South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) — Twitter Score 31 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 31 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #36,013 (top 10%) among 531,432 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 427,064 posts on the platform and has attracted 1,016,596 followers as of July 2026. South China Morning Post has been mentioned by 374 accounts, with 2,245 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow South China Morning Post include 142 founders, 32 angel investors, 72 influencers and 12 VCs. Among them are Ansem, CL, Jason Choi, The Crypto Dog, Zerohedge and Matthew Graham.