Charlie Cook

@CharlieCookDC · Harpswell, Maine · joined 18 Jul 2014

Non-partisan political analyst. Founder and Contributor to The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, political analyst and columnist for National Journal.

51 939Followers

548Following

763Posts total

12.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Charlie Cook@CharlieCookDC20 Aug

My latest column, also available (with past columns) on my Substack, “Charlie Cook Politics.” https://t.co/pWpHzlMN9O 2.7K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Charlie Cook@CharlieCookDC13 Aug

My latest column. Previous available on my Substack, “Charlie Cook Politics” https://t.co/GlnmnW2FBE 2.4K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Charlie Cook@CharlieCookDC12 Aug

@CharlieCookDC Whatever wyt boi Yall aint been right yet 6 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Charlie Cook@CharlieCookDC9 Aug

@CharlieCookDC Still plenty racist wyt folks? Yeah 8 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Charlie Cook@CharlieCookDC5 Aug

And here is a link to the other piece, that I wrote last night. It’s the pdf attachment that matters. https://t.co/DWkW9x0SW0 2.3K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Charlie Cook@CharlieCookDC5 Aug

Here is my morning after Michigan piece that is up on my Substack, Charlie Cook Politics. To be clear, I am not saying that Dems can’t pick up some Senate seats, but with unforced errors, they need to almost run the table to win a majority. Separately I am posting a link to a 2.5K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Charlie Cook@CharlieCookDC30 Jul

My latest column from Monday’s National Journal and Cook Political Report is now up on my Charlie Cook Politics Substack, enjoy (free). Latest news from Wisconsin reinforces the left-risk for Democrats, how much will it offset Trump’s problems for GOP? https://t.co/07iYPV1B53 2.2K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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 views2 390this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.60%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.21%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 390	924	2.59×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.60%	3.62%	1.27×
Engagement rate	0.21%	1.52%	0.14×

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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

2.2K30 Jul

2.5K5 Aug

2.3K

89 Aug

612 Aug

2.4K13 Aug

2.7K20 Aug

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

0.14%30 Jul

0.40%5 Aug

0.13%

0.00%9 Aug

0.00%12 Aug

0.21%13 Aug

0.22%20 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes56.2%18 in total

Reposts12.5%4 in total

Replies9.4%3 in total

Quotes6.2%2 in total

Bookmarks15.6%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.