The Daily Beast Twitter (X) Account Stats

Over the last 30 days @thedailybeast lost 1,121 followers (-0.09%). In the last 7 days the change was -1,978 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +74 followers on Jun 25, 2026.

A typical post picks up 26 interactions against 1.3M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 825 original posts, its engagement rate beats 17% of 21,397 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 5.1K times each, and 0.512% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.401% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.

Measured over 825 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 29, 2026.

Best tracked day: +74 followers on 2026-06-25.

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