X Accounts Directory
Best News X Accounts
The most followed accounts on X (Twitter), ranked by followers, growth, tweets, and influence. Live stats and follower growth charts across every language.
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2.1B
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CNN
@CNN
English
English62M
followers
-4.0K
7d
429K
tweets
CNN Breaking News
@cnnbrkEnglish
English60M
followers
+18K
7d
86K
tweets
The New York Times
@nytimesEnglish
English54M
followers
+30K
7d
566K
tweets
BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreakingEnglish
English50M
followers
+13K
7d
44K
tweets
BBC News (World)
@BBCWorldEnglish
English42M
followers
+16K
7d
411K
tweets
Fox News
@FoxNewsEnglish
English29M
followers
+21K
7d
705K
tweets
BCCI
@BCCIEnglish
English28M
followers
-957
7d
845K
tweets
Reuters
@ReutersEnglish
English26M
followers
+36K
7d
1.4M
tweets
The Economist
@TheEconomistEnglish
English26M
followers
+17K
7d
462K
tweets
AajTak
@aajtakEnglish
English24M
followers
+910
7d
1.2M
tweets
قناة الجزيرة
@AJArabic
Arabic
Arabic23M
followers
+4.6K
7d
561K
tweets
CNN en Español
@CNNEE
Spanish
Spanish21M
followers
+2.6K
7d
528K
tweets
Forbes
@ForbesEnglish
English20M
followers
-903
7d
680K
tweets
ABC News
@ABCEnglish
English19M
followers
+20K
7d
512K
tweets
TIME
@TIMEEnglish
English19M
followers
+3.6K
7d
441K
tweets
NDTV
@ndtvEnglish
English17M
followers
+7.5K
7d
1.6M
tweets
The Associated Press
@APEnglish
English16M
followers
+36K
7d
394K
tweets
Nintendo of America
@NintendoAmericaEnglish
English15M
followers
+73K
7d
30K
tweets
FIFA
@FIFAcomEnglish
English15M
followers
+4.3K
7d
96K
tweets
BBC News (UK)
@BBCNewsEnglish
English15M
followers
+2.1K
7d
621K
tweets
CNN International
@cnniEnglish
English15M
followers
+811
7d
304K
tweets
The Times Of India
@timesofindiaEnglish
English14M
followers
-965
7d
1.1M
tweets
ABP News
@ABPNewsEnglish
English14M
followers
-189
7d
754K
tweets
Sky Sports News
@SkySportsNewsEnglish
English13M
followers
+6.9K
7d
135K
tweets
CGTN
@CGTNOfficialEnglish
English12M
followers
-1.6K
7d
344K
tweets
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiiraniEnglish
English12M
followers
+40
7d
72K
tweets
CNN بالعربية
@cnnarabicEnglish
English12M
followers
+1.5K
7d
316K
tweets
Rajat Sharma
@RajatSharmaLiveEnglish
English12M
followers
-551
7d
20K
tweets
خبر عاجل
@AJELNEWS24Arabic
Arabic11M
followers
-2.4K
7d
478K
tweets
E! News
@enewsEnglish
English11M
followers
+11K
7d
397K
tweets
China Xinhua News
@XHNewsEnglish
English11M
followers
-715
7d
327K
tweets
beIN SPORTS
@beINSPORTSArabic
Arabic11M
followers
+1.1K
7d
196K
tweets
The Onion
@TheOnionEnglish
English11M
followers
-330
7d
112K
tweets
Bloomberg
@businessEnglish
English10M
followers
+21K
7d
1.3M
tweets
WIRED
@WIREDEnglish
English10M
followers
+94K
7d
191K
tweets
Al Jazeera English
@AJEnglishEnglish
English10M
followers
+14K
7d
448K
tweets
HuffPost
@HuffPostEnglish
English9.9M
followers
-1.2K
7d
705K
tweets
TIMES NOW
@TimesNowEnglish
English9.8M
followers
+9.2K
7d
1.4M
tweets
CBS News
@CBSNewsEnglish
English9.8M
followers
+23K
7d
472K
tweets
ANI
@ANIEnglish
English9.4M
followers
+11K
7d
1.1M
tweets
NBC News
@NBCNewsEnglish
English9.3M
followers
-933
7d
447K
tweets
ABS-CBN News
@ABSCBNNewsEnglish
English9.2M
followers
+2.8K
7d
1.3M
tweets
Sky News
@SkyNewsEnglish
English9.1M
followers
+16K
7d
768K
tweets
BBC News عربي
@BBCArabicArabic
Arabic8.9M
followers
+2.9K
7d
184K
tweets
TMZ
@TMZEnglish
English8.9M
followers
+18K
7d
511K
tweets
IndianPremierLeague
@IPLEnglish
English8.8M
followers
+7.2K
7d
105K
tweets
METRO TV
@Metro_TVEnglish
English8.8M
followers
-406
7d
1.3M
tweets
The Daily Show
@TheDailyShowEnglish
English8.7M
followers
+4.8K
7d
36K
tweets
Steam
@SteamEnglish
English8.7M
followers
+2.4K
7d
15K
tweets
Breaking News
@BreakingNews
8.5M
followers
-1.4K
7d
110K
tweets
Hamid Mir حامد میر
@HamidMirPAKEnglish
English8.5M
followers
-85
7d
55K
tweets
Rajdeep Sardesai
@sardesairajdeepEnglish
English8.4M
followers
+7.0K
7d
94K
tweets
The New Yorker
@NewYorkerEnglish
English8.4M
followers
+23K
7d
195K
tweets
The Hindu
@the_hinduEnglish
English8.4M
followers
+11K
7d
720K
tweets
Sean Hannity 🇺🇸
@seanhannityEnglish
English8.4M
followers
+39K
7d
39K
tweets
Minecraft
