CNN

CNN

@cnn

This is CNN...

cnn.com Joined 2021-08-29

15.3M

Followers

47

Following

863.0M

Total Hearts

15.4K

Videos

56.1K

Avg Hearts/Video

lifetime average

7.73%

Engagement Rate

4.8y

Account Age

264.8K

Followers/Month

lifetime average

15.0M

Hearts/Month

lifetime average

266.8

Videos/Month

lifetime average

We also record @cnn's follower count over time. See the @cnn TikTok follower tracker for dated snapshots and a growth chart.

Account Overview

What This Report Covers

CNN (@cnn) is a verified news & politics TikTok account with 15.3M followers and 15,376 videos. That ranks 256 of the 1,349 accounts with a TKMetrics report by followers, 13.9x the median account. Since it was created 4.8 years ago it has averaged 264.8K new followers a month.

Account Classification

Account Size Mega (10M+)
Account Created 2021-08-29
Verification Yes
Profile language (app setting) EN
Follower Ratio 325K:1

Data Summary

Videos Analyzed 215 (1.4% of total)
Avg Plays per Video 543,874
Avg Likes per Video 38,054
Engagement Rate 7.73%

Metrics based on 215 most recent videos (1.4% of 15.4K total).

Engagement Analysis

Based on 215 videos (1.4% sample)

Across the 215 videos we analysed (Jun 9, 2026 to Jun 19, 2026), the average video got 543.9K plays and 7.0% of viewers liked it, 1.6x the 4.5% median like rate of the creators we track. Saves (0.48% of views) and shares (0.58%) are about level; comments are 0.15%.

543.9K

Avg Plays/Video

38.1K

Avg Likes/Video

814

Avg Comments/Video

3.2K

Avg Shares/Video

Engagement Quality Analysis

These medians and the 75th percentile cover only the 60 most-played of the 215 videos we analysed, so they sit above what a typical post reaches. The averages above cover all 215.

810.4K

Median plays, top 60 videos

65.5K

Median likes, top 60 videos

1.9M

75th percentile plays

10.7M

Top Video

2.76

Engagement per 1K Followers

Normalized influence metric

Estimated Lifetime Engagement

An estimate of the account's whole-catalogue totals, scaled up from the recent videos we analysed to all of its videos. Use it for overall scale, not exact counts. Projected from 215-video sample across 15.4K total videos.

8.4B

Est. Total Plays

863.0M

Total Likes (TikTok's count)

12.5M

Est. Total Comments

48.8M

Est. Total Shares

40.2M

Est. Total Saves

Engagement Ratios

@cnn turns 7.0% of views into likes, 0.48% into saves and 0.58% into shares. Saves and shares carry more weight than likes: they mean content worth keeping or passing on, not just watching.

Engagement rate compared with the 387 Mega-tier accounts with a TKMetrics report (median 8.37%, middle half 5.44% to 10.99%).

Below the median

7.00%

Likes / Views

0.15%

Comments / Views

0.58%

Shares / Views

0.48%

Saves / Views

This indicates that viewers interact more by liking content than by sharing or saving it.

Viral Hit Rate

11.2% of this account's videos beat its own average views by 2x, a breakout rate higher than 57% of the creators we track. The 5x figure is the same measure at five times the norm.

11.2%

2x Avg (24 of 215)

4.7%

5x Avg (10 of 215)

Consistency Score

@cnn's view count swings by a CV of 2.50, steadier than 39% of the 1,349 creators we track. A lower CV means reach you can predict from post to post; a high one means hits and flops.

D

CV: 2.50

Lower CV = more consistent performance

Estimated Earnings

Revenue estimates based on follower count and average video performance

Creator Rewards (Est. Monthly)

No estimate

Creator Rewards is for personal accounts. TikTok lists @cnn as an organisation account, so we don't estimate a payout from the program.

Sponsorship Value (Est. Per Post)

Based on 15.3M followers

$76,290 – $183,097

Our per-follower range for accounts this size; real deals vary with niche and audience. How we estimate it

Disclaimer: These are rough estimates: Creator Rewards at the $0.40 to $1.00 per 1,000 qualified views creators report (TikTok publishes no rate), brand deals at our per-follower ranges (how we estimate them). Actual earnings vary by niche, audience demographics, brand deals, and individual negotiation. TikTok Creator Rewards payouts fluctuate and are not guaranteed. Run your own numbers in the TikTok money calculator.

Content Strategy Analysis

Based on 215 videos

24 of the 215 videos (11.2%) passed twice the average plays and 10 passed five times it. Plays are uneven from one video to the next (consistency grade D). 6 of 215 videos are under 15 seconds and 137 run a minute or longer.

Video Duration Breakdown

How the account's recent videos split across length bands. It shows the format the creator leans on, from very short clips to long-form.

1m 17s

Average Duration

<15s
6
15-30s
9
30-60s
63
1-3min
137

The account favors videos between 60 and 180 seconds as they make up the largest portion of content.

Original Sound Usage

Share of videos set to an “original sound”: audio a TikTok user uploaded rather than a licensed track. It can be this creator's own or another user's upload; Top Sounds below names who made each one.

97.2%
209 of 215

Engagement by Video Length

Average engagement grouped by video length, so you can see which durations actually get the strongest response for this account, not just which ones they post most. Each row averages its videos' own rates (likes, comments and shares per play), so every video counts the same. The 7.73% engagement rate above divides all likes, comments and shares by all their plays, so the most-played videos count most: that is why it sits above every row.

Duration Videos Avg Engagement
<15s 6 2.63%
15-30s 9 4.56%
30-60s (best) 63 5.21%
1-3min 137 5.19%

Posting Patterns & Optimal Timing

Based on 215 videos (1.4% sample)

The account posts 221.7 videos a week, most often on Thursday and Wednesday and most around 0:00 and 1:00 UTC.

