How to Search Followers on Twitter

Leslie Peirce
4 min readJan 20, 2025

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How to Search Followers on Twitter

This article actually has two parts:

  1. Searching someone’s Twitter followers.
  2. Finding specific accounts among your own followers on Twitter.

Unfortunately, Twitter (X) doesn’t offer a dedicated “search followers” feature. And the scenario unfolds in two ways here also.

  1. You cannot even see all of someone’s followers on Twitter, let alone search for them. So, that already requires a third-party tool.
  2. If you want to look for a specific follower of your own, you must scroll through manually, which is quite time-consuming.
Search followers on Twitter manually

That’s why, for both scenarios of searching followers on Twitter, I’m here to talk about a comprehensive tool: Circleboom Twitter.

Keep on reading to see more about how to search Twitter followers. Or click on the button below to start Circlebooming right on!

How to search Twitter followers

Whether you’re searching for someone else’s Twitter followers or searching among your own Twitter followers, Circleboom can help you with its advanced Twitter search tool.

Here’s a step by step explanation of how to search Twitter followers with Circleboom:

Step #1: Log in to Circleboom Twitter and connect the platform with your Twitter profile.

Circleboom Twitter login

Step #2: Locate the “Search” function in the sidebar and select “Account Search” to proceed.

Account Search

Step #3: Choose “Display Followers” and type in the handle. This can be any public account, including your own.

Display Followers

Step #4: You’ll see the followers of that account listed before you.

Displaying all followers

Now, you’ll have a few options depending on your goals:

  • You can use Circleboom’s Twitter advanced search filters to narrow down the search results further to find a specific account. This may come in handy especially if you’re working on your own follower list.
Advanced filter options
  • You can also export that list of followers on Twitter by clicking on the “Export” button located at the top right. After all, it may be even easier for you to find specific followers on a spreadsheet.
Download CSV
  • If they’re not already your followers, you may want to connect with those accounts or at least check their content. You can do both without leaving the Circleboom dashboard, thanks to Circleboom’s Twitter follow tool and Twitter list manager.

Cool tool, huh? But trust me when I say it has a lot more magic than just these. See what else it can do here:

See All The Features of Circleboom Twitter

Benefits of searching followers on Twitter

Why would you want to search Twitter followers in the first place anyway?

Well, there are several reasons to search through followers.

Networking: Find and engage with relevant followers in your niche.

Audience Insights: Understand who your followers are and what they’re interested in.

Marketing: Identify influencers or brand advocates among your audience.

Reconnecting: Locate old connections or followers you might have lost touch with.

Final words on searching Twitter followers

Searching for followers on Twitter doesn’t have to be tedious. While directly searching someone’s followers isn’t available on Twitter, there are still ways to explore their follower base and connect with potentially interesting accounts.

With Circleboom, you can find exactly who you’re looking for in just a few clicks. Whether you’re managing your account or exploring someone else’s audience, this tool saves time and enhances your strategy.

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Leslie Peirce
Leslie Peirce

Written by Leslie Peirce

Grad Student @UCLA Dog mom— but not a regular one, a cool dog mom. I love read history and the future together! Back to Twitter!

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