Dan Barry

@DanBarryNYT · Here and There · joined 09 Mar 2011

This truth is hard: Longtime writer for The New York Times. Books include "This Land: America, Lost and Found." https://t.co/vHpqtFjnDi

19 529Followers

1 361Following

16 734Posts total

5.4KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Dan Barry@DanBarryNYT29 Aug

Not sure how many times this has to be repeated, but @maggieNYT is one of the very, very best journalists of our age. I’m proud to know her. 2.5K views · 21 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Dan Barry@DanBarryNYT28 Aug

A photogenic Irish castle, but you can't go in. My report from the wonderful County Galway village of Kinvara: https://t.co/fvc4dFgNlg 534 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Dan Barry@DanBarryNYT28 Jul

Nassau or Suffolk? I can’t tell from the accent. 1.2K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Dan Barry@DanBarryNYT23 Jul

‘The Lost Children of Tuam’ Review: Monica Dolan Excels in a Straightforward but Stirring Reflection on a Buried Irish Tragedy https://t.co/So9sYpLKlO via @variety 750 views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Dan Barry@DanBarryNYT13 Jul

Survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home greeting Catherine Corless before the premiere of “The Lost Children of Tuam.” Galway City July 2026 https://t.co/qayG5XH7ji 438 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 1 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 views1 171this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.00%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.94%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 171	924	1.27×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.00%	3.62%	1.66×
Engagement rate	0.94%	1.52%	0.62×

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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

43813 Jul

75023 Jul

1.2K28 Jul

53428 Aug

2.5K29 Aug

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.14%13 Jul

1.20%23 Jul

0.34%28 Jul

0.94%28 Aug

1.03%29 Aug

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

What the audience does

Likes76.0%38 in total

Reposts12.0%6 in total

Replies10.0%5 in total

Bookmarks2.0%1 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.