EnglishMichael Shermer is on Twitter (X) as @michaelshermer, with 251,221 followers and 26,946 posts. A typical post draws 84 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.034% per follower. It has been on X since April 2009, an account age of 17 years.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 84 interactions against 251K followers, an engagement rate of 0.034%. Measured over 68 original posts, its engagement rate beats 40% of 20,688 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 8.1K times each, and 1.05% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.21% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 68 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 26, 2026.
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Bio
On UAP Science Advisory Council. Opinions my own. Skeptic mag. https://t.co/i81i0rp1HP | Host Michael Shermer Show | Author TRUTH: https://t.co/0FvkBGFl26
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