EnglishCNN Breaking News is on Twitter (X) as @cnnbrk, with 60,047,114 followers and 86,164 posts. It lost 7,839 followers in the last 7 days and 28,653 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 1.2K interactions, an engagement rate of 0.002% per follower.
Insights
CNN Breaking News ranks #21 of 24,842,516 tracked X (Twitter) accounts. That is the top 0.01% by followers. It also ranks #2 among News accounts. Over the last 30 days @cnnbrk lost 28,653 followers (-0.05%). In the last 7 days the change was -7,839 followers. Its strongest tracked day added +22,476 followers on Jul 19, 2026.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 1.2K interactions against 60M followers, an engagement rate of 0.002%. Posts are seen about 752K times each, and 0.155% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 1.25% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline. Posting runs at about 3.8 posts a day over the last 30 days, with activity on almost every day in the window.
Measured over 112 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 25, 2026.
Full engagement reportFollower growth
Best tracked day: +22K followers on 2026-07-19.
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Bio
Breaking news from CNN Digital. Check @cnn for all things CNN, breaking and more.
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CNN Breaking News on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for CNN Breaking News?
- CNN Breaking News posts on Twitter (X) as @cnnbrk. The profile is at x.com/cnnbrk, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does CNN Breaking News have on Twitter?
- CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) has 60,047,114 followers on Twitter (X). It lost 7,839 followers in the last 7 days and 28,653 in the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did CNN Breaking News join Twitter?
- CNN Breaking News joined Twitter (X) in January 2007. The @cnnbrk account is 19 years old. Searches for CNN Breaking News age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.