9 fields, with a real example of each. You pay when the answer comes back, and never when it does not.
Field Name
Description
Example
publicIdentifier
LinkedIn unique identifier of the profile
john-doe
followerCount
Number of followers on LinkedIn
1234
connectionsCount
Number of LinkedIn connections
500+
isCreator
Whether the profile has LinkedIn Creator Mode enabled
FALSE
isVerified
Whether the LinkedIn profile is verified
FALSE
isMemorialized
Whether the account has been memorialized
FALSE
connectionDegree
Connection degree with the profile (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
2
isFollowing
Whether you are currently following this profile
FALSE
mutualConnectionsCount
Number of mutual connections with the profile
12
Step by step03 / 05
How to use this feature
Get started in 3 simple steps.
Google Sheetssidebar
Claude · MCPjust ask
REST APIPOST /v1/enrich
Same engine, same credits
Add your LinkedIn profile URLs to Google Sheets.
Create a column with LinkedIn profile URLs (linkedin.com/in or linkedin.com/sales/people format).
LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count
Full nameB ▾
Write toD ▾
1 credit / per lead enriched
Run
column C
Select LinkedIn Followers Count
Open the Derrick add-on, choose LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count, and select the column to enrich.
NamePhone
Camille Laurent+33 6 •• •• •• 41
Thomas Bernard+1 415 ••• ••32
Sophie Moreaufinding…
Inès Duboisno match
200 OK· or the same as JSON
247 rows
Get follower & connection data instantly
Your sheet fills with follower count, connections count, creator status, and key engagement signals.
When to reach for it04 / 05
LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count use cases
Pull the follower count + connection count + creator-mode signal of any LinkedIn profile - useful for influencer scoring, champion-power ranking and creator-economy outreach. Free in Derrick.
01
Champion power-ranking
identify which contact in your buying committee has the largest internal LinkedIn audience (= internal pull).
02
Creator outreach
filter a list of prospects to the ones with 5K+ followers to prioritise for podcast / partnership pitches.
03
Sales Navigator validation
cross-check that the LinkedIn URL you scraped is the active profile (not a dormant one).
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Account-research
sum the followers across the buying committee to estimate the account's external reach.
Use LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count via the API and the MCP
LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count isn't tied to the Google Sheets sidebar. Every Derrick enrichment - this one included - is also exposed through the REST API and the MCP server, so you can run it from your CRM, your data pipeline, an AI assistant, or any no-code tool (Zapier, Make, n8n). Same credit cost as the add-on, same data. API access is included from the PLUS plan up.
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"Super easy to enrich linkedin urls using this tool. Both personal and company url data can be easily enriched with a click of a button."
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Asif Hanzala
Lead Generation Specialist at IdeaPeel
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Michael Kim
SDR Team Lead at CloudScale
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Dan Hughes
Founder/CEO, AlmanacIO
"Have tested over 10+ LI scraper apps, Derrick beats them all. Simple to use, accurate data, and affordable price."
AJ Alexander
Opportunity Prospector
LinkedIn follower count + connection count is the single most useful proxy for "is this profile a creator, influencer, or just a quiet account ?" - and the basis for every influencer-marketing scoring model + ABM-account-tier framework in 2026. Most enrichment tools don't return this field at all ; the dedicated influencer platforms (HypeAuditor, Modash) sit at a premium monthly minimum.
Derrick pulls follower count + connection count + creator-mode signal directly from any LinkedIn profile URL in Google Sheets, free up to 100 lookups/month. The use cases that consistently win the ROI math : influencer outreach segmentation (deprioritising sub-1k-follower profiles), ABM tier-1 scoring, and SDR account-prioritisation for inbound replies. Full plan grid on the Derrick pricing page.
Do I need to install anything to use LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count?
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Just the Derrick Google Sheets add-on (one click, no API keys, no developer setup). Once installed, LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count is one of the workflows available from the Derrick sidebar inside any Sheet. The same feature is also available via REST API and via the Derrick MCP server for Claude / ChatGPT.
Can I use LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count on a list of 1,000+ rows?
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Yes - LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count runs as a batch job inside Google Sheets, with progress tracking and per-row credit accounting. The workflow scales linearly: 10 rows or 10,000 rows, the steps are identical and you can step away while it runs.
Where does the data behind LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count come from?
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Derrick aggregates 10+ public-data sources (LinkedIn graph, company websites, registry data, web crawl, third-party providers) and runs a multi-source lookup for LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count. The first source that returns a confident match wins; if no source is confident enough, the cell is left blank rather than guessed.
Is LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count GDPR-compliant?
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Yes. Derrick only enriches public data, doesn't store personal records beyond the duration of the lookup, and supports full deletion on request. The Sheets add-on runs inside Google's OAuth-protected environment so your data stays private to your account.
Can I trigger LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count automatically when I add a row?
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Yes - set up a Google Sheets onEdit trigger (Apps Script, takes 2 minutes) so a new row in column A automatically runs LinkedIn Followers & Connections Count into column B. Pair with Zapier / Make / n8n to push CRM contacts directly into the sheet for hands-free enrichment.
