Using the built in Twitter interface, it's difficult to track your unfollowers but luckily there are third party tools freely available online - although there are also paid applications that will give you additional options and features.
How to find who unfollowed you on Twitter?
Everybody likes to see their followers increase on Twitter. Some even go to the extent of paying for getting followers and offer mutual following to make their Twitter profile more attractive by more number of followers. So obviously, if someone unfollowed you then it means either you popularity is decreasing or somebody whom you are still following as part of "follow" exchange turned back on you without informing you. However, now there are some online tools which can help you to find out who unfollowed you on Twitter. Read on to know about all these tools and what all information these tools offer you.
Which tools can help you find out who unfollowed you on Twitter
Here are the lists of tools to help you find out who unfollowed you on Twitter.
Qwitter
Just changing on letter in the name this tool has remained close to name of Twitter and yet clearly defines its function. It even has a logo of Twitter like bird, as a mocking to the actual logo. After setting up an account you will receive weekly emails informing you how all people unfollowed from your tweets and posts in seven days. It not only identifies Qwitters but also identifies spammers or scammers who have some bad intention of stealing your private information from Twitter. The slogan of Qwitter says "catching Twitter quitters".
Who.Unfollowed.Me
Just changing on letter in the name this tool has remained close to name of Twitter and yet clearly defines its function. It even has a logo of Twitter like bird, as a mocking to the actual logo. After setting up an account you will receive weekly emails informing you how all people unfollowed from your tweets and posts in seven days. It not only identifies Qwitters but also identifies spammers or scammers who have some bad intention of stealing your private information from Twitter. The slogan of Qwitter says "catching Twitter quitters".
Who.Unfollowed.Me
This is one of the most
basic tools available for this purpose. You get no email alerts and you need to
visit the website of Who Unfollowed Me to get the details on who unfollowed you
on Twitter. You need to sign in both at this site and into your Twitter
account.
The Goodbye, Buddy! Service
“busts” unfollowers by sending you a direct message to alert you of their
abandonment, making it a handy in-Twitter alternative to TwUnfollow.
This tool does not send
you any weekly mails, instead in works on the Twitter interface itself keeping
a tab on those who unfollow you on Twitter. All you need to do is to follow
@goodbyebuddy on Twitter and you will have the names of those people who
unfollowed you on Twitter right there.
This tool is quite
unreliable even with its innovative approach to catch people who unfollowed you
on Twitter. It relies on the tweets of those tweets who unfollowed you to
declare that they unfollowed you and use that information to compile a list and
send you that through an email. You get daily alerts from this tool. You can
use this tool by following them at- @twittaquitta
Mr.Unfollowr
Mr.Unfollowr
This tools works just like
Goodbye Buddy. Just log into your Twitter account and start following
@unfollowr You will start getting updates through messages as soon as someone
unfollows you on Twitter.
Unfollowers.me lets you know who has unfollowed you on twitter via email or tweet notification. You can also use advance features such as block or unblock any users easily from your dashboard, compare users, autofollow your followers, send DM to multiple users, invite multiple users to follow you & many more.
Fllwrs
The fllwrs app tracks for changes in your Twitter followers over time. You can choose to tweet automatically about your unfollowers.
The fllwrs app tracks for changes in your Twitter followers over time. You can choose to tweet automatically about your unfollowers.
Friend or Follow isn't
as much into tracking when people unfollow as it's more used to see who's
currently not reciprocating your following. Plug in your Twitter username and
you'll be given manageable options to see who doesn't' follow based on the type
of user.
“Friend or Follow” is a quick, easy to use, and will show you at a
glance who you are following and who has not reciprocated by following you
back.
Simply enter your Twitter username and you’ll be presented with the
thumbnails of those who don’t follow you. You can hover over the pic to see the
bio for each Twitterer and there’s the handy option to remove “Verified” accounts
from the list, presumably as these are less likely to follow you back.
You can sort the list by name, username, location, follower stats, etc.,
and you can also choose to tweet about it, although we’d imagine that not many
people go for that option.
Friend or Follow will also provide you with a list of those who follow
you that you don’t follow back, and a list of “friends” — Tweeters who you
follow that follow you, too.
Similar to Qwitter, but offering
instant (rather than just weekly) e-mail notifications, an RSS feed, and a
web-based summary, TwUnfollow is our unfollower notification service of choice.
To start receiving e-mail alerts when you are unfollowed, head over to
the site, sign in via OAuth, enter your e-mail address, verify it and get your
settings sorted as to how and when you want to get alerts.
Once you’re all set up, TwUnfollow will alert you to the tragic event
with an e-mail stating that “these twitterers aren’t following you any longer,”
followed by a clickable list of usernames and a link to your online
follow/unfollow history.
In our experience, the service isn’t quite “instant,” but the alert
e-mails generally come through around half an hour after the unfollowings take
place, so it’s not far off.
TwitterCounter
TwitterCounter
TwitterCounter can’t help you identify your leavers, but it can offer
stats and data on your followers in order for you to see the bigger picture as
far as your Twitter presence and following goes.
Sign in to the service and it will show you, on a line graph, how your
follower numbers look for a weekly, monthly, or three-month period. You can
also plot the same info against how many tweets you’ve sent, see data on
whether your current followers are up or down compared to your average, and
even compare your Twitter account with up to two others.
It seems the TwitterCounter team has also invested in a crystal ball, as
the site offers “predictions” (presumably based on past activity) of how your
account will grow over time. For example, for the account we tested, we were
informed that in 37 days it would hit 1,600 followers.
Wider services offered by the site include a “profile checker” that
dispenses advice on your profile page, and various widgets and buttons.
TweetEffect can potentially help you pin down where you’re going wrong
in terms of tweets that are turning off your followers.
Simply enter your Twitter username into the site and it will bring up
your last 200 tweets and note next to them at which point you gained followers
(highlighted in green), lost followers (in red), or stayed static.
Although not 100% accurate, TweetEffect is a great tool to consult if
your Twitter account is suffering from major churn.
TwitDiff is a new twitter tool that notifies you when you
stop or start following someone (less useful) to when people start or stop
following you. It provides e-mail and RSS notification for accounts
unsubscribing from your tweets.
NutShell Mail is a free web based service that allows
subscribers to receive customizable updates from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
and MySpace to their email including the updates about people who follows or
leaves you.
Why should you track
unfollowers?
Many people on Twitter
will often follow you in hopes that you follow back only to later unfollow you
so their ratio doesn't seem as if they spammed to gain followers. As
frustrating as it may be, many people implement this strategy to build their
Twitter follower count - by using tools to track unfollowers you can best find
those people that abuse the social media service in that fashion.
To prevent people from unfollowing you in mass, try the following
techniques:
- Always share great
content which others will retweet
- Engage with other
users so they are more appreciated and stick around longer
- Send personalized
direct messages to show that you're actually human
- Thank them for
promoting or retweeting your content
- Don't follow others
in mass either; set a good standard practice
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