# How often does follower count getts updated?

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-often-does-follower-count-getts-updated/1846>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [March 17, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-often-does-follower-count-getts-updated/1846 "2015-03-17T19:58:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ericdi99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a5b964/32.png) [@ericdi99](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/ericdi99)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-often-does-follower-count-getts-updated/1846/1 "2015-03-17T19:58:07Z")

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Hi,

I’m calling Twitch API to get number of followers on my channel. When my friend follows me, it seems the follower count returned is not updated until 4~5 minutes later. Could you please confirm the update/syncup interval for follower count?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![night](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/night/32/1613_2.png) [@night](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/night)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-often-does-follower-count-getts-updated/1846/2 "2015-03-19T20:18:57Z")

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Twitch caches data to ensure that they do not get overloaded by requests. Twitch recommends you not to poll any endpoint more than once per 60 seconds.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-often-does-follower-count-getts-updated/1846/3 "2015-04-18T20:29:40Z")

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