South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) — Twitter Score 32 out of 1000

South China Morning Post is a long-running English-language newspaper and digital news publisher founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, covering Hong Kong, China, and Asia. South China Morning Post's Twitter Score is 32 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #31,083 (top 10%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.

South China Morning Post was formerly published under SCMP Group Limited, which was acquired by Alibaba Group in a deal agreed in December 2015 that TIME reported as an estimated $100 million transaction. In March 2021, The Guardian reported that Beijing had directed Alibaba Group to divest its media holdings, including South China Morning Post, framing the move as part of a broader technology-sector crackdown; Alibaba Group stated at the time that it did not intervene in editorial decisions or day-to-day operations.

South China Morning Post covers a broad range of topics including Hong Kong affairs, China politics, Asian business, technology, and cryptocurrencies, maintaining dedicated blockchain and crypto reporting within its technology and business sections. The account has published 429,409 posts on the platform and has attracted 1,038,002 followers as of October 2026. South China Morning Post has been mentioned by 415 accounts, with 2,419 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow South China Morning Post include 157 founders, 40 angel investors, 65 influencers and 10 VCs. Among them are Ansem, CL, Jason Choi, Zerohedge, The Crypto Dog and Matthew Graham.