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How I Built a Python Script to Export and Analyze Your DEV.to Followers

Tyler N on June 12, 2026

It was a Friday, and school was out for the weekend. I made a bit of a Spelling Bee page for my website while I was at school, but that wasn't enou...
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FrancisTRᴅᴇᴠ (っ◔◡◔)っ

Potential DEVenger level project right here. Good work Tyler! :D

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Alex Shev

This is a useful kind of small tool: it turns a platform metric into something you can actually inspect. Follower count alone is not very actionable, but exports let you see overlap, topics, activity, and whether the audience you are building matches the work you want to share.

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Tyler N

Thank you for your valuable insight! That is the exact reason I started the project! Have you built anything like this before?

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Alex Shev

Yes, mostly smaller internal tools rather than a public follower exporter. The pattern is the same: first turn the fuzzy platform signal into a CSV/JSON you can inspect, then ask what decision it should change.

The export is useful because it makes the next step possible: spotting audience clusters, repeated commenters, dead accounts, or posts that pulled in the wrong crowd.

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Tyler N

You really seem to know a lot about this area! What type of small internal tools have you made?

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Parthiv Mathur

Cool stuff! I think an analytics engine could be really interesting, especially as you mention to see things like historical engagement trends and find new content avenues that might resonate with your audience

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Tyler N

Thank you for taking the time to read my article—it means a lot! I definitely plan on incorporating comparing the current follower list to previous follower lists to see and project growth, and to provide basic analytics about the current followers. I just finished modularizing and refactoring the project's code.

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Parthiv Mathur

That's awesome, super cool stuff! Excited to see how it grows over time

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Mathéo Delbarre

Useful tool ! For real :) Don't hesitate to ask help, by creating issues ;) I think a lot of people would gratefully help you !

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Tyler N

Thank you for your kind words!

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Tyler N

What is your favorite project that either you or someone else made? Also, which one of the features should I prioritize?