EnglishPOLITICO Twitter (X) stats, updated continuously. @politico has 5,187,224 followers and 415,035 posts on X. Account age: 18 years (joined October 2007).
Insights
Over the last 30 days @politico gained 95,592 followers (+1.84%). In the last 7 days the change was +10,860 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 72% of tracked News accounts. POLITICO is on a 5-day follower growth streak. Its strongest tracked day added +29,887 followers on Jul 19, 2026. At the current pace, @politico is on track to reach 5.5M followers in about 15 weeks.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 62 interactions against 5.2M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 340 original posts, its engagement rate beats 19% of 3,862 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 44K times each, and 0.14% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.847% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 340 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on August 31, 2026. Recurring tags: #theconversation, #aksen.
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Follower growth
On a 5-day follower growth streak. Best tracked day: +30K followers on 2026-07-19.
Bio
Politics. Policy. Power. Congress nerds π https://t.co/vg62iVhofj Longreads and opinions π @politicomag Got a news tip? π https://t.co/JBzpu588Hy
Notable followers
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POLITICO on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- How many followers does POLITICO have on X?
- POLITICO (@politico) has 5,187,224 followers on X (Twitter). It gained 9,953 new followers in the last 7 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did POLITICO join X, and how old is the account?
- POLITICO joined X in October 2007. The @politico account is 18 years old. Searches for POLITICO age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.
- How many posts has POLITICO published?
- POLITICO has published 415,035 posts on X. That is about 60.1 posts per day over the life of the account.
- Is POLITICO verified on X?
- Yes. POLITICO is verified on X with a blue checkmark (X Premium).
- What does POLITICO post about?
- POLITICO is classified under News in our directory. Bio: "Politics. Policy. Power. Congress nerds π https://t.co/vg62iVhofj Longreads and opinions π @politicomag Got a news tip? π https://t.co/JBzpu588Hy".
- Is POLITICO gaining or losing followers?
- POLITICO is currently gaining followers, with a net +95,592 over the last 30 days. Over the last 7 days the change was +10,860.
- How fast is POLITICO growing on X?
- POLITICO is adding roughly 3,186 followers per day on average over the last 30 days. At this pace it is on track to reach 5.5M followers in about 15 weeks.