Nicki Minaj’s MAGA Posting Spree Boosted by Bots, New Report Claims

Bot Wars Nicki Minaj’s MAGA Posting Spree Boosted by Bots, New Report Claims The disinformation company Cyabra alleged that at least 33 percent of the profiles engaging with Minaj's political posts last fall were likely fake By Jon Blistein Jon Blistein Contact Jon Blistein by Email View all posts by Jon Blistein February 23, 2026 Nicki Minaj’s MAGA turn has been partly fueled by an army of bot accounts on X, according to a new report shared with Politico . Put together by the disinformation company Cyabra, the report analyzed engagement tied to 51 “political-related posts” on Minaj’s X account between Nov. 11 and Dec. 22, just as the rapper was cementing her new place as a right-wing darling . Of the more than 55,000 profiles interacting with these posts, Cyabra found at least 33 percent (nearly 19,000) were likely fake. The established benchmarks for fake accounts present in “organic social media discourse” typically ranges between seven and 10 percent, the report noted. “Based on the scale, concentration, and behavioral alignment of the inauthentic activity identified,” the report reads, “Cyabra assesses with high confidence that a coordinated fake campaign was actively amplifying political content” on Minaj’s X account.” (The person who commissioned the report from Cyabra was not identified for fear of public retaliation.) One of the big indicators of inauthenticity Cyabra cited was a “linguistic and stylistic uniformity” among the allegedly fake accounts. When Minaj was being criticized, the report found that allegedly fake accounts responded with support that used “highly similar language and messaging.” While some shared “longer, more detailed comments designed to appear organic,” the report described many posts as “brief, repetitive, and low in semantic complexity.” These were meant to “shape the overall tone of the discussion through scale rather than persuasion,” the report claimed. (Though perhaps unsurprisingly, the report found that toxic content tied t...