Followerwonk Alternatives for X Audience Research

Followerwonk is a Twitter (now X) analytics tool known for searching bios, comparing follower lists and mapping where followers live. Moz owned it for years. In August 2016 Moz said it would stop investing in Followerwonk and find it a new home, and on December 21, 2017 it sold the tool to Marc Mims, one of its original developers, as the Moz blog post on the sale explains. It later became part of Fedica, the renamed TweepsMap.

It still runs today. The Followerwonk site reads "Followerwonk is now a part of the Fedica family", and its login and sign-up links go to Fedica. The tools are much the same: bio search with AND, OR and NOT, follower comparison, location and bot analysis, daily follow and unfollow tracking, and export to CSV or X Ads. Search now covers Bluesky, Mastodon and Pixelfed as well as X. Capterra lists $29 a month and a free version; plans now run through Fedica.

The alternatives below are for people who want a different mix: follower cleanup, wider audience research, growth tools or keyword monitoring.

Prices below are as of November 6, 2026. Our method is on How we review tools.

Quick comparison

Circleboom

Circleboom covers most of the jobs people opened Followerwonk for on X. You can sort and filter followers and following, then follow, unfollow, remove, block or add them to lists in bulk. A search tool looks through bios, posts and profiles to find accounts in a niche, and separate tools flag fake, bot and inactive followers.

The Circleboom X tool page says it is an official X Enterprise Developer, a status X itself describes as a trusted partner. It also adds a post planner with an AI writer, account monitoring and a mobile app.

Best for: Individuals and small brands who want to audit and clean their X followers.

Pricing:

• 2024 figures reported by TechRadar: Limited $9.99/month, Pro $16.99, Plus $23.99 and Premium $29.99.
• Unfollower alerts were an extra $1.99/month. A small free tier exists.

Watch out for:

• The prices above are 2024 figures reported by TechRadar, so confirm the current rate at checkout. TechRadar also noted that 24-hour support is only on higher tiers.

Official site: Circleboom.

SparkToro

Followerwonk tells you who follows an account. SparkToro answers a wider question: what a given audience reads, listens to, watches and follows. Search by bio keyword, website or topic, and the report lists social accounts, podcasts, YouTube channels, subreddits, press and search keywords that group cares about.

The SparkToro pricing page lists X, LinkedIn and TikTok among its social sources, and every plan gets every data type. A free audience preview opens after sign-up with no card.

Best for: Marketers planning where to advertise, pitch or sponsor, not just who to follow.

Pricing:

• Personal: 4 reports a month, 1 user, annual billing only (price shown in checkout).
• Business: $150/month, 25 reports, 10 users.
• Agency: $300/month, 250 reports, 100 users, SSO.

Watch out for:

• It reports on audiences, not on your own account, so it has no follower tracking, unfollow alerts or bulk actions.

Official site: SparkToro.

Audiense

Audiense sells audience research to brands and agencies, and its products have been regrouped: the Audiense homepage calls Audiense Discover the "new home for Audiense Demand, Insights and Connect". Discover builds audience segments from data patterns on Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok and other sources, then turns them into campaign plans.

The rest of the lineup is aimed at agencies and brand teams: Action, a free AI campaign assistant, plus location planning with Buxton data, conversion tracking from Elevar, and data access through APIs or MCP servers.

Best for: Agencies and brand strategists who need audience segments across several networks.

Pricing:

• Audiense Action is free.
• Other products: free trials, then no public price. Pricing is discussed on a 30-minute call.

Watch out for:

• Audiense does not say how much X data Discover still uses, so test your own niche in the trial before you commit.

Official site: Audiense.

Tweet Hunter

Tweet Hunter is a growth tool for people who post on X every day. The entry plan includes a 12M+ library of viral tweets to study, scheduling for posts and threads, auto-DMs, auto-retweet and X analytics. Grow adds an AI writer and an X CRM that builds lists of accounts from the people who interact with you.

That CRM is the nearest it gets to Followerwonk's follower analysis. The Tweet Hunter pricing page lists Discover at $29 a month for one account and Grow at $49 for five, each with a 7-day trial.

Best for: Founders and creators growing a personal X account.

Pricing:

• Discover: $29/month, 1 X account, 3,000 auto-DMs a month.
• Grow: $49/month, 5 accounts, AI writer, X CRM.
• Enterprise: $199/month, unlimited accounts. 7-day free trial on each plan.

Watch out for:

• It is X only. If part of your audience has moved to Bluesky or Mastodon, Followerwonk now covers those networks and Tweet Hunter does not.

Official site: Tweet Hunter.

Awario

For finding people by what they post, not what their bio says, Awario is a cheaper option. It is a social listening tool: you set topics with Boolean keyword rules and it collects mentions from X, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and news sites. Reports can then show which authors drive the most conversation.

The Awario pricing page lists Starter at $29 a month on yearly billing for 3 topics and 30,000 new mentions a month. The trial runs on Starter limits with no card.

Best for: Small teams that want to find the accounts discussing their brand, product or niche.

Pricing:

• Starter: $29/month yearly or $49 monthly, 3 topics, 30,000 mentions.
• Pro: $89 yearly or $149 monthly, 15 topics, 300,000 mentions.
• Enterprise: $249 yearly or $399 monthly, 100 topics.

Watch out for:

• The pricing page lists data export on Starter, but its FAQ says export is limited to Pro and Enterprise.

Official site: Awario.

Hypefury

Hypefury is a post scheduler for creators. The Hypefury pricing page now lists Instagram, Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok and Bluesky, plus social listening on Reddit and Hacker News. X is not among them.

That makes it a pick for creators who used Followerwonk on X but now post mostly elsewhere. Analytics cover Instagram, Threads and LinkedIn, with top posts ranked and click counts on short links and auto-DMs.

Best for: Creators who have moved their posting to Bluesky, Threads or LinkedIn.

Pricing:

• Flexible: $6/month or $60/year per platform.
• Creator: $19/month or $190/year, all 6 platforms.
• Pro: $39/month or $390/year. 7-day free trial of Creator, no card.

Watch out for:

• There is no follower search or follower analysis, and Bluesky gets scheduling but is not on the analytics list.

Official site: Hypefury.

How to choose

When to stay with Followerwonk

Stay with Followerwonk if bio search and follower comparison are what you need, and especially if your audience is split across X, Bluesky and Mastodon, since few tools search all of them. It now runs inside the Fedica dashboard, so you sign in with a Fedica account. To search creators on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram instead, see our NoxInfluencer alternatives.

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