This GitHub Action scrapes your most followed followers and displays them in a dynamic list on your profile's README.md.
| Profile | Name | Followers |
|---|---|---|
| WildGenie | 826 | |
| itszubariel | 12 | |
| AwesomeCoder412412 | 9 | |
| macnmath | 2 | |
| hiley-b | 2 |
Last updated: 2026-06-10 02:15:03 UTC
Psst, if you follow me you can end up on here! ^-^
To use this action in your own repository, follow these steps:
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Update your
README.md:Add the following placeholders to your
README.mdfile. This is where the dynamic list of followers will be inserted.<!-- FOLLOWERS_LIST_START --> <!-- FOLLOWERS_LIST_END -->
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Create a GitHub Actions workflow:
Create a new file in your repository at
.github/workflows/update_readme.ymlwith the following content:name: Update README with Top Followers on: schedule: - cron: '0 0 * * *' # Runs daily at midnight workflow_dispatch: jobs: update-readme: runs-on: ubuntu-latest permissions: contents: write # Required to push changes back to the repository steps: - name: Check out repository uses: actions/checkout@v3 - name: Update README with most followed followers uses: Joe-Huber/my-most-followed-followers@main with: GITHUB_USER_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }} MAX_FOLLOWER_COUNT: 10 - name: Commit and push changes run: | git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]' git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com' git add README.md git commit -m "bot: automated follower list README update" || exit 0 git push
This workflow will run daily, but you can also trigger it manually from the "Actions" tab in your repository.
The following inputs can be configured in your workflow file's with block:
| Input | Description | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
GITHUB_USER_NAME |
Your GitHub username. | ${{ github.repository_owner }} |
true |
MAX_FOLLOWER_COUNT |
The number of top followers to display in the table. | 5 |
false |
This action uses a Docker container to run a Python script that:
- Scrapes your followers using Selenium.
- Finds your most followed followers.
- Updates your
README.mdwith a dynamically generated table.
Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, suggestions, or bug reports, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Scraping is allowed under GitHub's Terms of Service for the purposes of this action. For more details, see the GitHub Acceptable Use Policies.