EnglishJohn Carmack is on Twitter (X) as @ID_AA_Carmack, with 4,185,765 followers and 18,233 posts. It lost 7,319 followers in the last 7 days, for a net gain of 92,341 over the last 30 days. It has been on X since August 2010, an account age of 16 years.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @ID_AA_Carmack gained 92,341 followers (+2.21%). In the last 7 days the change was -7,319 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +171,287 followers on Jul 19, 2026. At the current pace, @ID_AA_Carmack is on track to reach 4.5M followers in about 15 weeks.
Engagement
Early reading. We have captured 7 original posts for this account, below the 8 we require before treating a median as settled. The numbers above describe what we have seen so far, not a finished profile of the account.
A typical post picks up 1.4K interactions against 4.2M followers, an engagement rate of 0.034%. Posts are seen about 152K times each, and 0.929% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 3.64% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 0.37 posts a day over the last 30 days, though only 30% of days saw any activity at all.
Measured over 7 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.
Full engagement reportFollower growth
Best tracked day: +171K followers on 2026-07-19.
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Bio
AGI at Keen Technologies, former CTO Oculus VR, Founder Id Software and Armadillo Aerospace
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John Carmack on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for John Carmack?
- John Carmack posts on Twitter (X) as @ID_AA_Carmack. The profile is at x.com/ID_AA_Carmack, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does John Carmack have on Twitter?
- John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) has 4,185,765 followers on Twitter (X). It lost 7,319 followers in the last 7 days, for a net gain of 92,341 over the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did John Carmack join Twitter?
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