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Are Twitter Likes Private? Who Sees Yours in 2026

Yes, Twitter likes are private for everyone since June 2024. Who can still see yours, what stays public, and why no app can show someone else's likes.


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Cover image: Your Likes tab went private

Yes, Twitter likes are private: since June 2024, only you see the posts you liked, and only an author sees who liked their post.

This is for anyone on X (Twitter) who lost the Likes tab on other profiles, or wants to know who sees theirs. You get X's own words, the dates, and what is still public. We run Weir, the read-only API we used to check.

Paste this into Claude or ChatGPT with Weir connected to see what stays public:

Use Weir's search_x to get @NASA's 5 latest original posts.
List each post's like count. Can Weir show who liked them?

Are Twitter likes private in 2026?

Yes, for every account. X's @Engineering account posted on 12 June 2024: "Starting today, Likes are private for everyone."

We found no reversal. On 6 November 2026 we searched @Engineering's posts about likes since that day. Three came back, and none undoes the change.

The day before, @Engineering had set out the rules in one post. Its key line for you: "You will still be able to see posts you have liked (but others cannot)."

Who can see my likes on X?

You see all of them, and each author sees only your like on their own post. The full split, from X's announcement and its Privacy Policy:

Who What they see of your likes
You Every post you liked
The author of a liked post That you liked their post
Your followers, and the rest Like counts, but no names
X itself All of them, as account data

So a like is hidden from the crowd, but not from the author of the post you liked.

X even lets authors sort that list. In October 2025, @Engineering shared the update: "Mutuals will appear at the top and then big accounts."

Private from people doesn't mean private from X. Its Privacy Policy, effective 15 January 2026, lists likes among the "interactions with other users' content" it collects.

When did Twitter likes become private?

On 12 June 2024, three weeks after X staff first confirmed the plan:

  1. 22 May 2024X's director of engineering says likes will go private.
  2. 11 June 2024@Engineering announces the change for "this week".
  3. 12 June 2024Likes turn private for every account.
  4. October 2025Authors can sort their likes lists, mutuals first.

X gave two reasons:

  • Privacy. The announcement said it was "to better protect your privacy."
  • Freer liking. Haofei Wang, whom MacRumors named as X's director of engineering, wrote in May 2024 that "many people feel discouraged from liking content that might be 'edgy' in fear of retaliation from trolls."

He added that the more posts you like, "the better your For you algorithm will become."

Did it work? A 2026 study on arXiv says not much. Yuwei Chuai and three co-authors compared posts from before and after the change:

153,704posts in the study
1,045accounts that wrote them
203X users in its survey

They found "no detectable platform-level increase in likes" for posts that carry a social risk, such as politics. Survey users said they'd like more of those posts in private, but the group's average didn't change significantly.

Why can't I see likes on Twitter?

Because the Likes tab on other people's profiles is gone. What changed, and what didn't:

  • Other profiles have no Likes tab. X senior engineer Enrique Barragan wrote in May 2024 that "you cannot see others 'Liked' tab on their profile."
  • Your own tab still works. X's help page says you see the posts you've liked "by clicking or tapping into the Likes tab" on your profile.
  • Names show only on your own posts. On anyone else's post you get the count. Our guide to who liked a tweet shows where your own likers appear.
  • Old guides describe the old tab. Even X's help page on likes, in its 11 October 2026 copy, never says likes are private.

Can you make Twitter likes public again?

No. X made them private "for everyone," and its help page on likes lists no setting to show them.

The opposite question is easy too. You can't make your Twitter likes private, because they already are.

What you control is each single like:

  • Undo it. X's help page says to click or tap the liked icon again.
  • Bookmark instead, when you only want to save a post for later.
  • Repost or quote it when you want people to see what you like. Those stay public.

Can you see someone's likes on Twitter?

No. X shows a person's liked posts only to that person, so an app or site has nothing from X to show you.

That is what X's change means for any site that promises someone's likes. It is offering a list that X doesn't hand out. At best it guesses from public replies. At worst, it wants your X account.

What you can still see: like counts, reposts and quotes

Every public post still shows its like count. We ran the prompt above through Weir on 6 November 2026, and it returned @NASA's five latest original posts:

Likes on @NASA's 5 latest posts, 6 November 2026
X-59 jet flight to Florida10,238
Cat's Head Nebula photo5,624
Spacewalk livestream2,974
Spacewalk preview2,729
Station call with students998

The call cost 6 credits. The top post, trimmed:

{
  "url": "https://x.com/NASA/status/2118449337814352016",
  "createdAt": "2026-11-05T21:04:15.000Z",
  "likeCount": 10238,
  "retweetCount": 1237,
  "quoteCount": 114,
  "bookmarkCount": 534
}

You get the count, but not one name behind it. Weir has no endpoint for someone's likes or for who liked a post, because X keeps both private.

Here is what you can still look up, with a guide for each:

When not to use Weir

  • You want someone's likes. No Weir endpoint returns them, because X keeps them private.
  • You want the names behind a like count. Only the author sees those, in X's own app.
  • You need one post's count. It sits under the post on X, for free.
  • You want to like, unlike or post. Weir is read-only.

Weir fits one job here: like counts for many public posts in one chat or script. It isn't licensed by X, so access can change.

FAQ

Are Twitter likes private for everyone?

Yes. X made likes private for every account on 12 June 2024, and lists no setting to opt out. You still see the posts you liked. Authors see who liked their own posts, and everyone else sees only the count.

Who can see my likes on X?

You see all of them in your Likes tab. The author of each post you like can see that you liked it. Nobody else can browse your likes, though X itself collects them, as its Privacy Policy says.

Can you see someone's likes on Twitter in 2026?

No. Other profiles have had no Likes tab since June 2024, and X shows a person's likes only to them. Treat any site that promises someone else's likes as a risk to your account.

When did Twitter likes become private?

On 12 June 2024, for every account at once. X staff had confirmed the plan in May. X's @Engineering account announced it the day before, saying the change was meant "to better protect your privacy."

Sources

Checked 6 November 2026; X's help pages as Wayback copies, dated in brackets:

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