EnglishABC News is on Twitter (X) as @abcnews, with 2,651,603 followers and 403,519 posts. It lost 467 followers in the last 7 days and 3,607 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 115 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.004% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @abcnews lost 3,607 followers (-0.14%). In the last 7 days the change was -467 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +292 followers on Aug 17, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 115 interactions against 2.7M followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 65 original posts, its engagement rate beats 24% 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 83K times each, and 0.139% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.12% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 65 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 26, 2026. Recurring tag: #breaking.
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Best tracked day: +292 followers on 2026-08-17.
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Bio
Latest news updates from the Australian Broadcasting Corp. This is an official @abcaustralia account.
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ABC News on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for ABC News?
- ABC News posts on Twitter (X) as @abcnews. The profile is at x.com/abcnews, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does ABC News have on Twitter?
- ABC News (@abcnews) has 2,651,603 followers on Twitter (X). It lost 467 followers in the last 7 days and 3,607 in the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did ABC News join Twitter?
- ABC News joined Twitter (X) in March 2007. The @abcnews account is 19 years old. Searches for ABC News age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.