@MinecraftEnglish
English8.3M
followers
+44K
7d
5.3K
tweets
Hindustan Times
@htTweetsEnglish
English8.2M
followers
-417
7d
1.7M
tweets
Folha de S.Paulo
@folha
Norwegian
Norwegian8.2M
followers
+8.7K
7d
904K
tweets
tvOnenews
@tvOneNewsEnglish
English8.1M
followers
+7.5K
7d
515K
tweets
Sudhir Chaudhary
@sudhirchaudhary
Dutch
Dutch7.9M
followers
-582
7d
49K
tweets
NPR
@NPREnglish
English7.7M
followers
-1.5K
7d
244K
tweets
Financial Times
@FinancialTimesEnglish
English7.4M
followers
+17K
7d
337K
tweets
People
@peopleEnglish
English7.4M
followers
+13K
7d
571K
tweets
Naija
@Naija_PREnglish
English7.0M
followers
+421
7d
421K
tweets
Financial Times
@FTEnglish
English7.0M
followers
+20K
7d
370K
tweets
Punch Newspapers
@MobilePunchEnglish
English7.0M
followers
-335
7d
818K
tweets
Zee News
@ZeeNews
Hindi
Hindi6.9M
followers
+111
7d
700K
tweets
Citizen TV Kenya
@citizentvkenyaEnglish
English6.9M
followers
+2.5K
7d
932K
tweets
Instablog9ja
@instablog9jaEnglish
English6.9M
followers
+2.7K
7d
229K
tweets
News24 🇿🇦
@News24
6.6M
followers
-74
7d
499K
tweets
Pop Base
@PopBaseEnglish
English6.6M
followers
+277K
7d
94K
tweets
Jornal O Globo
@JornalOGloboEnglish
English6.5M
followers
-627
7d
661K
tweets
People's Daily, China
@PDChinaEnglish
English6.4M
followers
-456
7d
148K
tweets
BBC News Hindi
@BBCHindiHindi
Hindi6.4M
followers
+11K
7d
205K
tweets
Shoaib Akhtar
@shoaib100mph
Indonesian
Indonesian6.4M
followers
-1.2K
7d
4.3K
tweets
CharlieIntel
@charlieINTELEnglish
English6.4M
followers
+101K
7d
82K
tweets
Imran Riaz Khan
@ImranRiazKhanEnglish
English6.4M
followers
+646
7d
47K
tweets
Daily Loud
@DailyLoudEnglish
English6.4M
followers
+156K
7d
118K
tweets
Gmail
@gmailEnglish
English6.4M
followers
+193
7d
373K
tweets
IndiaToday
@IndiaTodayEnglish
English6.2M
followers
+12K
7d
1.5M
tweets
Rolling Stone
@RollingStoneEnglish
English6.2M
followers
+36K
7d
264K
tweets
Hootsuite 🦉
@hootsuiteEnglish
English6.2M
followers
-937
7d
82K
tweets
GameSpot
@GameSpotEnglish
English6.1M
followers
+15K
7d
206K
tweets
YouTube Creators
@YouTubeCreatorsEnglish
English6.0M
followers
+199
7d
47K
tweets
ARY NEWS
@ARYNEWSOFFICIALEnglish
English5.9M
followers
-701
7d
444K
tweets
Amazon
@amazonEnglish
English5.9M
followers
+398
7d
67K
tweets
Thairath_News
@Thairath_News
Thai
Thai5.9M
followers
+5.9K
7d
571K
tweets
Geo News Urdu
@geonews_urduEnglish
English5.8M
followers
-451
7d
2.6M
tweets
GMA News
@gmanewsEnglish
English5.7M
followers
+3.7K
7d
1.0M
tweets
GloboNews
@GloboNews
5.7M
followers
+6.9K
7d
253K
tweets
BBC Arabic - عاجل
@bbcarabicalertsEnglish
English5.6M
followers
-805
7d
22K
tweets
chart data
@chartdataEnglish
English5.6M
followers
+162K
7d
158K
tweets
YabaLeftOnline
@yabaleftonlineEnglish
English5.5M
followers
+2.6K
7d
181K
tweets
The Royal Family
@RoyalFamilyEnglish
English5.4M
followers
-1.2K
7d
41K
tweets
Kamran Khan
@AajKamranKhanEnglish
English5.4M
followers
-805
7d
12K
tweets
Twinkle Khanna
@mrsfunnybonesEnglish
English5.4M
followers
-866
7d
7.3K
tweets
NTV Kenya
@ntvkenyaEnglish
English5.4M
followers
+1.4K
7d
765K
tweets
Science News
@ScienceNewsEnglish
English5.3M
followers
+6.5K
7d
82K
tweets
Laura Ingraham
@IngrahamAngleEnglish
English5.3M
followers
+805
7d
65K
tweets
The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBeeEnglish
English5.3M
followers
+1.7K
7d
38K
tweets
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Frequently asked questions
- Who are the most followed News X (Twitter) accounts in 2026?
- The most followed News account right now is CNN (@CNN) with 62M followers. This directory ranks News X accounts live by followers, growth, tweets, and influence, each with a follower growth chart.
- How are the account rankings calculated?
- Accounts are ranked by public metrics tracked over time: follower count, weekly growth, total tweets, and an influence index based on how many tracked accounts follow them. You can re-sort the list by any of these.
- How often is the directory updated?
- Follower counts are refreshed continuously and the directory re-syncs roughly every 30 minutes, so rankings and growth charts stay current.
- Are private or adult accounts listed?
- No. Only public accounts are listed, and accounts flagged as NSFW/adult are excluded from the directory.