Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) — Twitter Score 192 out of 1000

Bari Weiss is a journalist and media entrepreneur who co-founded The Free Press and now serves as editor-in-chief of CBS News. Bari Weiss's Twitter Score is 192 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #2,669 (top 1%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.

Bari Weiss co-founded The Free Press, which grew out of her Common Sense newsletter on Substack before being rebranded. Per Axios, the flagship newsletter had reached 283,000 free and paid subscribers as of December 2022, and per AP, the publication had grown to 1.5 million subscribers since Weiss started it in 2021 after leaving The New York Times, where she had previously worked as an op-ed staff writer and editor. The Free Press received backing from investors including venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and David Sacks and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, per The Guardian.

Bari Weiss hosts Honestly with Bari Weiss and previously worked at The Wall Street Journal as an op-ed and book-review editor. Paramount acquired The Free Press and installed Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News, with AP reporting she would remain in charge of The Free Press alongside that role; no purchase price was announced. Bari Weiss has drawn crypto-adjacent attention through her free-speech and Twitter Files coverage, with Axios noting The Free Press launched early to capitalize on that reporting. Bari Weiss's account has 1,124,396 followers as of July 2026 and 19,157 posts, and has been mentioned by 467 accounts a total of 1,944 times.

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