EnglishScience News is on Twitter (X) as @ScienceNews, with 5,351,271 followers and 83,021 posts. It gained 234 followers in the last 7 days and 2,600 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 25 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.001% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @ScienceNews gained 2,600 followers (+0.05%). In the last 7 days the change was +234 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 19% of tracked News accounts. Its strongest tracked day added +6,222 followers on Jul 19, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 25 interactions against 5.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 325 original posts, its engagement rate beats 7% 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 11K times each, and 0.225% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.207% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 325 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 30, 2026.
Full engagement reportFollower growth
Best tracked day: +6.2K followers on 2026-07-19.
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Bio
Covering the latest news in all fields of science. Publisher @society4science. See also @SN_Explores.
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Science News on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for Science News?
- Science News posts on Twitter (X) as @ScienceNews. The profile is at x.com/ScienceNews, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does Science News have on Twitter?
- Science News (@ScienceNews) has 5,351,271 followers on Twitter (X). It gained 234 followers in the last 7 days and 2,600 in the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did Science News join Twitter?
- Science News joined Twitter (X) in January 2009. The @ScienceNews account is 17 years old. Searches for Science News age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.