What changed in X's algorithm today
X publishes its recommendation code almost every weekday, and every update has the same title. We read the code and tell you in plain English what changed and what it means for your posts.
Latest:
Ad changes only
Ad brand-safety v2 switched back off, plus new ad placement logic
Four new pieces of code decide how ads are spaced between posts. They don't change your post's score.
What to do: Nothing.
high confidence High confidence: the setting itself changed in the code. Source commit 606b254
Earlier this month
- : New-user filter widened to 7 days, and new experimental re-rankers
- : Ranking model starts receiving 'de-bias' inputs
- : No ranking changes today
- : Experiment shuffle, nothing visible
- : Fair share ranking switched on, and new users see less racy content
- : 'Fair share ranking' is being built
- : Quiet day for creators