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The Chronicle of Higher Education Twitter (X) Account Stats

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The Chronicle of Higher Education is on Twitter (X) as @chronicle, with 248,807 followers and 71,239 posts. A typical post draws 5 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.002% per follower. It has been on X since January 2008, an account age of 18 years.

Followers
249K
Growth (7d)
-
Following
1.2K
Influence
304
Posts
71K~10.4/day
Likes given
258
Media posts
2.6K
Follower ratio
205:1

Engagement

Bottom 10% for its size
Per follower
0.002%
of 249K followers
Per impression
0.204%
2.4K views on a typical post
Reach
0.98%
of its followers see a post
Typical post
5
interactions (median)
Saved
0.082%
2 bookmarks on a typical post
Posting rate
2.67/day
active 40% of days
Peak time
18:00 UTC
Tuesday

A typical post picks up 5 interactions against 249K followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Measured over 69 original posts, its engagement rate beats 9% of 20,183 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 2.4K times each, and 0.204% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.984% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.

Measured over 69 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on September 26, 2026. Recurring tags: #ai, #highered.

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