Controversial internet personality Emory Andrew Tate III, popularly known as Andrew Tate, was reinstated on Twitter on November 18, after being banned from the platform for five years.
Tate has joined the likes of previously suspended personalities like clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson, American rapper and musician Kanye West, and former President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Tate returned under the alias Andrew Tate (@Cobratate). The official account's popularity has skyrocketed, as it managed to garner a million followers in 24 hours following the unban.
The first post on his Twitter account received more than 125,000 likes and well over 5,000 fan reactions. The tweet stated:
On November 21, the former professional kickboxer had over 1.5 million followers on Twitter. Tate was followed by several prominent internet figures, including YouTube icon Jimmy "MrBeast," Fortnite YouTuber "HYPEX," and many more.
Tate has been very active on Twitter, and has tweeted over 212 times over the past two days. Some of his most popular posts include him showing off his Bugatti Chiron, flying in a private jet, and attending the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix:
In addition to Twitter, Tate has a sizable following on microblogging and a social media platform called Gettr. The 35-year-old's account had more than 151.8k followers at the time of writing:
The controversial internet personality grew in popularity this year due to his polarizing and radical views on a variety of topics. Tate also got together with Twitch stars Felix "xQc" and Adin Ross, which siginificantly boosted his viewership.
However, on August 20, Andrew Tate was suspended from Meta's social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram. This resulted in a snowball effect,
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