EnglishBBC Breaking News is on Twitter (X) as @BBCBreaking, with 50,197,838 followers and 44,339 posts. It gained 293 followers in the last 7 days, for a net loss of 19,223 over the last 30 days. A typical post draws 1.0K interactions, an engagement rate of 0.002% per follower.
Insights
BBC Breaking News ranks #27 of 25,821,020 tracked X (Twitter) accounts. That is the top 0.01% by followers. It also ranks #3 among News accounts. Over the last 30 days @BBCBreaking lost 19,223 followers (-0.04%). In the last 7 days the change was +293 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 9% of tracked News accounts. Its strongest tracked day added +28,598 followers on Jun 23, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 1.0K interactions against 50M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 114 original posts, its engagement rate beats 16% of 21,624 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 1.5M times each, and 0.067% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.05% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 114 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 30, 2026.
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Best tracked day: +29K followers on 2026-06-23.
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Bio
Breaking news alerts and updates from the BBC. For news, features, analysis follow @BBCWorld (international) or @BBCNews (UK). Latest sport news @BBCSport.
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BBC Breaking News on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for BBC Breaking News?
- BBC Breaking News posts on Twitter (X) as @BBCBreaking. The profile is at x.com/BBCBreaking, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does BBC Breaking News have on Twitter?
- BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) has 50,197,838 followers on Twitter (X). It gained 293 followers in the last 7 days, for a net loss of 19,223 over the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did BBC Breaking News join Twitter?
- BBC Breaking News joined Twitter (X) in April 2007. The @BBCBreaking account is 19 years old. Searches for BBC Breaking News age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.