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Automating Data Collection (Instagram Follower count)
Hi everyone, I am interning at a company and I am trying to design a dashboard to have an overview on social media performance. One of the graphs is trying to show instagram follower growth over ...
There are a few ways you can automate the collection of Instagram follower data for your dashboard.
One way is to use the Instagram Graph API, which allows you to retrieve data about an Instagram Business or Creator account, including follower count.
You can write a script that uses the API to retrieve the follower count at regular intervals and store it in a database or spreadsheet.
Another way is to use a third-party service that provides social media analytics and data collection.
There are many such services available that can automatically collect data from Instagram and other social media platforms and provide it in a format that can be easily integrated into your dashboard.
I hope this helps!
