Followers
61.8M
About this metric
Public follower count at check time.
@cnn
Profile data checked Aug 6, 2026, 3:16 PM
Report generated Sep 24, 2026, 11:44 AM · Methodology
63/100
Mixed profile signals
Followers
61.8M
Public follower count at check time.
Typical views
172.6K
Median views across 20 sampled posts.
Responses / 1K views
3
Median likes, replies, reposts, and quotes per 1,000 public post views.
Reply share
13%
2,521 of 19.9K sampled interactions were replies.
Conversation response
Limited
Posting cadence
Limited
Search signals
Mixed
Bio clarity
Strong
Topic consistency
Strong
Profile setup
Strong
Profile links
Strong
Post mix
Strong
Post context
Strong
Public engagement
10th percentile
Audit score
27th percentile
CNN identifies itself as a news organization covering difficult stories, while directing users elsewhere for breaking alerts and its app.
Audience
People seeking broad coverage of US politics, world affairs, business, technology, weather, crime, and major public events.
Positioning
A general-news account emphasizing consequential reporting, with a separate channel designated for breaking-news updates.
Bio/content match
StrongNearly every meaningful sampled post reports a consequential news story across politics, world affairs, disasters, business, technology, and crime.
Amplification
23%
Bookmarks / 1K views
0.25
Posts analyzed
20
View consistency
83%
Popular-post sample: Median 172.6K / average 209K
Top vs typical
5.2x
Popular-post sample: Highest sampled result divided by the median
Reply share
13%
Popular-post sample: 2,521 replies or comments / 19.9K interactions
Response is discounted because X exposes popularity-ranked posts, not a representative recent sample.
Posting cadence is not scored because the available public sample is popularity-ranked, not chronological.
The account has limited identity or recurring topic signals in the public sample.
CNN identifies itself as a news organization covering difficult stories, while directing users elsewhere for breaking alerts and its app.
Nearly every meaningful sampled post reports a consequential news story across politics, world affairs, disasters, business, technology, and crime.
The profile has strong public identity signals; bio and external links are optional context.
The profile provides a public destination beyond X.
The captured sample is broad enough to compare format results.
Most sampled posts provide enough visible text to establish useful context.
CNN says #GoThere, then posts the same Washington wildfire twice in four hours. That’s embarrassing news-feed spam.
@cnn · C · 63/100
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