Block Club Chicago ✓

@BlockClubCHI · Chicago, Illinois · joined 12 Apr 2012

Reader-supported nonprofit newsroom delivering essential coverage of Chicago’s neighborhoods.

235 906Followers

1 049Following

141 826Posts total

893.3KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI23 Sep

UIC invited Border Patrol to participate in a school career fair, angering students. https://t.co/mQXQuAEIhR https://t.co/CjV2ifAiQu

2.2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI23 Sep

Home studios, pop-up galleries and a craft market are among the more than 40 participants across Beverly and Morgan Park that will be part of the Beverly Art Walk Saturday. https://t.co/wr7TXxsY4k https://t.co/mMFV4sXKUY

2.1K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI23 Sep

A 5-story apartment building could replace an empty storefront on Edgewater’s Devon Avenue. https://t.co/YRIAAuXgHn https://t.co/upRVVpgzMe

2.5K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI23 Sep

TAAN, Humboldt Park’s newest restaurant and wine bar, offers a fresh take on Thai cuisine. https://t.co/xQjZPzRVHA https://t.co/JMElUYLXGj

2.9K views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI23 Sep

UIC invited Border Patrol to participate in a school career fair, angering students. https://t.co/mQXQuAEIhR https://t.co/WT0w8zIO6F

2.8K views · 9 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI16 Aug

@BlockClubCHI Someone should have notified me when they were putting them on the crane wtf 555 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI15 Aug

@BlockClubCHI Seeing a beluga whale casually airborne in a specialized transport harness is equal parts surreal and heartwarming. 404 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI15 Aug

@BlockClubCHI “Well, I guess I can fly now.”—beluga whale (fr a Seinfeld bit) 5.8K views · 39 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI14 Aug

Shedd Aquarium has taken in 4 more rescued beluga whales from a shuttered Canadian marine park. https://t.co/Lx7fqw3JqQ https://t.co/XJnDglo4S4

794.7K views · 1.8K likes · 180 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI5 Jun

@BlockClubCHI https://t.co/QbWBzYE33z

68 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI3 Jun

@BlockClubCHI Call Your Mother is a great little spot. 36 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Block Club Chicago ✓@BlockClubCHI2 Jun

A new bagel spot has reignited Wicker Park’s decades-long debate: indie vs. corporate. https://t.co/I68k9zAEuw https://t.co/QcWqdK4TXm

79K views · 15 likes · 3 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views2 493this account5 983median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.06%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.25%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	2 493	5 983	0.42×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.06%	1.49%	0.71×
Engagement rate	0.25%	0.93%	0.27×

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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

79K2 Jun

363 Jun

685 Jun

794.7K14 Aug

5.8K15 Aug

404

55516 Aug

2.8K23 Sep

2.9K

2.5K

2.1K

2.2K

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.04%2 Jun

0.00%3 Jun

1.47%5 Jun

0.25%14 Aug

0.67%15 Aug

0.99%

0.36%16 Aug

0.53%23 Sep

0.21%

0.04%

0.00%

0.18%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.93%.

What the audience does

Likes84.0%1 872 in total

Reposts8.5%189 in total

Replies1.1%24 in total

Quotes0.3%7 in total

Bookmarks6.1%136 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.

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