These are The Athletic's legit accounts
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The Athletic
5 Accounts
Manually checked for accuracy Jun 5, 24
Total followers 819.2K
Profile Bios
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Profile Photos
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This is The Athletic'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
theathletichq (2)
theathletic (1)
the-athletic-media-company (1)
This is The Athletic'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 The Athletic.
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