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Nikita Bier announced on 2026-08-06 that she is stepping back from leading…

Brief

Nikita Bier announced she will step down from leading product at X and move into an advisory role (posted 2026-08-06). She cited record monthly user and engagement growth—X has climbed 70 App Store spots year-over-year—and summarized 400 days of work rebuilding core systems, launching ~30 products, adding Country-of-Origin tags and AI-bot defenses, while naming new product leaders.

Why it matters

Nikita Bier announced on 2026-08-06 that she is stepping back from leading product at X and will continue with the company as an advisor.

Key details

  • X's metrics: the app has seen 'unprecedented growth' and has climbed 70 spots in the App Store year-over-year, with records broken every month for new users and engagement.
  • Product accomplishments in the last 400 days: rebuilt Timeline, Android app, onboarding, notifications and chat; launched nearly 30 new products; added Country-of-Origin on profiles and mounted defenses against AI bots; named successors @benjitaylor (design), @singhai (core product engineering) and @dinkin_flickaa (mobile engineering).
Source evidence

Yeoman’s work, sir. Fair winds and following seas, Nikita.

Nikita Bier (@nikitabier)

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster. I'll be stepping back from leading product for 𝕏 and will continue on as an advisor.

Serving the X community has been the privilege of a lifetime. X is, and will remain, the most important communication technology in history. But running this app is a 24/7 job and it's now time for me to take a breather.

The app is seeing unprecedented growth in new users & engagement. We continue to break records every month. We've climbed 70 spots in the App Store since this time last year.

And in the last 400 days, we rebuilt almost every aspect of X: the Timeline, the Android app, onboarding, notifications, chat and more.

We also launched nearly 30 new products while protecting the integrity of the town square: becoming the first app to show Country-of-Origin on profiles and mounting defenses against AI bots. There's certainly much more work to be done, but our foundation is stronger than ever.

None of this would have been possible without the incredible team here. The next leaders will take X to even greater heights with @benjitaylor on design, @singhai on core product engineering and @dinkin_flickaa on mobile engineering -- among many other great people.

Thank you to Elon and the X team for welcoming me into the company. See you on the Timeline.

Video

— https://nitter.net/nikitabier/status/2085105586966827343#m