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CNET News is on Twitter (X) as @CNETNews, with 600,117 followers and 171,124 posts. A typical post draws 0 interactions, an engagement rate of 0% per follower. It has been on X since March 2007, an account age of 19 years.

Followers
600K
Growth (7d)
-
Following
227
Influence
332
Posts
171K~23.9/day
Likes given
101
Media posts
5.5K
Follower ratio
2.6K:1

Engagement

Bottom 10% for its size
Per follower
0%
of 600K followers
Per impression
0%
1.4K views on a typical post
Reach
0.24%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
0
interactions (median)
Saved
0%
0 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
2.67/day
active 20% of days
Peak time
18:00 UTC
Wednesday

A typical post picks up 0 interactions against 600K followers, an engagement rate of 0%. Measured over 80 original posts, its engagement rate beats 0% of 20,444 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 1.4K times each, and 0% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.241% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.

Measured over 80 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 8, 2026.

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How many followers does CNET News have on Twitter?
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When did CNET News join Twitter?
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