Web Security Academy ✓

@WebSecAcademy · joined 30 Apr 2018

Free web security training from @PortSwigger

144 117Followers

36Following

1 791Posts total

29.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views4 990this account4 256median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.46%this account1.64%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.13%this account1.36%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	4 990	4 256	1.17×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.46%	1.64%	2.11×
Engagement rate	1.13%	1.36%	0.83×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

7.3K24 Aug

5K26 Aug

5.6K27 Aug

4.8K28 Aug

7.1K29 Aug

3330 Aug

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.54%24 Aug

0.00%

0.88%26 Aug

1.13%27 Aug

1.45%28 Aug

2.32%29 Aug

0.00%30 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes66.7%407 in total

Reposts6.7%41 in total

Replies0.3%2 in total

Quotes0.5%3 in total

Bookmarks25.7%157 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

@WebSecAcademy @garethheyes @tech__unicorn @brookeleblanc It would be an honor to be a Monégasques. I believe it would improve my engineering abilities, and improve our overall Family Health. 33 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

If you're looking for some more advanced reading, @garethheyes figured out how to use CSS in emails to steal passwords. This is what platinum tier security research looks like. https://t.co/85qHdj5dR4 https://t.co/qW1VRVlCFS 7.1K views · 145 likes · 18 reposts · 1 replies 29 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

The hacking community is incredible. We're so lucky to be involved with such a diverse group of genius rebels every day. If you're the type of person who is intelligent, curious and endlessly persistent, hacking might just be your "thing". Join us! 👇 https://t.co/kcx2V9k4V2 4.8K views · 61 likes · 8 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Why do you need to know how many columns a SQL query returns before we can exploit it? How do you figure it out? Here's a good explainer, and you can follow along yourself in our free lab 👇 https://t.co/0i8vcBpqA5 https://t.co/EaGChCL7Sh 5.6K views · 61 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 27 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Meet Andres Rauschecker, Munich-based cybersecurity specialist. A childhood interest, turned into a BSc in Informatics, then a Master's in Cybersecurity with a laser focus on web exploitation. He's been following PortSwigger for years. Why? "I love their whole ethos. They give 5K views · 42 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@WebSecAcademy This is the ultimate lifesaver for blind bugs when the app doesn't show any output on the screen. Nothing beats the feeling of checking your logs and finally seeing that DNS ping pop up! 87 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 24 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Struggling to exfiltrate data with an out-of-band DNS interaction? Just pop it in the subdomain! Watch us use this method with a OS command injection vuln. Follow along here! 👇 https://t.co/Tz4twTlazE https://t.co/5AiGyaQC0q 7.3K views · 98 likes · 11 reposts · 1 replies 24 Aug 2026 · Open on X →