Dark Reading ✓

@DarkReading · joined 17 Nov 2008

One of the most widely read and trusted cybersecurity news sites, providing IT security professionals informed insights into the latest news and trends.

357 143Followers

49Following

37 303Posts total

34.5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Dark Reading ✓@DarkReading14h

3 Cyber Threats That Defined the Summer of 2026 https://t.co/U3RlSvNWlr #DRTheEdge 4.9K views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

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Prompt-Injection Bug Hits $4B Agentic AI App 'Manus' https://t.co/9maSY74bWc by Nate Nelson 4.3K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

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Ghost Service Accounts Enable M365 Data Theft in Chile https://t.co/djQEAb7PYH by Nate Nelson #DRGlobal 5.6K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Dark Reading ✓@DarkReading23 Sep

EDR Evasion Stack Helps Process Injection Slip Past Defenses https://t.co/G4joIQk7BI by Alexander Culafi 8.8K views · 20 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Dark Reading ✓@DarkReading28 May

@DarkReading Dark Reading shaped how a generation of practitioners explained threats to non-technical decision-makers. That translation work matters more than most people credit. Condolences to everyone who worked alongside Tim. 506 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Dark Reading ✓@DarkReading26 May

Tim Wilson, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Dark Reading, passed away five years ago in November. As Dark Reading enters its third decade, we pause to celebrate and honor Wilson's instrumental role in building and elevating the media site. Read the full story here: https

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10.4K views · 22 likes · 5 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views5 223this account6 739median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.46%this account1.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.20%this account1.00%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	5 223	6 739	0.78×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.46%	1.71%	0.86×
Engagement rate	0.20%	1.00%	0.20×

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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

10.4K26 May

50628 May

8.8K23 Sep

5.6K24 Sep

4.3K

4.9K

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.29%26 May

0.20%28 May

0.27%23 Sep

0.09%24 Sep

0.28%

0.12%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.00%.

What the audience does

Likes47.7%53 in total

Reposts9.9%11 in total

Replies12.6%14 in total

Bookmarks29.7%33 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.