EnglishPopular Science is on Twitter (X) as @PopSci, with 1,597,157 followers and 160,930 posts. It lost 264 followers in the last 7 days and 1,876 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 5 interactions, an engagement rate of 0% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @PopSci lost 1,876 followers (-0.12%). In the last 7 days the change was -264 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +23 followers on Aug 15, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 1.6M followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 150 original posts, its engagement rate beats 5% of 20,944 tracked accounts of a similar size. That is a reason to look at how the audience behaves - reply depth, saves, whether the followers are recent - rather than a conclusion about it on its own. Posts are seen about 4.7K times each, and 0.106% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.297% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 150 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 27, 2026.
Full engagement reportFollower growth
Best tracked day: +23 followers on 2026-08-15.
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Popular Science on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for Popular Science?
- Popular Science posts on Twitter (X) as @PopSci. The profile is at x.com/PopSci, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does Popular Science have on Twitter?
- Popular Science (@PopSci) has 1,597,157 followers on Twitter (X). It lost 264 followers in the last 7 days and 1,876 in the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did Popular Science join Twitter?
- Popular Science joined Twitter (X) in January 2009. The @PopSci account is 17 years old. Searches for Popular Science age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.