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Followers

9.97M

Posts

190.8K

Following

379

Account age

19 yrs

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📊 Post performance

18.5K

Avg views / post

0.2%

Reach vs followers

Mar 2007

On X since

🔥 Top post: Extreme fire conditions on the ground have created unprecedented · 63.8K views

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

92.9 / week

A very active account — multiple posts a day, an always-on feed.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 0 video · 0 image · 13 text.

Follower / following

26.3K×

Follows 379 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Verification

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A paid X Premium (Blue) verified account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Extreme fire conditions on the ground have created unprecedented conditions in the atmosphere. 63.8K❤ 19🔁 13

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💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2007 — 19 years ago.

👁️Averages 18.5K views per post.

📤Posts about 92.9× per week.

🏅Earned the 5M Followers for passing 5M followers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

58/100

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 (~0.2% 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.