# Follower Growth Rate Calculator API

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt).

Measure absolute, percentage, compound and annualized follower growth and estimate time to a goal.

Use this endpoint to add the tool to your app, site, workflow, or agent without rebuilding formulas, validation, examples, and docs.

- Slug: `follower-growth-rate-calculator`
- Category: `business`
- Version: `2026-04-22`
- Credits per successful call: 1
- Starts on: free
- Max payload: 65536 bytes
- Privacy mode: `hash_only`
- Available on: free, starter, pro, business, scale

## Endpoint

`POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/follower-growth-rate-calculator/run`

## Request body

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `start_followers` | `float` | no | followers at period start |
| `end_followers` | `float` | no | followers at period end |
| `period_value` | `float` | no | number of elapsed period units |
| `period_unit` | `str` | no | months | days | weeks | years Choices: months, days, weeks, years |
| `goal_followers` | `float` | no | optional future follower goal |

## Example request

```json
{
  "start_followers": 1000,
  "end_followers": 1500,
  "period_value": 6,
  "period_unit": "months",
  "goal_followers": 2000
}
```

## cURL

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/tools/follower-growth-rate-calculator/run \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mwt_live_YOUR_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"start_followers":1000,"end_followers":1500,"period_value":6,"period_unit":"months","goal_followers":2000}'
```

## Response envelope

```json
{
  "request_id": "01K...",
  "tool": "follower-growth-rate-calculator",
  "tool_version": "2026-04-22",
  "credits_used": 1,
  "result": {}
}
```

## Errors

Errors are RFC 7807 `application/problem+json`. Branch on `code`, not `title`.

## MCP

Agents can discover and call this tool through `https://api.miniwebtool.com/mcp` or `https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/mcp` using MCP `tools/list` and `tools/call`.

## Frequently asked

### What does the Follower Growth Rate Calculator API do?

Measure absolute, percentage, compound and annualized follower growth and estimate time to a goal. Use it to add this utility without rebuilding formulas, validation, examples, and documentation.

### How much does one call cost?

1 credit per successful call. Failed calls do not bill.

### What parameters are required?

Required fields: (none). Full schema at `https://api.miniwebtool.com/v1/openapi.json`.

### Is this deterministic?

Yes. Same input, same output. Tool version: 2026-04-22.