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2 Accounts
Manually checked for accuracy Jul 25, 24
Total followers 232K
Profile Bios
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Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and is also a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work, which have been published in over 35 languages. In addition to his books, Cal is a regular contributor to the New Yorker, the New York Times, and WIRED, a frequent guest on NPR, and the host of the popular Deep Questions podcast. He also publishes articles at calnewport.com and has an email newsletter.
Profile Photos

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This is Cal Newport's profile photo consistency across the legit accounts tracked by NotCommon. Scammers often take advantage of the lack of consistency across an entity's accounts, so the more profile photos are the same, the better.
Username Distribution
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This is Cal Newport's username distribution across the platforms tracked by NotCommon. Low username variation makes it more difficult for impersonators and scammers to create accounts pretending to be Cal Newport.
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