Andrei Soldatov

@AndreiSoldatov · London, England · joined 03 Mar 2012

Author of Our Dear Friends of Moscow, The Compatriots, The Red Web, The New Nobility, @CEPA, @kclintelligence, https://t.co/hYmcWiozMe, https://t.co/hsKpH5YtAc

47 366Followers

632Following

8 118Posts total

40.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views2 358this account3 644median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.98%this account11.83%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.87%this account1.36%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 358	3 644	0.65×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.98%	11.83%	0.42×
Engagement rate	0.87%	1.36%	0.64×

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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

14.4K30 Nov

2.3K21 Aug

7.5K26 Aug

2.4K

1.7K

12.1K31 Aug

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

0.63%30 Nov

0.87%21 Aug

0.17%26 Aug

0.38%

1.31%

1.62%31 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes57.8%253 in total

Reposts17.8%78 in total

Replies2.7%12 in total

Quotes2.1%9 in total

Bookmarks19.6%86 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

The Kremlin’s obsession with spies has expanded the FSB’s “counterintelligence coverage” to every stratum of Russian society. It strengthens Putin’s grip on power—but also makes the Russian state more dysfunctional. @irinaborogan and I for @ForeignAffairs https://t.co/YyEsjctHQ9 12.1K views · 135 likes · 51 reposts · 6 replies 31 Aug 2026 Putin’s response to Ukraine’s drone attacks opens the door to a new wave of nationalizations in Russia. @irinaborogan and I on how the Kremlin is using the failure to protect critical infrastructure to expand state control, in @cepa. https://t.co/mQkeik9lnl 1.7K views · 17 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 Those guys benefit too much to want the war to ever stop. 2.4K views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 At least 200 veterans have been nominated for seats in the 450-member State Duma, Central Election Commission chief Ella Pamfilova said. https://t.co/fgOlli9AkU 7.5K views · 7 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 Very happy to see Our Dear Friends in Moscow at #5 in Russian & Soviet Politics on https://t.co/8Klo72vb1H, more than a year after publication. The Kindle edition is also among the current bestsellers in Russia eBooks. @public_affairs https://t.co/22IVI0vHdF 2.3K views · 15 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 21 Aug 2026 A big honour: 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow' has been selected by @ForeignAffairs as one of the Best Books of 2025 — and placed in the top three! https://t.co/v1HLjT8fKO 14.4K views · 71 likes · 13 reposts · 5 replies 30 Nov 2025