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“News and analysis with a global perspective, since 1843. We’re here to help you understand the world around you. Subscribe here:
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@TheEconomist is a X / Twitter creator with 262M followers, tracked by ViralHunt since June 2026. Across 70 tracked posts they have accumulated 82.6K total engagement — an average of 1.2K per post.

70posts tracked
82.6Ktotal engagement
4.2Mtotal views
41.1Ktotal likes

Most viral posts by @TheEconomist

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Colombia’s new president is paying for his foolish refusal to co-operate with the handover process initiated by the previous government. The
Aug 14, 2026
VIE 1.6M LIK 21.8K REP 10.2K REP 672
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Field Marshal Munir wants to break Pakistan’s four provinces into smaller units. Whether he gets his way will be a test of his dominance
Oct 10, 2026
VIE 450.8K LIK 8.1K REP 3.1K REP 317
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Pakistan’s de facto ruler plans to redraw the country’s political map. What sounds like a dry administrative change is anything but. Registe
Oct 9, 2026
VIE 158.9K LIK 5.2K REP 2.1K REP 309
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The stated logic for radical reform has some merit. Yet many suspect that Field Marshal Munir’s plan is more about cutting Pakistan’s politi
Oct 7, 2026
VIE 69.5K LIK 4.3K REP 1.8K REP 93
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AI promises to change the world for the better—and the backlash against it is dangerous. Here are four ways to deal with it http://econ.st/4
Jun 25, 2026
VIE 62.5K LIK 263 REP 158 REP 69
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Donald Trump has taken to portraying Venezuela’s stability as one of his great strategic successes. Register for free to read why the earthq
Jun 30, 2026
VIE 52.8K LIK 183 REP 102 REP 34
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From sabotage attacks to assisting Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, poses a unique security
Aug 3, 2026
VIE 66K LIK 128 REP 16 REP 15
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McDonald’s Big Macs can tell you more about the global economy than you might think. Forty years ago The Economist began comparing the price
Aug 1, 2026
VIE 60.9K LIK 111 REP 28 REP 12
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How is American democracy faring in the era of Donald Trump? For our new podcast “Tocqueville Road Trip”, we retraced the steps of Alexis de
Jun 12, 2026
VIE 100.7K LIK 58 REP 16 REP 18
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The scenarios keeping AI bosses awake at night are no longer purely hypothetical
Aug 3, 2026
VIE 41.5K LIK 62 REP 19 REP 8
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Sometimes the best footballers flop at World Cups. On the grandest stage they can turn out not to be the best after all, champions of hype r
Jun 30, 2026
VIE 33.8K LIK 64 REP 10 REP 9
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The visa website of a country renowned for its people’s IT skills resembles a Geocities page from 1999. Register for free to discover why it
Jul 1, 2026
VIE 26.7K LIK 50 REP 12 REP 3
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Who is @TheEconomist?

TheEconomist (@theeconomist) is a X / Twitter creator with 262M followers. ViralHunt has tracked 70 of their posts since June 2026, 82.6K engagement in all, about 1.2K per post. Their own words: “News and analysis with a global perspective, since 1843. We’re here to help you understand the world around you. Subscribe here: http:// econ.st/3Z79ixo”

What is their most viral post?

Colombia’s new president is paying for his foolish refusal to co-operate with the handover process initiated by the prev, posted Aug 14, 2026: 44.4K engagement, 1.6M views, which is 37.7 times their average post.

When does @TheEconomist post?

Mostly on Tuesdays, around 16:00 UTC: 23% of their tracked posts fall in the three hours around that time. Over the last 90 days they published about 1.0 posts a week.

Is @TheEconomist growing?

Not enough recent posts to compare the last 30 days with the 30 before. Their newest tracked post is from Oct 10, 2026.

Which creators are similar?

On X / Twitter, the creators ViralHunt ranks next to them: @elonmusk, @AMAZlNGNATURE, @InternetH0F, @PicturesFoIder, @historyinmemes.

When @TheEconomist posts

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Latest tracked posts by @TheEconomist

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Field Marshal Munir wants to break Pakistan’s four provinces into smaller units. Whether he gets his way will be a test of his dominance
Oct 10, 2026
VIE 450.8K LIK 8.1K REP 3.1K REP 317
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Pakistan’s de facto ruler plans to redraw the country’s political map. What sounds like a dry administrative change is anything but. Registe
Oct 9, 2026
VIE 158.9K LIK 5.2K REP 2.1K REP 309
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The stated logic for radical reform has some merit. Yet many suspect that Field Marshal Munir’s plan is more about cutting Pakistan’s politi
Oct 7, 2026
VIE 69.5K LIK 4.3K REP 1.8K REP 93
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Colombia’s new president is paying for his foolish refusal to co-operate with the handover process initiated by the previous government. The
Aug 14, 2026
VIE 1.6M LIK 21.8K REP 10.2K REP 672
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The AI frenzy has produced obvious winners in semiconductors. But many of Japan’s AI successes are in less flashy trades
Aug 3, 2026
VIE 29.8K LIK 9 REP 5 REP 3

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