EnglishNIH is on Twitter (X) as @NIH, with 1,749,024 followers and 17,533 posts. It gained 882 followers in the last 7 days, for a net loss of 375 over the last 30 days. A typical post draws 44 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.003% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @NIH lost 375 followers (-0.02%). In the last 7 days the change was +882 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +672 followers on Jul 19, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 44 interactions against 1.7M followers, an engagement rate of 0.003%. Measured over 60 original posts, its engagement rate beats 19% of 20,182 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 11K times each, and 0.417% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.603% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 60 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 24, 2026. Recurring tags: #safetosleep, #disabilityhealthresearch, #healthyagingmonth.
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Best tracked day: +672 followers on 2026-07-19.
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Bio
Official account of the National Institutes of Health. NIH...Turning Discovery Into Health®. Privacy Policy: https://t.co/wOGwZ3gX1M Engagement ≠ endorsement
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NIH on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for NIH?
- NIH posts on Twitter (X) as @NIH. The profile is at x.com/NIH, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does NIH have on Twitter?
- NIH (@NIH) has 1,749,024 followers on Twitter (X). It gained 882 followers in the last 7 days, for a net loss of 375 over the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did NIH join Twitter?
- NIH joined Twitter (X) in June 2008. The @NIH account is 18 years old. Searches for NIH age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.