EnglishCBS News is on Twitter (X) as @CBSNews, with 9,855,685 followers and 477,943 posts. It gained 420 followers in the last 7 days and 11,633 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 66 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.001% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @CBSNews gained 11,633 followers (+0.12%). In the last 7 days the change was +420 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 29% of tracked News accounts. Its strongest tracked day added +30,775 followers on Jul 19, 2026. At the current pace, @CBSNews is on track to reach 10M followers in about 54 weeks.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 66 interactions against 9.9M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 681 original posts, its engagement rate beats 9% 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 21K times each, and 0.312% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.215% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 681 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 30, 2026.
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Best tracked day: +31K followers on 2026-07-19.
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Bio
Your source for original reporting and trusted news. 📺 CBS | Streaming on the CBS News app | @ParamountPlus
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CBS News on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for CBS News?
- CBS News posts on Twitter (X) as @CBSNews. The profile is at x.com/CBSNews, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does CBS News have on Twitter?
- CBS News (@CBSNews) has 9,855,685 followers on Twitter (X). It gained 420 followers in the last 7 days and 11,633 in the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did CBS News join Twitter?
- CBS News joined Twitter (X) in June 2008. The @CBSNews account is 18 years old. Searches for CBS News age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.