Posting Frequency

How often the account posts, against the typical tracked creator. It tells you whether to expect a steady stream or occasional drops.

Videos per Week 221.7
Avg Gap Between Posts 0.8h
Data Range Jun 9, 2026 to Jun 19, 2026

Most Active Days

Which days of the week new videos most often appear. These are upload times, when fresh content lands, not necessarily when the audience is watching. This chart counts 285 uploads with a date, a wider set than the 215 videos analysed above.

Thursday
70
Wednesday
58
Friday
47
Tuesday
39
Monday
33
Saturday
21
Sunday
17

Posting Hours (UTC)

A heatmap of the hours (UTC) when this account publishes. Darker or taller blocks are the busier posting windows. Read it as the creator's release schedule, not their audience's active hours.

0h
3h
6h
9h
12h
15h
18h
21h

How to read these charts

The account posts most frequently on Wednesday and Thursday with a peak at 1:00 UTC. Sunday is the quietest day for posting activity.

Top Videos

Top 60 by play count from 215 analyzed

40.9M

Combined Plays (Top 5)

3.3M

Combined Likes (Top 5)

8.2M

Avg Plays per Top Video

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Jun 16, 2026

A Yemeni climber known on social media as the “Spider-Man of Yemen” died after falling into a volcanic crater, according to the Houthi-controlled Saba, the official news agency in Yemen.

10.7M

Views

700.5K

Likes

4.2K

Comments

49.9K

Shares

40.5K

Saves

⏲ 1m 2s ♪ original sound - cnn – CNN
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Jun 18, 2026

Ukraine launched its largest drone offensive on Moscow in two years on Thursday, according to Russian state-run news agency TASS, in an attack that damaged infrastructure, caused fires, and sent debris raining down in areas across the capital region

9.0M

Views

381.4K

Likes

6.5K

Comments

28.7K

Shares

30.4K

Saves

⏲ 49s ♪ original sound - cnn – CNN
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Jun 12, 2026

Sam Abu Haikal, 7 months old, was killed by an Israeli soldier last week while the Abu Haikal family was driving through the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. He is the 13th child to be killed by Israeli security forces, according to Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. The Israeli military…

9.0M

Views

1.3M

Likes

14.8K

Comments

212.8K

Shares

120.8K

Saves

⏲ 2m 20s ♪ original sound - cnn – CNN
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Jun 15, 2026

Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning and crashed in the city’s western zone, killing all six people aboard, firefighters said. #cnn #news #olivertree #brazil

#cnn #news #olivertree #brazil

6.6M

Views

551.2K

Likes

4.3K

Comments

40.1K

Shares

40.8K

Saves

⏲ 36s ♪ original sound - cnn – CNN
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Jun 16, 2026

President Donald Trump criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during bilateral meetings at the G7 summit, saying the Israeli prime minister needs to be "more responsible with respect to Lebanon," while also praising his relationship with Netanyahu.

5.6M

Views

330.9K

Likes

9.5K

Comments

52.2K

Shares

32.4K

Saves

⏲ 56s ♪ original sound - cnn – CNN
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Top Hashtags

The hashtags this account uses most across the videos we analysed. They hint at the topics and communities the creator targets for reach.

Based on 215 most recent videos (1.4% of 15376 total). Counts reflect appearances in sampled videos.

#cnn (46) #news (42) #UFC (4) #knicks (4) #iran (3) #trump (3) #worldcup (3) #NBA (2) #worldcup2026 (1) #duck (1) #weather (1) #tornado (1) #illinois (1) #crash (1) #china (1) #georgia (1) #philadelphia (1) #wilmington (1) #delaware (1) #shooting (1) #Japan (1)

Most Common Words

The words that show up most in this account's captions, with stopwords and hashtags removed. They sketch the verbal tone and recurring themes.

Based on 215 most recent videos (1.4% of 15376 total). Excludes stopwords, hashtags, and mentions.

cnn (126) president (79) trump (73) reports (59) iran (56)

Top Sounds

The sounds this account uses most, each with the user or artist it is credited to. Sounds credited to the creator are their own audio; an original sound credited to someone else is another user's upload they reused, and a spread of trending tracks points to a creator riding sound trends for reach.

1 unique sound | counted across 279 videos, a wider sample than the 215 analysed above
original sound - cnn - CNN 279x

What the numbers say

Strengths

  • + Like rate 7.0%, 1.6x the 4.5% median like rate of the creators we track
  • + Verified account

Watch-outs

  • ~ Uneven plays from video to video (grade D)

Questions about @cnn

How many followers does @cnn have on TikTok?

@cnn has 15.3M followers on TikTok.

What is @cnn's TikTok engagement rate?

@cnn has an engagement rate of 7.73% based on their recent videos.

How much does @cnn earn on TikTok?

Creator Rewards is for personal accounts, and TikTok lists @cnn as an organisation account, so we don't estimate a payout from the program, with estimated sponsorship value of $76,290 - $183,097 per post.

How many TikTok videos has @cnn posted?

@cnn has posted 15.4K videos on TikTok.

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About This Analysis: This analysis is based on a snapshot of @cnn's TikTok profile and recent videos. It evaluates content strategy, engagement patterns, and posting behavior. Metrics are based on 215 analyzed videos (1.4% of total content).

Data collected and analyzed by TKMetrics (how we calculate these numbers) | Data as of Jun 19, 2026, page updated Jul 1, 2026

Cite this page

TKMetrics (2026). @cnn TikTok stats and analytics, data as of 19 June 2026. https://tkmetrics.com/blog/cnn-tiktok-profile-stats/

Method: how TKMetrics calculates these numbers.