The Onion's legit accounts

These are The Onion's legit accounts

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6 Accounts

Manually checked for accuracy Aug 28, 24

Total followers 18.8M

The Onion's Twitter/X account

Twitter/X

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@TheOnion

11.5M followers

Account established: Mar 4, 08

Tracked since: Nov 3, 23

The Onion's Instagram account

Instagram

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@theonion

3.9M followers

Tracked since: Nov 3, 23

Tracked since: Nov 3, 23

The Onion's YouTube channel

YouTube

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@TheOnion

2.6M subscribers

Account established: Mar 13, 06

Tracked since: Nov 3, 23

The Onion's TikTok account

TikTok

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@theonion

766.9K followers

Tracked since: Nov 3, 23

Tracked since: Aug 28, 24

Profile Bios

Twitter/X bio

Twitter/X

America's Finest News Source.

YouTube bio

YouTube

The Onion is America's Finest News Source.

TikTok bio

TikTok

America’s Finest News Source

Profile Photos

The Onion's Twitter/X photo
Twitter/X icon

Twitter/X

The Onion's YouTube photo
YouTube icon

YouTube

The Onion's TikTok photo
TikTok icon

TikTok

This is The Onion'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

theonion (5)

This is The Onion'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 Onion.

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