NPR’s Rise on the Fediverse

This week, NPR chose to no longer post on Twitter. We had been mirroring the @NPR and @nprpolitics Twitter accounts on press.coop, and had a surge of interest in following @NPR@press.coop, which is now the most popular account on press.coop (see table below).

After upgrading our infrastructure to address the heightened load, we updated the press.coop server software to support RSS feeds, and now mirror NPR’s news and politics to @NPR@press.coop and @nprpolitics@press.coop. We also added an easy way to follow accounts on press.coop using our Hellō Mastodon Builder.

Interesting to see what has gained in popularity on the fediverse since we last looked.

Feb 7, 2023 Apr 13, 2023
NPR NPR
@NPRFollow with Hellō
* 2629
Reuters Reuters
@ReutersFollow with Hellō
50 1169
The Washington Post The Washington Post
@washingtonpostFollow with Hellō
30 1005
The New York Times The New York Times
@nytimesFollow with Hellō
24 996
NPR Politics NPR Politics
@nprpoliticsFollow with Hellō
* 984
The Associated Press The Associated Press
@APFollow with Hellō
44 862
MSNBC MSNBC
@MSNBCFollow with Hellō
25 663
WIRED WIRED
@WIREDFollow with Hellō
31 630
The Verge The Verge
@vergeFollow with Hellō
22 584
The Guardian The Guardian
@guardianFollow with Hellō
20 447
TechCrunch TechCrunch
@TechCrunchFollow with Hellō
21 397
Science Magazine Science Magazine
@ScienceMagazineFollow with Hellō
19 391
The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal
@WSJFollow with Hellō
18 375
The New Yorker The New Yorker
@NewYorkerFollow with Hellō
1 361
Bloomberg Bloomberg
@businessFollow with Hellō
25 358
National Geographic National Geographic
@NatGeoFollow with Hellō
13 346
Mother Jones Mother Jones
@MotherJonesFollow with Hellō
* 346
Ars Technica Ars Technica
@arstechnicaFollow with Hellō
1 336
Guardian news Guardian news
@guardiannewsFollow with Hellō
15 323
The Economist The Economist
@TheEconomistFollow with Hellō
20 316
The Hill The Hill
@thehillFollow with Hellō
* 316
The Atlantic The Atlantic
@TheAtlanticFollow with Hellō
1 293
CNN CNN
@CNNFollow with Hellō
25 282
BBC News World BBC News World
@BBCWorldFollow with Hellō
27 280
POLITICO POLITICO
@politicoFollow with Hellō
17 270
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English
@AJEnglishFollow with Hellō
16 267
TIME TIME
@TIMEFollow with Hellō
18 262
Forbes Forbes
@ForbesFollow with Hellō
21 261
Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times
@latimesFollow with Hellō
* 237
The Independent The Independent
@IndependentFollow with Hellō
13 230
BBC Breaking News BBC Breaking News
@BBCBreakingFollow with Hellō
33 210
NEXTA NEXTA
@nexta_tvFollow with Hellō
* 201
IGN IGN
@IGNFollow with Hellō
1 186
The New Republic The New Republic
@newrepublicFollow with Hellō
* 182
CBC News CBC News
@CBCNewsFollow with Hellō
16 179
BBC News UK BBC News UK
@BBCNewsFollow with Hellō
16 178
POLITICOEurope POLITICOEurope
@POLITICOEuropeFollow with Hellō
4 177
Financial Times Financial Times
@FinancialTimesFollow with Hellō
13 174
Engadget Engadget
@engadgetFollow with Hellō
* 174
CNN Breaking News CNN Breaking News
@cnnbrkFollow with Hellō
22 172
MIT Technology Review MIT Technology Review
@techreviewFollow with Hellō
26 169
The Boston Globe The Boston Globe
