Science News Twitter (X) Account Stats

Over the last 30 days @ScienceNews gained 3,930 followers (+0.07%). In the last 7 days the change was +359 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 29% of tracked News accounts. Science News is on a 7-day follower growth streak. Its strongest tracked day added +6,222 followers on Jul 19, 2026.

A typical post picks up 25 interactions against 5.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 319 original posts, its engagement rate beats 7% 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 12K times each, and 0.21% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.222% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.

Measured over 319 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 27, 2026.

On a 7-day follower growth streak. Best tracked day: +6.2K followers on 2026-07-19.

Bio

Covering the latest news in all fields of science. Publisher @society4science. See also @SN_Explores.

Notable followers

The biggest accounts in our directory following @ScienceNews.