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How to identify users who are NOT Following you back using Excel

Inspired Ink
3 min readMar 12, 2023

Medium is a platform for sharing your thoughts, ideas, and stories with others. As a writer on Medium, you want to build an audience that appreciates and engages with your work. One way to do that is following other users with similar interests and engaging with their content. However, it’s equally important to know who is not following you back, so you can focus your efforts on engaging with those who are.

This article will guide you step-by-step on using Excel to create a list of your Medium followers and users you are following and then identify which users are not following you back. Using this method, you can maximize your Medium audience and build a community of engaged followers who appreciate your work.

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Step 1: Export your follower and following lists

Log in to your Medium account and go to your profile page. Click on the “Following” tab to see a list of users you are following. Click on the “Followers” tab to see a list of users who are following you.

To export these lists, go to your list of the users you are following and scroll down to the bottom of the page until you have loaded the entire list. Now select the whole list by holding down the CTRL button and Copy the selection by pressing…

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