Extract the following list from any Medium user profile

What this robot does

A Medium user's following list is a map of their interests. It reveals the writers they trust, the publications they read, and the topics they care about - data that is incredibly useful for audience research, influencer analysis, and content strategy. But Medium does not offer a way to export following data, and scrolling through a profile to manually record every followed account is impractical, especially for users who follow hundreds of writers and publications.

This robot extracts the full following list from any public Medium user profile: author names, publication names, topic tags, and profile links. Use it to understand what an influencer's audience consumes, identify content partnerships by finding overlapping interests, or research the reading habits of thought leaders in your space.

What extracting Medium following lists unlocks for research and strategy:

• ✓ Map the content ecosystem around any Medium user - see every writer, publication, and topic they follow to understand their intellectual diet.
• ✓ Discover influential authors and publications by analyzing whose following lists overlap the most, revealing the true hubs of a Medium community.
• ✓ Content partnership prospecting by identifying publications and writers that your target audience already follows and trusts.
• ✓ Audience research that goes beyond demographics. A user's following list shows what topics and perspectives they actively seek out.

How to extract a Medium following list in 4 steps

No Medium API, no developer tools, and nothing to configure. Navigate to any public Medium user profile and the robot pulls their following data.

• A free Browse AI account (no credit card required).
• The URL of a public Medium user profile whose following list you want to extract.

What can you do with Medium following data?

Following lists reveal reading habits and interest patterns that surface-level metrics miss entirely:

• Influencer network mapping: Extract what top voices in your industry follow on Medium. Identify the common writers, publications, and topics that connect influential readers.
• Content distribution targeting: Find publications that your target audience follows. Pitch guest posts or partnership opportunities to outlets your readers already trust.
• Competitor audience research: See what your competitor's team members or advocates follow on Medium. Understand the content ecosystem that informs their thinking.
• Thought leadership analysis: Study what respected voices in your field read. Their following lists can inspire content topics and highlight emerging writers worth watching.
• Community detection: Analyze following overlap across multiple Medium users to identify clusters of shared interest - de facto communities that are not formally organized.
• Writer and publication discovery: Use following lists as a curated recommendation engine. If someone you respect follows a writer, that writer is worth checking out.

What data does this Medium following list extractor pull?

Each account the user follows becomes a row with these structured fields:

Medium following lists are based on the user's public profile at the time of extraction. Users may follow or unfollow accounts between runs. Schedule periodic extractions to track how someone's interests evolve.

Frequently asked questions

Can I extract anyone's Medium following list?
You can extract the following list from any Medium user whose profile is public. Private or restricted accounts may not display their full following data.

Do I need a Medium account or API key?
No. The robot extracts data from publicly visible Medium profile pages. No Medium login, API credentials, or developer access is required.

What is the difference between following authors, publications, and topics?
Medium users can follow individual writers (authors), editorial collections (publications), and subject tags (topics). This robot captures all three types from the following list.

How many followed accounts can the robot extract?
The robot scrolls through the entire following list automatically. Users who follow hundreds of accounts are handled without any extra setup.

Is this Medium scraper free?
Browse AI's free tier includes credits to run this robot at no cost. Create an account without a credit card and start extracting Medium following data.

Can I compare following lists across multiple users?
Yes. Queue several Medium profile URLs and the robot extracts each user's following list into one dataset. Analyze the overlap to find commonly followed accounts.

Get more data by pairing with these robots

Following data shows what someone reads - pair it with story data to understand what they write and what their community publishes:

• Medium stories scraper - After mapping who a user follows, extract their published stories to understand what they write about - not just what they read.
• Medium search scraper - Search Medium for specific topics and extract the articles that appear in results. Complement following data with content discovery.
• Medium publication archive scraper - Found an interesting publication in someone's following list? Extract its full story archive to audit content quality and themes.