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Followers
4.3M
Posts
165.8K
Following
278
Account age
17 yrs
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📊 Post performance

12.1K
Avg views / post
0.3%
Reach vs followers
Jan 2009
On X since

🔥 Top post: Scientists have discovered around a hundred new ocean species in · 29.2M views

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.04 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 4 video · 14 image · 0 text.
Follower / following
15.5K×
Follows 278 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Verification
✓ X Premium
A paid X Premium (Blue) verified account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Scientists have discovered around a hundred new ocean species in Bounty Trough, an oceanic rift off New Zealand's south island 🪸 29.2M❤ 41.9K🔁 6K
In this week’s issue: The shock discovery that modern lighting messes with our metabolism - and what to do about it. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. https://t.co/a92xT2LttJ 12.1K❤ 29🔁 27 The galaxy, known as GLASS-z13, has broken the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed by nearly 100 million years! ❤ 12.1K🔁 2.5K This red dot is the oldest galaxy we've ever seen! The latest data from the James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find the galaxy, which dates back to just 300 million years after the big bang https://t.co/ujVstyRBES ❤ 34.4K🔁 8.2K A robot made of magnetic slime could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident. https://t.co/EYpnx56vNO ❤ 90.6K🔁 28.9K Nuclear fusion made important progress in 2020, but the technology is still decades away https://t.co/kZO7q8cR6C ❤ 10.4K🔁 766 BREAKING: Data from two ground-based telescopes have discovered small quantities of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus. There are no known non-biological mechanisms of making the gas on Venus, so it *may* be being produced by alien micro… ❤ 9.6K🔁 3.7K Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing https://t.co/Y8hkf8D2db ❤ 55.7K🔁 24K Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income has concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benefits recipients’ mental and financial wellbeing https://t.co/5Df3Yh86f7 ❤ 33.1K🔁 13.1K Earth has acquired a brand new moon that's about the size of a car https://t.co/zmHBDZkfGI ❤ 7.7K🔁 1.2K Scientists have trained rats to drive tiny cars to collect food https://t.co/YllJwahCRW ❤ 16.2K🔁 5.8K The CRISPR genome-editing technique that's revolutionising biology just got a major upgrade https://t.co/t470SPfHEG ❤ 8.7K🔁 2K

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2009 — 17 years ago.
👁️Averages 12.1K views per post.
📤Posts about per week.
💬0.72% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 1M Followers for passing 1M followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated
46/100
Fair Credibility score
69%
Mixed Real audience
Medium Fake-follower risk
High Data confidence
  • Est. 69% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
  • Low engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (17+ years old).
  • 0.72% engagement — below the ~10.8% typical for this size.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

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