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Followers

14.7K

Account age

3 yrs

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📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.1%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Big news for the #Python packaging world: The inaugural Python P · 52 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

3 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

177×

Follows 83 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Big news for the #Python packaging world: The inaugural Python Packaging Council election is coming up soon! The council will be the technical decision-making body for Python packaging specs, coordinating across tools, teams, and the wider community. Learn more on the PSF blog: … ★ 52

The July edition of the PSF Grants Program Office Hour is kicking off shortly 🐍📋️ 9 AM EDT, 1 PM UTC. We welcome you to join us if you have any PSF Grant related questions, including questions or feedback about the new PSF Community Partne… ★ 5 Want to support the PSF and stock up on #Python books at the same time? The 'Ultimate Python Development' Humble Bundle is available now 🐍 📚 You can customize your donation split: click "Adjust Donation" → "Custom Amount" to boost the % go… ★ 8 We want your vote! Voting eligible PSF Members (Supporting, Contributing, and Fellow) need to affirm their membership to vote in this year’s PSF Board and/or Python Packaging Council elections to ensure that each election reaches quorum 🗳️… ★ 15 The July edition of the PSF Board Office Hour is about to begin 🐍 🗒️ 1 PM UTC. We welcome you to join us to share how we can help your community, express your perspectives, and we'd love to answer your questions about the upcoming PSF Boar… ★ 5 The PSF Diversity & Inclusion Workgroup is starting monthly office hours on the PSF Discord! Join us Tuesday, July 28 at 1 PM UTC in the psf-diversity channel to chat, ask questions, and share what you're working on 🐍🗺️ https://pyfound.blo… ★ 9 Got questions about the 2026 PSF Board election? Curious about running? Join the upcoming PSF Board Office Hours session on Tuesday, July 14th, at 1 PM UTC on the PSF Discord to chat with current board members! #Python https://pyfound.blog… ★ 5 Great coverage from @lwn of the PSF PyPI Safety & Security Engineer @miketheman's talk on Trusted Publishing at Open Source Summit. 36% of @pypi uploads now use Trusted Publishing. Is yours one of them? https://lwn.net/Articles/1076205/ #P… ★ 21 Ever wonder how Python's grammar actually fits together? PSF CPython Developer in Residence @encukou is presenting a full railroad diagram of #Python's entire grammar in the poster session at @europython 2026 on July 16- make sure to chec… ★ 17 Reminder: The PSF's Strategic Plan full draft is available and we want your feedback! Check out the full draft and tell us: Are these the right goals? Is anything missing? The feedback window closes in a couple of days on June 25, 2026, A… ★ 14 The Python Security Response Team patched an authentication bypass in the python.org release management API in under 48 hours. No evidence of exploitation, all artifacts verified. Check out the full writeup 👇 https://pyfound.blogspot.com/… ★ 18 The supplemental June edition of the PSF Board Office Hour is about to begin 🐍 🗒️ 1 PM UTC. We welcome you to join us to share how we can help your community, express your perspectives, and we'd love to receive your questions and feedback … ★ 4

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

fosstodon.org

A open-source software server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

✅ Link-verified

Verified link

Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.

On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 14 views per post.

📤Posts about 3× per week.

🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

58/100

Fair Credibility score

81%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

💚 Brand affinity

Estimated

Brands Python Software Foundation's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.

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This is the official PSF account. We promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers. #python #PyConUS