Twitter Will Reset @POTUS Account To 0 Followers After Biden Transition How many followers does the U.S. president's official Twitter account have? Right now it's over 33.2 million, but that number will drop to zero after President-elect Joe Biden takes over the official @POTUS account on Inauguration Day. Twitter has confirmed that the institutional White House Twitter accounts will not "automatically retain their existing followers." Biden's team is pushing back against Twitter's decision, which is a reversal from the last presidential transition. Former President Barack Obama's 13 million followers were moved to the new @POTUS account after President Trump took over. The White House accounts include @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS, @PressSec, @Cabinet and @LaCasaBlanca, each of which has large a following.