followers without email notifications. You can monitor the following or followers with dashboard-only reports.
Step #5: Now, you should set the frequency.
You can get "Daily Tracking" or "Weekly Tracking".
Step #6: The next step is subscription.
After checking the rules, you can start tracking.
Tracking is now active.
That's it! Now you can monitor newly followings and followers of anyone on X with Circleboom!
How Recently Following Tracking Works in Practice
I will show you a case study on Circleboom to show you the step-by-step process of how to track recent following and followers on X:
Step #1: Land in the Circleboom dashboard.
Under the "Monitoring" menu, find "Track Someone's X Account's Following and Followers".
Step #2: I track many people and "CZ Binance" is one of them.
I want to track recent following of CZ Binance so maybe I can find new projects or partnerships.
Step #3: I find "1" recent following of CZ Binance.
Who is this profile?
Step #4: It is the KGS Token, the national stablecoin of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Thanks to this, I learn it and I can explore possible collaborations.
What Becomes Clear with Consistent Tracking
After tracking following activity over time, patterns become clear.
You can see whether an account follows aggressively during growth phases, slows down afterward, or removes followings regularly. You also start to understand whether growth is organic or driven by follow-based tactics.
This level of insight cannot be gained by checking profiles occasionally on X.
Conclusion
If you want to understand how an account behaves, follower count is not enough. Following activity reveals strategy, intent, and targeting.
Tracking daily following changes allows you to move from surface-level observation to structured analysis.
That is why I rely on Circleboom Twitter. It makes daily following tracking possible, accurate, and actionable, without manual checking or unreliable comparisons.
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