EnglishABC News is on Twitter (X) as @abcnews, with 2,651,502 followers and 403,523 posts. It lost 450 followers in the last 7 days and 3,604 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 111 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.004% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @abcnews lost 3,604 followers (-0.14%). In the last 7 days the change was -450 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +292 followers on Aug 17, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 111 interactions against 2.7M followers, an engagement rate of 0.004%. Measured over 66 original posts, its engagement rate beats 23% 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 84K times each, and 0.132% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.16% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 66 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 30, 2026. Recurring tag: #breaking.
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Best tracked day: +292 followers on 2026-08-17.
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Bio
Latest news updates from the Australian Broadcasting Corp. This is an official @abcaustralia account.
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ABC News on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for ABC News?
- ABC News posts on Twitter (X) as @abcnews. The profile is at x.com/abcnews, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does ABC News have on Twitter?
- ABC News (@abcnews) has 2,651,502 followers on Twitter (X). It lost 450 followers in the last 7 days and 3,604 in the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did ABC News join Twitter?
- ABC News joined Twitter (X) in March 2007. The @abcnews account is 19 years old. Searches for ABC News age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.