CNN Breaking News Twitter (X) Account Stats

CNN Breaking News ranks #21 of 25,918,260 tracked X (Twitter) accounts. That is the top 0.01% by followers. It also ranks #2 among News accounts. Over the last 30 days @cnnbrk lost 36,147 followers (-0.06%). In the last 7 days the change was -5,424 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +22,476 followers on Jul 19, 2026.

A typical post picks up 1.1K interactions against 60M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 122 original posts, its engagement rate beats 16% 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 707K times each, and 0.158% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.18% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.

Measured over 122 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 30, 2026.

Best tracked day: +22K followers on 2026-07-19.

Bio

Breaking news from CNN Digital. Check @cnn for all things CNN, breaking and more.

Notable followers

The biggest accounts in our directory following @cnnbrk.