X clarified technical limits on posts, replies, direct messages, email changes and follow-ups for free and unverified accounts on the platform. New limits are applied on an account basis; That is, transactions made from the web, mobile application and third-party tools are included in the same total limit. How are sharing and following limits applied on X? According to X’s current limits, unverified accounts can share 50 unique posts and 200 replies per day.
The general post limit on the platform is maintained at 2,400 shares per day. This limit is not applied in one piece, but in smaller time intervals spread throughout the day. If the user reaches the limit in one of these intervals, the sharing process stops temporarily and can be used again after a certain period of time. On the direct message side, the daily limit has been determined as 500 messages. The e-mail address associated with the account can be changed up to 4 times per hour.
These limits also work on an account basis. If a user reaches the limit in the mobile application, he cannot exceed this limit by opening the same account from the web browser. Transactions made via web, mobile, phone, API and third-party applications are evaluated in the same limit pool. On the tracking side, the daily technical limit is applied as 400 accounts. X also uses a threshold of 5,000 for the total number of followed accounts.
Once an account follows 5,000 people, its ability to follow new accounts depends on the ratio between the number of followers and the number of followed accounts. Therefore, the 5,000 limit is not an absolute closing point; The follower-followed balance of the account is decisive here. The platform states that these limits are applied to reduce the background system load and reduce downtime and error pages. On X’s help page, it is stated that the limits are set specifically for reliability.
It is also stated that during periods of heavy usage, these limits may be temporarily reduced further, and in such a case, notification will be made on the status page of X. When the user reaches any technical limit, X displays an error message indicating which limit it is stuck at. The restriction is not permanent for time-based limits such as direct messages, posts, email changes and API requests. The user must try the same operation again after the relevant period has expired.
This change directly concerns free and unverified accounts. For average users, a daily limit of 50 unique posts, 200 replies, or 500 direct messages may be sufficient in most scenarios. However, these limits will become more visible in accounts that use automation, share heavily, send a large number of replies, or perform serial follow-ups.
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