Social API

Whom one X (Twitter) account follows

The accounts an X account follows, newest follows first, each with profile, counts, category and influence score.

GET/api/external/social/social-following/{username}

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What it returns

The accounts one X (Twitter) account follows, the most recently seen follows first, up to 500 a page — each with its profile, counts, category and influence score. What a known trader or fund started following lately is often a project before it is announced. Follow nextPage for more. Not scoped to any chain. A username no tracked account has answers 404.

Chains

This endpoint is not tied to a chain: it takes no chain in its request.

Request

Send your key in the x-dex-data-key header. Replace each <placeholder> with a real value.

curl -H "x-dex-data-key: $DEXDATA_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.dexdata.io/api/external/social/social-following/<username>"

Parameters
Parameter	Description
`page` query · integer · optional	Which page, from 1 (the newest) to 1000. Defaults to 1. Follow `nextPage` for the next one.
`username` path · string · required	An X (Twitter) account by its username, with or without the leading "@" (e.g. "solana"), in any case — 1 to 15 letters, digits or underscores. Not a wallet address, and not scoped to any chain.

Response fields

A JSON response. Every field is always present; null means the value could not be established, never zero.

Response fields of Whom one X (Twitter) account follows
Field	Type	Description
`username`	string	The username asked about, without "@".
`accounts`	object[]	The most recently seen follows first.
`accounts[].username`	string \| null	The username, without "@", as the account spells it. null when not stated.
`accounts[].userId`	string \| null	The account's numeric X id, as a decimal string (it does not fit a JSON number). null when not stated.
`accounts[].displayName`	string \| null	The account's display name. null when not stated.
`accounts[].bio`	string \| null	The account's bio. null when empty or not stated.
`accounts[].location`	string \| null	The location the account states. null when empty or not stated.
`accounts[].website`	string \| null	The website the account links. null when empty or not stated.
`accounts[].followers`	integer \| null	How many accounts follow it. null when not stated.
`accounts[].following`	integer \| null	How many accounts it follows. null when not stated.
`accounts[].posts`	integer \| null	How many posts it has made, reposts and replies included. null when not stated.
`accounts[].createdAt`	integer \| null	When the account was created, unix seconds. null when not known.
`accounts[].observedAt`	integer \| null	When these figures were read, unix seconds. null when not stated.
`accounts[].category`	string \| null	What kind of account it is, e.g. "Crypto Project" or "Crypto Person" — as `social-account-category` publishes it. null when not classified.
`accounts[].score`	number \| null	Its influence among crypto accounts, as `social-account-score` publishes it: open-ended, higher = more influential. null when not scored.
`nextPage`	integer \| null	The page to ask for next. null on the last page.

Price per call

Every call: 10,844 credits

Charged only when the call succeeds. Prices as of 2026-10-30; the current ones are always in the API reference.

One X (Twitter) account's profile now
The profile of one of the accounts it follows, as it stands now.
Who follows one X (Twitter) account
The other direction: whom the same account follows.
Who followed one X (Twitter) account first
The earliest recorded followers of an X account, oldest first, with each one's follower number and follow time.
The most influential followers of one X (Twitter) account
Which influential crypto accounts follow an X account, highest influence score first, with profile, counts and category.
What is trending on crypto X (Twitter) now
Tokens and accounts crypto X engages with most over 1h, 6h or 24h, ranked, with engagement and virality scores. A token row: read launchedAtIso.
One X (Twitter) community: name, members and creator
An X community by id: name, description, creation date, member count and the account that created it.

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