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Followers
161.8K
Account age
1 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$906 – $1.5K / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 30latest
3
Avg engagement / post
2–5
Typical post (engagement)
0%
Engagement vs followers
75/100
Very consistent reach
Nov 2024
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 5 likes + reposts (median 4) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Our Big Mac index is celebrating its birthday as leaders from Wa · 6 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
85.7 / week
A very active account — posts many times a day.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.8K×
Follows 91 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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No representation without taxation
Quantum computers may soon be able to decrypt private data. A new kind of encryption offers the best protection—but it may have undiscovered vulnerabilities
The Economist’s Big Mac index is turning 40. On “Money Talks”, lessons from our unique brand of burgernomics
A fracas in the South China Sea was just one in a series of recent incidents along archipelagic Asia that add up to a picture of a more aggressive China
The Hong Kong bookseller died on July 2nd, aged 70
Thanks to younger, social-media-savvy politicians, disengaged younger Japanese are taking more interest in politics. Register for free to learn how
A billionaire diplomat’s floating statecraft
China’s surpluses “are real, large and a legitimate concern for the rest of the world”, write three economists in a guest essay. But there are steps that can be taken towards a “real appreciation of the yuan”
Germany knew Abdul Ballout was dangerous. It let him go anyway
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Our polling suggests that 60% of Americans think the Trump administration is spending too much money on the Iran war. Follow along as we track the president’s approval rating
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@economist.com
The handle is the domain economist.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real economist.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Nov 2024
Joined after Bluesky opened to the public — a settled account with a real history.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2024 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 85.7× per week.
🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated53/100
Fair
Credibility score
76%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.0% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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News and analysis with a global perspective, since 1843. We’re here to help you understand the world around you. Subscribe here: https://econ.st/4fAeu4q
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