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Followers
26.3M
Posts
461.9K
Following
150
Account age
19 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$147K – $238.9K / sponsored post
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199.8K views
AI is charging ahead. Not even its creators—including @elonmusk—know how to keep up https://t.co/8UwsIS9FQY
29.6K views
From sabotage attacks to assisting Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, poses a unique security problem for Europe https://t.co/CsXebylYtF
24.1K views
A crackdown on shipments from South America has made Africa’s west coast an attractive hub for drug cartels. Despite the occasional bust, authorities are largely powerless to stop it, https://t.co/JvqoGvVrRG
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📊 Post performance
Recent posts · views
Aug 3latest
25.2K
Avg views / post
22.6K–29.6K
Typical post (views)
0.1%
Reach vs followers
86/100
Very consistent reach
May 2007
On X since
Half of recent posts land between 22.6K and 29.6K views (median 24.8K) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: AI is charging ahead. Not even its creators—including @elonmusk— · 199.8K views
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
11.4 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 1 video · 2 image · 15 text.
Follower / following
175K×
Follows 150 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
AI is charging ahead. Not even its creators—including @elonmusk—know how to keep up https://t.co/8UwsIS9FQY
“The Republican playbook is going to be cultural war, crime and communism,” says @jefftimmer. We look at the Michigan Senate race on “Checks and Balance”
Marrying later, working harder and being better parents have diminished male friendships
Andy Burnham’s plans may be vague but his more optimistic vision for the country—a stark contrast to the misery associated with his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer—is paying early dividends
The blazes in North America have claimed 10-80 times as many lives as those in Europe so far, our analysis shows. But the mortality gap could narrow as the fires continue to burn
A crackdown on shipments from South America has made Africa’s west coast an attractive hub for drug cartels. Despite the occasional bust, authorities are largely powerless to stop it, https://t.co/JvqoGvVrRG
Photo: Shutterstock
Germany has passed reams of anti-terrorism measures. Yet so glaring are the missteps in the case of Abdul Ballout—who allegedly drove a van into crowds in Berlin and reportedly stabbed a number of people—that more deadly attacks seems inev…
Just as Mar-a-Lago has become an unofficial White House, the Boardwalk—a superyacht owned by America’s ambassador to Italy—has become an unofficial embassy. Register for free to learn how
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From sabotage attacks to assisting Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, poses a unique security problem for Europe https://t.co/CsXebylYtF
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Africa still lags behind Latin America, which exports four times as much in agricultural goods. But if Africa can learn from success stories, such as Peru becoming the world’s largest exporter in a decade, there will be fruitful returns
Anatoliy Artemenko, a Ukrainian farmer near Odessa, has a bumper crop. His problem is what to do with it
Pick among prize European destinations wisely and the continent still offers the discerning traveller an unrivalled chance to commune with its timeless soul. Just kidding
A crackdown on shipments from South America has made Africa’s west coast an attractive hub for drug cartels. Despite the occasional bust, authorities are largely powerless to stop it, https://t.co/JvqoGvVrRG
Photo: Shutterstock
Germany has passed reams of anti-terrorism measures. Yet so glaring are the missteps in the case of Abdul Ballout—who allegedly drove a van into crowds in Berlin and reportedly stabbed a number of people—that more deadly attacks seems inev…
Just as Mar-a-Lago has become an unofficial White House, the Boardwalk—a superyacht owned by America’s ambassador to Italy—has become an unofficial embassy. Register for free to learn how
▶
From sabotage attacks to assisting Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, poses a unique security problem for Europe https://t.co/CsXebylYtF
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Africa still lags behind Latin America, which exports four times as much in agricultural goods. But if Africa can learn from success stories, such as Peru becoming the world’s largest exporter in a decade, there will be fruitful returns
Anatoliy Artemenko, a Ukrainian farmer near Odessa, has a bumper crop. His problem is what to do with it
Pick among prize European destinations wisely and the continent still offers the discerning traveller an unrivalled chance to commune with its timeless soul. Just kidding
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined X in 2007 — 19 years ago.
👁️Averages 25.2K views per post.
📤Posts about 11.4× per week.
🏅Earned the 10M Followers for passing 10M followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated58/100
Fair
Credibility score
81%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (19+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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