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Ars Technica is on Twitter (X) as @arstechnica, with 2,561,243 followers and 152,794 posts. It gained 5,879 followers in the last 7 days and 61,732 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 19 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.001% per follower.

Followers
2.6M
Growth (7d)
+5.9K
Following
1.2K
Influence
820
Posts
153K~21.2/day
Likes given
6.5K
Media posts
6.6K
Follower ratio
2.1K:1

Insights

Over the last 30 days @arstechnica gained 61,732 followers (+2.41%). In the last 7 days the change was +5,879 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 87% of tracked News accounts. Ars Technica is on a 16-day follower growth streak. Its strongest tracked day added +68,990 followers on Jul 19, 2026. At the current pace, @arstechnica is on track to reach 3.0M followers in about 31 weeks.

Engagement

Per follower
0.001%
of 2.6M followers
Per impression
0.188%
10K views on a typical post
Reach
0.39%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
19
interactions (median)
Saved
0.03%
3 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
9.9/day
active 97% of days
Peak time
19:00 UTC
Wednesday

A typical post picks up 19 interactions against 2.6M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Posts are seen about 10K times each, and 0.188% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.394% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 9.9 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window.

Measured over 297 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 26, 2026.

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Follower growth

7-day
+5.9K
30-day
+62K
90-day
+498K
Avg / day
+2.1K
2026-06-23+790K over 118 days2026-10-26

On a 16-day follower growth streak. Best tracked day: +69K followers on 2026-07-19.

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