If you’ve been wondering how to check how long you’ve been following someone on Twitch, we can help.
Whether it’s curiosity about when you followed someone because you simply can’t remember doing it, or one of the accounts blew up and you’re curious about how long you’ve been a loyal follower, there are ways to check.
Let’s take a closer look.
Can You Check Your Twitch Follow Date on the Platform?
The simple answer here is no. You can’t check a follow date on Twitch directly. There isn’t a built-in feature that allows you to see your follow date for every channel. We’re hoping that they’ll incorporate this feature in the future, as it will make things considerably easier.
Finding Your Follow Date Using the Twitch Center Follow Date Tool
Even though you can’t currently check your Twitch following date, you can still check it using a helpful tool called the Twitch Center Follow Date Tool. Below, we’ll take you through the process step-by-step.
1. Step 1: Open your browser and then navigate to the Twitch Center Follow Date Tool. You’ll see the following screen:
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2. Step 2: You’ll see two text boxes, one that’s labeled username, and one that’s labeled channel. Insert your username into the one marked username and the username of the channel you want a follow date for into the text box marked Channel.
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3. Step 3: Now click on the “Check Date” button in the center of the screen’s lower portion. The tool will proceed to retrieve the data and display the follow date for that particular channel.
4. Step 4: Allow the Twitch Center Follow Date Tool access to your account. Without this permission it can’t access the information it needs to ascertain your follow date for the channel.
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5. Step 5: Simply scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the ‘Authorize’ button.
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6. Step 6: Once you’ve given the tool authorization to access your account records, it will bring you back to the precious screen. However, in this case, it will also show the follow date at the bottom of the screen.
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Previously, it may have been possible to check the follow dates for other accounts as well. However, due to privacy concerns, this feature has been turned off. If you try to check the following date on Twitch for an account that you have no control over, you’ll see the following message:
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Alternative Method of Checking a Twitch Following Date
While it may not be available with every channel you follow, some accounts have a Twitch followage checker feature that runs through Streamlabs and allows you to check your follow date with a chat command.
* Step 1: Open your browser and navigate to www.twitch.tv.
* Step 2: Click on the profile or avatar image in the upper right corner of the page.
* Step 3: Click on the ‘Log In’ option on the dropdown menu that’s opened.
* Step 4: Enter your account credentials and sign in.
* Step 5: Navigate to the chatbox of the channel you’re interested in.
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* Step 6: Type !followage and press Enter.
* Step 7: If the feature is enabled on the channel you’re interested in, you’ll see a message with your followage information. On channels where this feature is enabled, the results may be far more detailed than it would be on the Follow Date Twitch Tool.
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How to Check Who Follows You on Twitch
You may not just want to know the date that you started following a particular account on Twitch. Perhaps you also want to know who’s following you. This may be a useful skill to have when you’re trying to do some follower analytics.
For instance, if you’re trying to grow your Twitch account, you might want to study your existing audience to find out which demographic you interact with best.
There are two different options for Learning more about your followers on Twitch. Below, we’ll discuss both.
Checking How Many Followers You Have on Twitch From the Platform
While you may not have access to as much information from the platform itself, Twitch will still give you some information about how many followers you have, and possibly their shared public information. Here’s how to access that information:
Step 1: Open your browser and navigate to www.twitch.tv.
Step 2: Sign in using the ‘Log In’ button in the dropdown menu when you click on your display picture in the upper right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Navigate to your account settings and click on the ‘Channel and Videos’ tab.
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Step 4: The tab will open on the “About” section, which is exactly where you want to be.
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Scroll down till you reach the “About Username” section. It will contain all the available information about your followers.
Using Channel Analytics to Learn More About Your Audience
We realize that sometimes you want as much information as possible to help you sculpt your channel and achieve better results. While researching your competition is an excellent starting point, you also need to analyze your own account to get the full picture.
Fortunately, Twitch has released a creator tool called channel analytics. This tool allows you to learn more about your streams, your followers, and other statistics related to your account. Here’s a step by step guide to accessing and using this tool:
Step 1: Open your browser and navigate to Twitch, if you need to log in. If you’re already logged into your account, you can click this link to go straight to your account settings. Alternatively, enter the following link in the address bar: https://www.twitch.tv/settings/profile.
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Step 2: Navigate to, and click on, the ‘Channel and Videos’ tab. It will open to show you the following screen:
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Step 3: Click on the button that looks like an arrow pointing to the right (located at the top of the menu on the left-hand side of the screen). It will open the full hamburger menu, like this:
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Step 4: Scroll down to, and click on the ‘Analytics’ tab. It will open a secondary dropdown that looks like this:
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Step 5: Select the appropriate tab. The overview tab will give you the broadest overview of your channel as a whole. The Stream Summary tab will focus on information about the streams you’ve done. The achievements tab highlights the bright parts of your streaming career and account.
The research page will help you to study both your interactions with followers (within the context of your streams, as well as helping you to learn more about the categories you’ve streamed in, and giving you some information about your streaming statistics.
Overall, the overview and research tabs will help to give you a good overview of where your account and channel are doing well, and where you need to improve. Taking heed of the follower statistics provided here can be especially useful.
By combining tools like Twitch follower dates, competitor research, and account analytics, you can take your account to new and greater heights.
Conclusion
As you can see, learning about your Twitch follower dates for certain accounts is relatively simple. Even though Twitch doesn’t currently have a built-in tool for this purpose, you can still use third-party tools for this purpose (like the Twitch Center Follow Date Tool).
On accounts where it is active, you can also use the StreamLabs function by typing !followage into the chat box of the account you’re interested in. There are many other tools and insight websites that you can also use to learn more about how you’re doing with Twitch streams.
Whether you were merely curious about how long you’ve been following your favorite account or you wanted to do some market research, we’re sure that you’re now well-equipped to accomplish this simple task. And if you want to get more followers on Twitch, reach out to us and discover how you can grow your account organically.