Lifetime follower statistics: To retrieve lifetime follower statistics, omit the timeIntervals query parameter. The API returns follower counts segmented by various facets such as geo location and industry. Time-bound follower statistics: To retrieve time-bound follower statistics, include the timeIntervals query parameter. The API returns the aggregate follower count for both paid and organic followers during the days, weeks or months of the selected date range, based on the specified timeIntervals.timeGranularityType.