@BostonGlobeFollow with Hellō
* 155
PinkNews PinkNews
@PinkNewsFollow with Hellō
* 148
USA TODAY USA TODAY
@USATODAYFollow with Hellō
* 147
BBC Sport BBC Sport
@BBCSportFollow with Hellō
5 139
HuffPost HuffPost
@HuffPostFollow with Hellō
* 138
CNN International CNN International
@cnniFollow with Hellō
10 131
The Telegraph The Telegraph
@TelegraphFollow with Hellō
6 128
Gizmodo Gizmodo
@GizmodoFollow with Hellō
* 119
CNET CNET
@CNETFollow with Hellō
* 112
Bloomberg Markets Bloomberg Markets
@marketsFollow with Hellō
6 111
The Times and The Sunday The Times and The Sunday
@thetimesFollow with Hellō
8 110
Financial Times Financial Times
@FTFollow with Hellō
10 105
Kotaku Kotaku
@KotakuFollow with Hellō
* 101
Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune
@chicagotribuneFollow with Hellō
* 90
CBC CBC
@CBCFollow with Hellō
7 86
GameSpot GameSpot
@GameSpotFollow with Hellō
* 86
Fox News Fox News
@FoxNewsFollow with Hellō
2 83
The Economist US The Economist US
@EconUSFollow with Hellō
13 79
The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail
@globeandmailFollow with Hellō
9 79
The Seattle Times The Seattle Times
@seattletimesFollow with Hellō
* 79
PCMag PCMag
@PCMagFollow with Hellō
* 77
XDA XDA
@xdadevelopersFollow with Hellō
* 72
Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review
@HarvardBizFollow with Hellō
* 67
World News Tonight World News Tonight
@ABCWorldNewsFollow with Hellō
* 62
nature nature
@NatureFollow with Hellō
* 62
The Times Of India The Times Of India
@timesofindiaFollow with Hellō
* 56
Hindustan Times Hindustan Times
@htTweetsFollow with Hellō
* 53
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
@NBCNightlyNewsFollow with Hellō
* 53
VentureBeat VentureBeat
@VentureBeatFollow with Hellō
* 53
Salon Salon
@SalonFollow with Hellō
* 52
The Hindu The Hindu
@the_hinduFollow with Hellō
* 49
CBC News: The National CBC News: The National
@CBCTheNationalFollow with Hellō
4 47
Mercury News Mercury News
@mercnewsFollow with Hellō
* 39
The Economist Data Team The Economist Data Team
@ECONdailychartsFollow with Hellō
3 36
BBC BBC
@BBCFollow with Hellō
* 35
Economist Intelligence Economist Intelligence
@TheEIUFollow with Hellō
2 30
BBC Business BBC Business
@BBCBusinessFollow with Hellō
7 27
SlashGear SlashGear
@slashgearFollow with Hellō
* 25
In These Times In These Times
@inthesetimesmagFollow with Hellō
* 23
The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor
@csmonitorFollow with Hellō
* 22
Inc. Inc.
@IncFollow with Hellō
* 20
InfoWorld InfoWorld
@InfoWorldFollow with Hellō
* 8
News from Science News from Science
@NewsfromScienceFollow with Hellō
* 8
Dexerto Dexerto
@DexertoFollow with Hellō
* 7
Al Jazeera Breaking News Al Jazeera Breaking News
@AJENewsFollow with Hellō
* 5
Reuters Business Reuters Business
@ReutersBizFollow with Hellō
* 3
Bloomberg Wealth Bloomberg Wealth
@wealthFollow with Hellō
* 3
Match of the Day Match of the Day
@BBCMOTDFollow with Hellō
* 2
FT Opinion FT Opinion
@ftopinionFollow with Hellō
* 2
FT Weekend FT Weekend
@ftweekendFollow with Hellō
* 1
FT World News FT World News
@ftworldnewsFollow with Hellō
* 1
Test Match Special Test Match Special
@bbctmsFollow with Hellō
* 0

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