How to find your top mutuals on X (Twitter)
X does not rank your mutuals, so you have to count your conversations. By hand, that means going through your replies and notifications and noting who comes up. With a free tool like X Recap, you type your public X username and get the five people you interacted with most in the last 3 days, on a card you can download or post.
Following someone back takes one tap. Talking with them every day is something else. Your top mutuals are the people you are actually in conversation with, and X has no page that shows them.
By Filippo PelloiaReviewed
CutNoodle is independent from X Corp. X is referenced only to identify the platform.
What a mutual is, and why following back is not enough
On X, a mutual is someone you follow who follows you back. Most accounts have dozens or hundreds of them, and many never write to each other at all. A follow-back says you were interested once. It does not say you talk.
Your top mutuals are a much smaller group: the people you reply to and who reply to you, who quote you and get quoted back. That is the group people mean when they post their "top mutuals", and it changes as conversations come and go.
What X shows you, and what it does not
- It shows who follows you, whom you follow, and your notifications: replies, quotes and mentions as they arrive.
- It does not show any ranking of your mutuals, a count of how often you talk with someone, or who writes to you more than you write back.
- It keeps private likes and direct messages. No outside tool can read them, so no honest tool can count them.
How to find them by hand
Open your profile's Replies tab and your notifications, and write down every name that comes up, with a mark for each reply, quote or mention, in both directions. After a few days of posts, the names with the most marks are your top mutuals.
It works, but it is slow. A busy account writes and receives hundreds of replies a week, the notifications mix in likes and follows, and it is easy to count a name twice or miss one. It also does not tell you whether the conversation goes both ways.
How to find them with X Recap
- Open X Recap. There is no sign up and no login.
- Type a public X username, with or without the @, and press Make my recap.
- Wait while it reads the recent posts. It usually takes between 10 seconds and 2 minutes.
- Under Cards, find My top mutuals: the five people you interacted with most. #1 mutual is the highest-ranked person who also talks back.
- Choose Post 3:4 for a post on X or Story 9:16 for a story, then press PNG to download a card or Post on X to share it.
- Switch to Animated video and press Create my video for a short square MP4 of the same recap.
How to read My top mutuals and Biggest fan
My top mutuals uses the same score as X Circle. Every interaction counts by type: a reply is worth 3, a quote 2.5 and a mention 1.5, because a reply takes more effort than a passing mention. Talking both ways counts more than talking one way, so the top of the card is the people you are in conversation with, not the ones you only reply to.
Biggest fan is about the other direction: someone who wrote to you at least 3 times, and at least twice as often as you wrote back. One-sided friendship is the reverse, someone you wrote to at least 3 times who barely answered. When nobody passes the bar, the card stays out instead of showing a guess.
Why the result changes from one day to the next
X Recap reads the last 3 days of public posts, not your whole year. That keeps it quick and keeps it about the people you talk with now. It also means one long thread can put someone at the top today, and a quiet weekend can move them out tomorrow. The recap says how many days it actually covered when X returned less.
Some people never show up, however close you are: anyone whose account is private, and anyone you only talk with in direct messages.
Where the data goes
The username you type is sent from your browser to FxTwitter, an independent unofficial service that reads public X posts. If it returns no profile photo, the browser asks vxTwitter, another independent unofficial service. The ranking and the cards are made in your browser and are not saved by CutNoodle. Nothing is stored unless you make a share link: then the recap as you see it is kept for 7 days, and the link stops working after that. The details are in the privacy policy.
Common questions
Does X show a list of my top mutuals?
No. X shows who follows you and whom you follow, but it does not rank your mutuals or say who you talk with most. You have to work it out from replies, quotes and mentions, by hand or with a tool.
Is there a free way to see my top mutuals on X without logging in?
Yes. CutNoodle's X Recap is free and asks for no login, no X password and no access to an account. It reads public posts only, so it works for any public account.
What is the difference between a mutual and a top mutual?
A mutual is someone you follow who follows you back. A top mutual is a mutual you actually talk with: you reply to each other, quote each other and mention each other more than anyone else.
Why are my top mutuals different from yesterday?
X Recap reads only the last 3 days of public posts. One long conversation can move someone to the top, and a quiet day can move them out.
Can X Recap see my likes or direct messages?
No. Likes and direct messages are not public, so they are never counted. Only public replies, quotes and mentions are.
Find your top mutuals with X Recap. Free, no login.