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Ashley Parker

Last updated Oct 10, 2026, 7:26 AM

Combined
649K
7-day
+0.2%
Prior week
648K

Platforms

Instagram—
X649K
TikTok—

Velocity

Week-over-week change in combined followers (Instagram, X, TikTok). Current reading: +0.2%

7/258/18/88/158/228/299/59/129/199/2610/310/10
Week-over-week change in combined followers across tracked platforms.

Recent Stories

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    Parker and Michael Scherer revealed that Paramount CEO David Ellison used Katie Miller — wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller — to recruit Trump officials for a private dinner while Paramount awaited approval for its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition; the piece kept generating coverage through June.

    Week of Jun 7, 2026

  • The King of Queens

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