The Curious Case Of Amitabh Bachchan’s Tweet-O-Meter: Tweeting In Numbers And Everyone’s Trying To Do The Math

Amitabh Bachchan has always had a rather poetic relationship with his fans on social media. But lately, his X activity has left fans and users scratching their heads.

Since April 22, Big B has traded in his eloquent prose for… well, absolutely nothing. Nada. Zilch. Just a number.

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Amitabh Bachchan has always had a rather poetic relationship with his fans on social media. He’s been a consistent presence on X, treating his followers to daily musings, life reflections, and the occasional filmy throwback. But lately, his X activity has left fans and users scratching their heads.

Amitabh Bachchan and his number tweets

Since April 22, Big B has traded in his eloquent prose for… well, absolutely nothing. Nada. Zilch. Just a number. No thoughts, no poetry, not even his signature baritone wisdom. Just numbers. Not even dramatic countdown-style numbers—just plain, ascending digits. Each tweet marked with a “T” followed by a number: T 5356. T 5357. T 5358. That’s it. That’s the tweet.

To be fair, Mr. Bachchan has always been a bit OCD about tweet numbering so much so that he has even posted corrections and apologies if he ever gets one wrong.  This is a man who treats his tweet digits with the same seriousness most people reserve for their Aadhaar details. But even then, tweeting only the numbers, day after day, with nothing else? That has left everyone a little baffled.

On top of that, it’s not like the world went quiet in these weeks. Since Mr. B went numerical, we’ve seen Operation Sindoor, rising India-Pakistan tensions, and enough news to fill a full season of KBC. But Big B? Just dropping his daily digital breadcrumbs. Daily. Like Twitter Sudoku.

T 5373 -

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 8, 2025

How it all started

Let’s rewind a bit. This didn’t come completely out of nowhere. Before this numerical odyssey began, Big B appeared to be going through a bit of a social media identity crisis. On April 14, he tweeted that his follower count had been stuck at 49 million. Then on April 16, he declared that he had cracked the code and that maybe the way to gain followers was to speak less on social media. And boy, did he take that to heart.

Then came April 22, when he posted about genetics. Yes, you read that right—"the silent X chromosome decides the brain." Don’t ask why. Just accept. And the next day, boom! The numbers began. T 4927. T 4928. It was like a cryptic code to... something? Or maybe nothing at all?

T 5355 - The silent X chromosome .. deciding the brain ..

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 21, 2025

Netizens have a field day

Naturally, the internet had a full-blown meltdown. Memes flew in every direction. “He’s tweeting like he’s in an episode of Black Mirror,” said one user. Some joked he’s stuck in a time loop. Others wondered if Elon Musk had accidentally plugged Amitabh Bachchan into ChatGPT and walked away.

One tweet read, “Kab tak chalegi ye mookdrill?” (How long will this silent drill last?)—a cheeky dig referencing the nationwide emergency mock drills happening amid India-Pakistan tensions.

Others were less amused. Many criticised him for staying silent amid rising national tensions when the country needed a voice. One user tweeted, “Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account is a cringe joke. I don’t understand why 49 million people follow him. So much is happening, but this man has no spine to stand up and support the country that gave him so much name, fame, and money. Sorry, not a fan anymore.”

Of course, die-hard fans are convinced there’s a master plan behind this. A Da Vinci Code hidden in tweet numbers. Is T 4939 the answer to world peace? Or just Big B’s way of telling us all to calm down and count our own tweets?

Will we ever decode the mystery well his tweets?

Here's the thing, though: maybe there's no explanation. Maybe, just maybe, Amitabh Bachchan is just… being Amitabh Bachchan.  A man who can silence a room with a glare is now silencing the internet with numbers. And somehow, it’s still working. We’re still watching, still waiting, still counting. 

So go ahead, refresh his feed tomorrow. Will it be T 5373? Will it be something profound? No one knows. Not even the X chromosome.