How to See Who Unfollowed You on Twitch
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To see who unfollowed you on Twitch, compare your follower list today with an earlier copy of it. The Creator Dashboard's Followers List shows who follows you now and the Follows stat counts the follows you received, so neither is a list of who left. StreamScouter does the comparing for you: it stores your follower list, checks it against Twitch, and lists the accounts that dropped off, with the date each was noticed.
Key points
- The Creator Dashboard's Followers List and Follows stat show who follows you now and how many follows you received in a period, so neither is a list of the people who left.
- Finding out who unfollowed means comparing follower lists taken at different times, so departures before your first copy cannot be recovered.
- StreamScouter's Follower Analysis is part of the Free plan and lists accounts that dropped off your followers with the date each was noticed, but it cannot tell you why someone left.
What the dashboard's follower views show, and what they leave out
The Creator Dashboard has a Followers List under Community. Twitch's help describes it as showing all of your current followers. In your analytics, the Follows stat is described as the follows your channel received in the selected date range.
These two views describe the present or new arrivals: who follows you now, and how many follows came in. Neither is described as a record of departures, so someone who unfollows simply stops appearing in the Followers List.
| What you want to know | Where it is answered |
|---|---|
| Who follows me now | The Followers List in the Creator Dashboard |
| How many follows I received in a period | The Follows stat in your analytics |
| Who unfollowed me | Neither of these two views: it takes a comparison of follower lists over time |
How to find unfollowers: compare two copies
An unfollower is someone who was in your follower list at one moment and is missing from it at a later one. The method is the same whatever tool you use: keep a copy of the list, take another copy later, and look for names in the first that are not in the second.
By hand, that means copying your Followers List now and comparing it with a later copy. It works for a small channel, and it gets slow and error-prone as the list grows, because people follow and unfollow between the moments you look.
Two limits apply to every method. Anyone who left before your first copy can never be found, because there is nothing to compare against. And a comparison shows that someone is gone, not why.
How StreamScouter finds them
When you sign in with Twitch, StreamScouter starts recording your followers. New follows reach it as they happen. It is not told when someone unfollows, so it finds those by comparing the follower list it has stored with Twitch's current list on a schedule, and marking every account that is no longer in it.
The first time it reads your list, it takes in everyone who follows you at that moment, with the follow dates Twitch holds. From then on, an account that disappears from the list is recorded as unfollowed.
The comparison is guarded. If Twitch's answer looks incomplete, for example far fewer followers than StreamScouter has stored, the unfollow step is skipped for that round instead of declaring a large part of your audience gone. If the smaller list keeps coming back, it is eventually accepted as real.
What the Follower Analysis page shows
Follower Analysis is under Viewer Tools in the dashboard sidebar. It puts two lists side by side: Followers and Unfollowed Users.
- Unfollowed Users: every account recorded as gone, with its Unfollowed Date and the total count.
- Search by name, and filter by Affiliate or Partner.
- Monthly Unfollows: a chart of the last 12 months.
- Followers: each follower with the date they followed (Followed At), and a Monthly Growth chart.
- Click a name to open a small viewer card with a link to that person's viewer page. Clicking elsewhere on the row opens the page directly.
What the dates and the list do and do not tell you
The Unfollowed Date is when StreamScouter noticed the account was gone, not the moment the person pressed unfollow. The comparison runs on a schedule, so an unfollow appears at the next comparison, and the date is that comparison.
If someone follows again, they return to the Followers list and no longer appear under Unfollowed Users.
The list shows accounts that are no longer among your followers, and when that was noticed. It does not record whether the person pressed unfollow or the account left your followers for another reason.
Free plan, and when the record starts
Follower Analysis, including the unfollowed list, is part of the Free plan. Pro does not change these screens.
Recording starts after you sign in with Twitch and the follower permission is granted. Everyone who follows you at that point is read in with their follow dates, but anyone who unfollowed earlier is not in the list and cannot be recovered. The demo shows the same screen on sample data, with no account needed.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a tool that tracks my Twitch followers over time and shows who left?
Yes. StreamScouter's Follower Analysis does this: it stores your follower list, checks it against Twitch on a schedule, and lists the accounts that dropped off, with the date each was noticed. It is part of the Free plan, and it records from the time you sign in with Twitch, so earlier departures are not included.
Can I see who unfollowed me in the Twitch Creator Dashboard?
Not in the two views Twitch's help describes. It describes the Followers List as your current followers and the Follows stat as the follows received in a date range, so neither is a list of people who left. To see who left, compare follower lists over time, which is what StreamScouter does.
Can I see who unfollowed me before I started using StreamScouter?
No. The list is built by comparing the follower list StreamScouter stores with Twitch's, so it starts when recording starts. No comparison can recover earlier departures, because no earlier copy of the list exists.
How quickly does an unfollow show up?
Not instantly. Unfollows are found by comparing against Twitch on a schedule, so one appears at the next comparison, and the date shown is when it was noticed.
What happens if someone follows again after unfollowing?
They return to the Followers list and drop off the Unfollowed Users list.
Can StreamScouter tell me why someone left?
No. It records that an account is no longer in your follower list and when it noticed, not the reason. A follower comparison has no way to know why.
Do I need Pro to see my unfollowers?
No. Follower Analysis, including the unfollowed list, is part of the Free plan.
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