What is my X account's weight? The TweepCred score, estimated free
What is the weight of an X account?
An X account's weight is a 0 to 100 credibility score that X's published code computes from the follow graph; X's 2023 code called it TweepCred. Shadowban Radar's free ShadowCreed score estimates it from an account's public profile and recent posts, with no login, once the 4 tests find no restriction.
The ShadowCreed score appears on the result page of the free test, for any public account where the 4 tests find no restriction. It is an estimate of that weight, not the number X computes.
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What was TweepCred in X's 2023 code?
TweepCred was a 0 to 100 reputation score in the recommendation code X published in 2023. Its job ran PageRank over follow links, then scaled the result to 0 to 100.
Four details of that code:
- Each account started with a weight set by its age, a registered device, legacy verification and restrictions.
- Accounts that follow many more accounts than follow them lost weight: one rule applied above 500 followed accounts, another above 2,500.
- The figures 65 and 3, quoted by calculators, are two defaults of a search request: accounts above 65 skip a cap of 3 results from the same account in that search.
- The follow suggestions code treated an account under 40 as low TweepCred.
What changed in X's 2026 code?
X's 2026 code no longer uses the name TweepCred. The job is now called user-cred-v2, and it is built differently:
- The calculation uses follow links, plus the likes and reposts accounts received in the last 7 days.
- The score is 165.2 plus 7.07 times the natural logarithm of the account's weight, kept between 0 and 100.
- In the default settings, half of the weight handed out at each random jump of the PageRank goes to Premium accounts only, and the other half follows those recent likes and reposts.
- Accounts that X marks as restricted, suspended, deactivated or erased are left out of the calculation.
- The 65 and 3 of the 2023 search request do not appear in these files.
X publishes this code, not its production settings or any account's score.
What are the 9 lines of the ShadowCreed score?
The ShadowCreed score is Shadowban Radar's estimate of an X account's weight, out of 100 points. It is the sum of 9 lines in 2 groups, Profile (68 points) and Activity (32 points), shown free and with no login on the result page of any public account where the 4 tests find no restriction.
Profile has 5 lines and Activity has 4. The score follows the 2026 code above, and it keeps the 2023 penalty for accounts that follow far more accounts than follow them.
Four levels read the total: Weak under 30, Average from 30 to 49, Solid from 50 to 69, and Strong from 70.
Profile lines: 68 points, and what raises each one
Five lines read the public profile:
- Audience, 26 points: rises with followers on a logarithmic scale, so each doubling adds about the same. The full 26 points need around 1 million followers.
- Premium, 12 points: all or nothing, for an account with an X Premium or verified organization badge.
- Followers to following ratio, 15 points: rises when followers outnumber followed accounts, and falls for accounts that follow more than 500 accounts and far more than follow them.
- Account age, 10 points: nothing in the first 3 days, then a slow rise to the full 10 points at 3 years.
- Profile details, 5 points: a profile photo, a bio, a location and a website, each worth a quarter.
Activity lines: 32 points, and what raises each one
Four lines read the account's recent public posts:
- Engagement received, 16 points: likes and reposts on the account's own posts over the last 7 days. The full 16 points need about 100,000.
- Regularity, 8 points: the share of recent days, up to 7, with at least one own post.
- Engagement for its size, 4 points: average likes and reposts per post, compared with accounts of the same size.
- Views for its size, 4 points: median views per post, compared with accounts of the same size.
The score changes with activity, and a result is kept for 24 hours.
How does ShadowCreed differ from other TweepCred calculators?
ShadowCreed differs on three points: it follows X's 2026 code, it details 9 lines, and it appears only once the 4 tests find no restriction.
The table repeats what each tool's own page states on November 2, 2026.
| Criterion | ShadowCreed (Shadowban Radar) | Tweet Hunter | Circleboom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines in the score | 9 lines in 2 groups, each with its points | 6 factors, worth 4 to 30 points each | 6 metrics |
| Code it follows | X's 2026 code, plus the 2023 follow ratio rule | X's open-source code, with a 65 threshold | Not stated |
| Login | None | None: a public handle or typed figures | X connection, or 10 typed figures |
| Checks the account's visibility first | Yes, the card appears only when the 4 tests find no restriction | Separate shadowban tool | Not stated |
| Free | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Read Tweet Hunter's calculator and Circleboom's calculator for their own wording.
Is the ShadowCreed score the exact number X uses?
No. The ShadowCreed score is an estimate built from public data. X's code is public, but its production settings and every account's value are not, so no outside tool can show the exact number.
Is 65 the TweepCred score an account needs?
Not in the published code. In X's 2023 code, 65 is the default of a search setting, and the published 2026 files for the score do not contain it. ShadowCreed has no pass or fail line: it reads four levels, from Weak to Strong.
How can I raise my ShadowCreed score?
Each line has its own lever. None of them promises a result on X:
- Post on more separate days, for Regularity.
- Earn likes and reposts, for Engagement received and Engagement for its size.
- Keep the number of followed accounts in proportion to your followers, for the ratio.
- Fill in the photo, bio, location and website, for Profile details.
- Add the Premium badge, for its 12 points.
Does unfollowing someone, or being unfollowed, change the score?
Yes, in ShadowCreed. Audience reads the follower count and the ratio reads followers against followed accounts: losing followers lowers both, and unfollowing accounts you follow raises the ratio. X's 2026 code runs PageRank over follow links, so a follower leaving removes one link. X does not publish how much one link moves the score.
Why is there no ShadowCreed card on my result?
The card appears only for a public account where the 4 tests find no restriction. For a restricted account, the result shows the restriction instead, because a weight number does not say whether people can see the account. Private accounts get no card either.
Do I need to log in or pay to see my score?
No. The ShadowCreed score is part of the free result: no login, no password, no payment.
Sources
X's published code, and the two calculators compared above:
- X's TweepCred job, twitter/the-algorithm, 2023 release
- X's 2023 search request settings, twitter/the-algorithm, 2023 release
- X's user-cred-v2 job, xai-org/x-algorithm, version of October 31, 2026
- TweepCred Calculator, Tweet Hunter, read on November 2, 2026
- Tweepcred Calculator, Circleboom, read on November 2, 2026
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