Catherine Belton

@CatherineBelton

Reporting on Russia for @washingtonpost, ex@FT Moscow. Author Putin's People, a NYT Critics' Book of 2020, & for FT, Times. https://t.co/MpqkHf4ltC?…

47 489Followers

1 582Following

5 834Posts total

170.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

3 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views11 514this account1 005median for 10K–100K

Reach, %24.25%this account3.31%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.92%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	11 514	1 005	11.5×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	24.25%	3.31%	7.32×
Engagement rate	0.92%	2.01%	0.46×

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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

156.6K4 Sep

11.5K

2.9K

Last 3 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.51%4 Sep

0.92%

1.37%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes60.3%627 in total

Reposts24.7%257 in total

Replies2.6%27 in total

Quotes2.8%29 in total

Bookmarks9.5%99 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

@CatherineBelton @gregpmiller @wstrobel only fools and Americans believe in negotiations with Russia, especially on the subject of Ukraine, meanwhile the Russians have not changed their plans since Ivan the Terrible https://t.co/IHs8RK4cqA 2.9K views · 31 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

“The message was: Things are not going well for you. It’s time to talk. Let’s figure this out, because it’s going to be even worse for you in six months’, 12 months’ time,” one of the people said. 11.5K views · 80 likes · 20 reposts · 5 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

After the meetings, Ratcliffe felt he had delivered the message “but not moved the needle,” a person familiar with the matter said. Russia viewed the visit as “an attempt to convince Putin to stop, but Putin read it as weakness." w/@gregpmiller @wstrobel https://t.co/bxaS0JFqVW 156.6K views · 516 likes · 230 reposts · 22 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →