Ali Watkins

@AliWatkins · joined 21 May 2010

Scribbler, @nytimes. Author, "THE NEXT ONE IS FOR YOU" out now from @LittleBrown. MA in Writing, @UniofGalway. Come for the stories, stay for the Philly hype.

30 211Followers

1 364Following

18 964Posts total

8.1KViews on collected posts

Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

2K22 Jul

2.3K3 Nov

1.3K

1K5 Nov

8158 Jan

6792 Mar

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.41%22 Jul

0.17%3 Nov

0.31%

0.40%5 Nov

0.25%8 Jan

0.15%2 Mar

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes46.4%13 in total

Reposts3.6%1 in total

Replies28.6%8 in total

Quotes3.6%1 in total

Bookmarks17.9%5 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Been thinking a lot lately of The Brothers by Stephen Kinzer, which is a worthwhile read any day, but especially in these times. https://t.co/MLtwaEfRLF 679 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Mar 2026 This is so upsetting, on so many levels. Among them: citing a federally-mandated, union-negotiated contract as a reason for closure. https://t.co/YopIhonXqj 815 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 08 Jan 2026 On this Very Saturated and Serious News Day, may I humbly offer: Mouse, the (non) Lion https://t.co/2B7uh2PJUm 1K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Nov 2025 Thanks so much to @irish_news for highlighting THE NEXT ONE IS FOR YOU. Come hang out with me and Elaine Feeney at @BelfastFestival this weekend. https://t.co/Yrk19u61nC https://t.co/HkktuFywx8 1.3K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Nov 2025 "I’ve never felt further from my Irishness. Writing the book and living here has completely changed how I view my own history...It’s important to recognise that just because we are part of the diaspora doesn’t mean we have a right to these stories." https://t.co/cLckCAxT33 2.3K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Nov 2025 Folks, very excited to launch my personal website, to keep tabs on new writing and events, for THE NEXT ONE IS FOR YOU and beyond. Some great chats coming up in Belfast, Dublin and, soon, the States. Check it out here: https://t.co/D6eZgnQeHc 2K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 22 Jul 2025

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