EnglishIan McKellen is on Twitter (X) as @IanMcKellen, with 3,587,259 followers and 3,069 posts. It gained 20,168 followers in the last 7 days and 15,282 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 1.1K interactions, an engagement rate of 0.032% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @IanMcKellen gained 15,282 followers (+0.43%). In the last 7 days the change was +20,168 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 94% of tracked Politics accounts. Its strongest tracked day added +10,987 followers on Oct 31, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 1.1K interactions against 3.6M followers, an engagement rate of 0.032%. Posts are seen about 65K times each, and 1.75% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.81% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.37 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 37% of days saw any activity at all.
Measured over 11 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 30, 2026. Recurring tag: #gotham.
Full engagement reportFollower growth
Best tracked day: +11K followers on 2026-10-31.
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Bio
My ONLY X/Twitter account. Beware of imposters who try to gain your confidence.
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- What is the Twitter handle for Ian McKellen?
- Ian McKellen posts on Twitter (X) as @IanMcKellen. The profile is at x.com/IanMcKellen, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
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- Ian McKellen joined Twitter (X) in January 2010. The @IanMcKellen account is 16 years old. Searches for Ian McKellen age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.