X algorithm change timeline
Updated Thursday 29 October 2026. Every commit we've analysed, newest first.
- : Ad changes only high code
- : New-user filter widened to 7 days, and new experimental re-rankers medium code
- : Ranking model starts receiving 'de-bias' inputs low code
- : No ranking changes today high code
- : Experiment shuffle, nothing visible low code
- : Fair share ranking switched on, and new users see less racy content medium code
- : 'Fair share ranking' is being built low code
- : Quiet day for creators low code
- : Video carousel stops showing the same creator over and over high code
- : More video plumbing medium code
- : A new 'immersive video' scorer arrives high code
- : Likes up again, and 'not interested' hurts more high code
- : Big one: likes and reading time count for more, video taps count for less high code
- : No ranking changes today high code
- : Reply-spam rules ease off for mid-sized accounts medium code
- : 'Popular posts' goes live, and fresh posts get a smaller kick high code
- : Behind-the-scenes plumbing low code
- : Groundwork for 'popular posts' and a small reply-spam tweak high code
- : X is building a new way to find posts for you low code
- : Quiet day: a tidy-up to feed surveys high code