Chicago Contrarian ✓

@ChicagoContrar1 · Chicago, IL · joined 22 Mar 2020

Commentary on Urban Affairs in Chicago. Find our social links here: https://t.co/PrdtLioo42

65 859Followers

86Following

10 463Posts total

31.3KViews on collected posts

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Chicago Contrarian ✓@ChicagoContrar18 Sep

Suspects resisting and screaming "I can't breathe," and spectators harassing and interfering with CPD. This is what criminal justice reform has wrought. https://t.co/B6VyHnrbxL

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Chicago Contrarian ✓@ChicagoContrar18 Sep

@ChicagoContrar1 Protecting criminals is what Democrats do. 54 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Chicago Contrarian ✓@ChicagoContrar18 Sep

"The Toll Of Trump's 68-Day Blitz." Imagine the "toll" if @ChicagosMayor and @JBPritzker had actually cooperated with federal immigration officials. Instead, both Johnson and Pritzker called for residents to resist DHS agents and Pritzker actually called for "mass uprisings." h

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Chicago Contrarian ✓@ChicagoContrar18 Sep

@ChicagoContrar1 I still can't understand how voters and media give this guy a pass on running for 2 offices at once. 72 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Chicago Contrarian ✓@ChicagoContrar18 Sep

Since installing @ChicagosMayor in office in 2023, the CORE Caucus has been on a three-year losing streak. With BOE and mayoral elections drawing near, Paul Vallas says CORE leadership at the CTU knows it's on the ropes. https://t.co/I0bQw0wx8Q 1.4K views · 9 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Chicago Contrarian ✓@ChicagoContrar18 Sep

@ChicagoContrar1 Shameful 79 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Chicago Contrarian ✓@ChicagoContrar18 Sep

Another weekend marred by street takeovers has Alds. Ray Lopez and Desmon Yancy both calling for a stronger CPD response. Unsurprisingly, @BSLFor25 has said nothing, despite the fact a massive takeover occurred in his ward at 18th and Canal. Don't forget: BSL demanded fewer CPD

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Chicago Contrarian ✓@ChicagoContrar18 Sep

Anything on the 30 shot and 8 killed this glorious Labor Day weekend? Any comment on street takeovers? No. Not a word about violence and mayhem on our streets from our intrepid SoS. Just more attacks on Trump and spreading alarmism about ICE. 18K views · 281 likes · 66 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views1 619this account1 102median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.46%this account3.95%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.49%this account1.66%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 619	1 102	1.47×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.46%	3.95%	0.62×
Engagement rate	2.49%	1.66%	1.50×

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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

18K8 Sep

3.1K

1.4K

1.8K

6.8K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.05%8 Sep

3.06%

2.53%

0.97%

4.17%

2.45%

1.85%

2.71%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.66%.

What the audience does

Likes71.8%529 in total

Reposts15.2%112 in total

Replies6.9%51 in total

Quotes2.6%19 in total

Bookmarks3.5%26 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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