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Jeroen de JonghJeroen de Jongh 

What I follow - overview List

Is there a possibility to make a report on the things that I Follow or an other way to get a list of objects that I follow in Chatter?
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Sarah EllermanSarah Ellerman
This isn't a report, but you can at least VIEW all of the objects that you follow by going to your Profile page and clicking on the Overview tab. In the right-hand column of the Overview are two lists, "Followers" and "Following." By Following, it will display the numbers of objects you are following with an option to "Show All." Once you Show All, there is a dropdown to filter by the type of Object, so you can see Opportunities you follow, People you follow, Reports you follow, etc. Hope this helps a little. 

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Varun PillaVarun Pilla
Jeroen, currently I don't think there is any standard way to generate such a report. And that is what is being asked for through this idea here - https://success.salesforce.com/ideaview?id=08730000000IAo6AAG. Be sure to case your vote for it.  Ofcourse in your Profile page there is a link "Following", which lets you see people who you are following. But I guess it won't show the records that you are following.

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Sumit KawSumit Kaw
Is there a possibility to make a report on the things that I Follow ?

No, Unfortunately there is no direct way of using salesforce reporting on records that you follow in salesforce. This is a feature that has been highly requested by lot of people and is really unfortunate that it is has still  not been considered. With Salesforce pitching so hard on Social connect and networking, this is a must have feature. 

Do vote for the idea running on idea Exchange : 

https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000IAo6AAG = Reporting on Records i follow
https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000bgLwAAI = List View for Records i follow


an other way to get a list of objects that I follow in Chatter ? 
Yes, Salesforce fortunately has exposed an Object that stores following information. You can make use of SOQL to get that information in Apex. However still you cannot create Custom Report Types on this Object. Only Exposed Via the API.

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SOQL Query would be something like this :

SELECT ParentId, Parent.Name FROM EntitySubscription WHERE SubscriberId = '00590000001Ffkr' AND ParentId IN (SELECT Id FROM Account)

SubscriberId would be the user Id whose following records are to be found. 
Sarah EllermanSarah Ellerman
This isn't a report, but you can at least VIEW all of the objects that you follow by going to your Profile page and clicking on the Overview tab. In the right-hand column of the Overview are two lists, "Followers" and "Following." By Following, it will display the numbers of objects you are following with an option to "Show All." Once you Show All, there is a dropdown to filter by the type of Object, so you can see Opportunities you follow, People you follow, Reports you follow, etc. Hope this helps a little. 
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Liviu-Georgel NitaLiviu-Georgel Nita
This is what I was looking for! Thank you, Sarah Ellerman! :) 
Valeria KokinaValeria Kokina
Hi All, I am from Ascendix Search app team and we've just added an ability to get a list of records you follow. We do it by adding the Followed by me search criterion. Simply set equals to me and you'll get a list of records you follow. It works well for any object: 

 Getting a list of records you follow via Ascendix Search app

Also, you can mass follow/unfollow records:

Follow and unfollow Salesforce records in bulk with Ascendix Search app

Check more about this and see a video demo of this feature at https://ascendix.com/blog/ascendix-search-update-salesforce-mass-follow-map-pins/

We offer a free 30-day trial with no limitations so even if you don't need to extend your search experience within Salesforce, you can use our app to get a list of records you follow and unfollow those you don't need in bulk. 

Get Ascendix Search at https://appexchange.salesforce.com/listingDetail?listingId=a0N3A00000ExwHyUAJ