EnglishShekhar Gupta Twitter (X) stats, updated continuously. @ShekharGupta has 2,531,265 followers and 73,481 posts on X. Account age: 12 years (joined June 2014).
Insights
Over the last 30 days @ShekharGupta gained 24,771 followers (+0.98%). In the last 7 days the change was +2,764 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 70% of tracked Politics accounts. Shekhar Gupta is on a 33-day follower growth streak. Its strongest tracked day added +9,006 followers on Jul 19, 2026. At the current pace, @ShekharGupta is on track to reach 3.0M followers in about 82 weeks.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 46 interactions against 2.5M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Posts are seen about 14K times each, and 0.317% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.568% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 7.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window.
Measured over 202 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 10, 2026. Recurring tags: #50wordedit, #theprintpolitics, #theprintfeature.
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Follower growth
On a 33-day follower growth streak. Best tracked day: +9.0K followers on 2026-07-19.
Bio
Founder, ThePrint. Politics, governance, non-hyphenated journalism. And typos are my fingerprints.
Notable followers
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Shekhar Gupta on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- How many followers does Shekhar Gupta have on X?
- Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) has 2,531,265 followers on X (Twitter). It gained 2,936 new followers in the last 7 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did Shekhar Gupta join X, and how old is the account?
- Shekhar Gupta joined X in June 2014. The @ShekharGupta account is 12 years old. Searches for Shekhar Gupta age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.
- How many posts has Shekhar Gupta published?
- Shekhar Gupta has published 73,481 posts on X. That is about 16.4 posts per day over the life of the account.
- Is Shekhar Gupta verified on X?
- Yes. Shekhar Gupta is verified on X with a blue checkmark (X Premium).
- What does Shekhar Gupta post about?
- Shekhar Gupta is classified under Politics in our directory. Bio: "Founder, ThePrint. Politics, governance, non-hyphenated journalism. And typos are my fingerprints.".
- Is Shekhar Gupta gaining or losing followers?
- Shekhar Gupta is currently gaining followers, with a net +24,771 over the last 30 days. Over the last 7 days the change was +2,764.
- How fast is Shekhar Gupta growing on X?
- Shekhar Gupta is adding roughly 826 followers per day on average over the last 30 days. At this pace it is on track to reach 3.0M followers in about 82 weeks.