Carla Babb

@CarlaBNatSec · US · joined 21 Oct 2008

@MilReporters VP, NatSec reporter @Newsmax, frmr Pentagon reporter @VOANews & @MilitaryTimes, @SisterHazelBand wife, @NCState Runner, @UNC Journo, Carolina Gal

33 308Followers

2 693Following

18 493Posts total

636.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views2 044this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.14%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.89%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 044	2 896	0.71×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.14%	9.51%	0.65×
Engagement rate	0.89%	1.56%	0.57×

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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

464.3K19 Mar

1.7K2 Sep

9.7K

1.9K

155.2K

2.2K3 Sep

1.1K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.13%19 Mar

1.22%2 Sep

0.90%

0.37%

2.39%

0.23%3 Sep

0.88%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes73.0%3 391 in total

Reposts18.5%861 in total

Replies2.1%99 in total

Quotes1.9%90 in total

Bookmarks4.5%207 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

.@SenThomTillis sounds like he is regretting his confirmation vote as he calls on POTUS to find a new SecDef. 1.1K views · 7 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Another interdiction…clearing the boat of people and gathering evidence before striking a boat in Southcom AOR 2.2K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 On Sept. 2, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, and in coordination and collaboration with the Government of Ecuador, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) successfully interdicted a vessel operating as a floating refueling station in support 155.2K views · 2.9K likes · 670 reposts · 62 replies 02 Sep 2026 That’s what reporters kept asking in the last administration concerning ATACMS, more HIMARS, Abrams tanks, F-16s, etc. for #Ukraine 1.9K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 02 Sep 2026 How long is this going to take? Just do it. 9.7K views · 73 likes · 13 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 #BREAKING US official tells me DHS Secretary Mark Mullin was on Coast Guard aircraft that made emergency landing at Reagan National Airport. All on board are OK. Aircraft was a C-37A Gulf Stream. 1.7K views · 19 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 #BREAKING #EXCLUSIVE The US military has accelerated the deployment of thousands of Marines and sailors to help reinforce US troops in the Middle East amid the war against Iran. Four officials tell Newsmax the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the embarked 11th Marine 464.3K views · 348 likes · 174 reposts · 32 replies 19 Mar 2026