EnglishJim Acosta is on Twitter (X) as @Acosta, with 2,400,979 followers and 49,832 posts. It gained 12,601 followers in the last 7 days and 29,557 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 512 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.021% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @Acosta gained 29,557 followers (+1.23%). In the last 7 days the change was +12,601 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 94% of tracked News accounts. Jim Acosta is on a 16-day follower growth streak. Its strongest tracked day added +17,850 followers on Jul 19, 2026. At the current pace, @Acosta is on track to reach 2.5M followers in about 15 weeks.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 512 interactions against 2.4M followers, an engagement rate of 0.021%. Measured over 53 original posts, its engagement rate beats 45% of 21,185 tracked accounts of a similar size, which puts it in the middle of its size range rather than at either end. Posts are seen about 40K times each, and 1.29% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.66% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 53 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 29, 2026. Recurring tags: #breaking, #flsen, #ncsen.
Full engagement reportFollower growth
On a 16-day follower growth streak. Best tracked day: +18K followers on 2026-07-19.
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Bio
Independent Journalist. Host: "The Jim Acosta Show" on Substack, YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Author. Fmr Chief WH Correspondent. I believe in #realnews
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