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Endpoint: GET /top-following/{user_handle} Description This endpoint shows the Top 20 most influential accounts that a specific user follows. It reveals the user’s primary information sources and who they consider to be an authority. Who is it for?
  • Alpha Hunters: To discover new accounts by looking at who the “smart money” and top researchers are following.
  • User Profiling: To understand a user’s bias or focus area (e.g., do they follow mostly DeFi founders or NFT artists?).
  • Networking: To identify key nodes in a specific person’s network.
Use Cases
  • Building a “Smart Following” list for a new Twitter account.
  • Analyzing a VC’s following list to find early-stage projects they are tracking.
  • Summarizing the “Inner Circle” of influence for any crypto personality.
Request Example (Python)
import requests

url = "https://api.sorsa.io/v3/top-following/a16z"
headers = {"ApiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
top_following = response.json()

for user in top_following:
    print(f"Influential Source: {user['screen_name']} (Score: {user['sorsa_score']})")