EnglishPOLITICO is on Twitter (X) as @politico, with 5,238,227 followers and 416,992 posts. It gained 528 followers in the last 7 days and 19,383 in the last 30 days. A typical post draws 52 interactions, an engagement rate of 0.001% per follower.
Insights
Over the last 30 days @politico gained 19,383 followers (+0.37%). In the last 7 days the change was +528 followers. Its follower growth this week outpaces 33% of tracked News accounts. Its strongest tracked day added +29,887 followers on Jul 19, 2026. At the current pace, @politico is on track to reach 5.5M followers in about 58 weeks.
Engagement
A typical post picks up 52 interactions against 5.2M followers, an engagement rate of 0.001%. Measured over 772 original posts, its engagement rate beats 12% of 20,444 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 34K times each, and 0.151% of those impressions turn into an interaction. That is about 0.656% of the follower count, which is the gap between an audience on paper and an audience in a timeline.
Measured over 772 original posts from a 30-day window, last computed on October 26, 2026. Recurring tags: #theconversation, #gasen, #misen.
Full engagement reportFollower growth
Best tracked day: +30K followers on 2026-07-19.
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Bio
Politics. Policy. Power. Congress nerds π https://t.co/vg62iVhofj Longreads and opinions π @politicomag Got a news tip? π https://t.co/JBzpu588Hy
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POLITICO on Twitter (X) - frequently asked questions
- What is the Twitter handle for POLITICO?
- POLITICO posts on Twitter (X) as @politico. The profile is at x.com/politico, and the View on X button at the top of this page opens it.
- How many followers does POLITICO have on Twitter?
- POLITICO (@politico) has 5,238,227 followers on Twitter (X). It gained 528 followers in the last 7 days and 19,383 in the last 30 days. The count is refreshed continuously from public data.
- When did POLITICO join Twitter?
- POLITICO joined Twitter (X) in October 2007. The @politico account is 19 years old. Searches for POLITICO age often mean a personal age, which we do not publish. The figure here is the account age only.