EnglishPope Leo XIV Twitter (X) stats, updated continuously. @Pontifex has 17,885,266 followers and 887 posts on X. Account age: 1 year (joined May 2025).
Insights
Pope Leo XIV ranks #173 of 18,796,892 tracked X (Twitter) accounts. That is the top 0.01% by followers. Over the last 30 days @Pontifex lost 16,054 followers (-0.09%). In the last 7 days the change was -6,304 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +3,064 followers on Jun 25, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 14K interactions against 18M followers, an engagement rate of 0.081%. Measured over 23 original posts, its engagement rate beats 82% of 3,791 tracked accounts of a similar size. Comparing inside a size band matters here: engagement rate falls as accounts grow, so a raw rate would mostly just re-measure the follower count. Posts are seen about 594K times each, and 2.43% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.32% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 23 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #generalaudience, #gospeloftheday, #gospeloftoday.
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Follower growth
Best tracked day: +3.1K followers on 2026-06-25.
Bio
Welcome to the official account of His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV.
Notable followers
The biggest accounts in our directory following @Pontifex.
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Pope Leo XIV on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- How many followers does Pope Leo XIV have on X?
- Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) has 17,885,266 followers on X (Twitter). It lost 6,340 followers in the last 7 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did Pope Leo XIV join X, and how old is the account?
- Pope Leo XIV joined X in May 2025. The @Pontifex account is 1 year old. Searches for Pope Leo XIV age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.
- How many posts has Pope Leo XIV published?
- Pope Leo XIV has published 887 posts on X. That is about 1.9 posts per day over the life of the account.
- Is Pope Leo XIV verified on X?
- Yes. Pope Leo XIV carries a Government verification on X.
- Is Pope Leo XIV gaining or losing followers?
- Pope Leo XIV is currently losing followers, with a net -16,054 over the last 30 days. Over the last 7 days the change was -6,304.
- What is Pope Leo XIV's rank on X?
- Pope Leo XIV ranks #173 out of 18,796,892 X (Twitter) accounts in our directory by follower count, which is the top 0.01% of all tracked accounts.