Robert Draper

@DraperRobert · joined 23 Jul 2010

Author & Staff Writer, NY Times. Married to @KirstenPowers. Native Texan resisting urges to post about @TexasLonghorns, @Astros, @HoustonRockets or @Titans.

26 288Followers

3 449Following

2 867Posts total

23.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Robert Draper@DraperRobert16 Sep

"They're just petrified of Trump. Name the issue. It's just amazing. No one's got a spine." That's former Rep Fred Upton, one of 35 current/former members I spoke to about Congress in the Trump era (free link): https://t.co/DtWejRadi1 1.9K views · 13 likes · 14 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Robert Draper@DraperRobert13 Sep

Among the things Dem populist & DSA candidates have in common is that they're pissed off at their own party--my story (free link): https://t.co/QKwxTc5BU9 2.4K views · 16 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Robert Draper@DraperRobert10 Sep

"What would Charlie do"--my essay (free link): https://t.co/PhJMNGLLsK 1.3K views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Robert Draper@DraperRobert5 Aug

Edwards was facing both a strong Dem opponent who'd outraised him and a likely censure. He wasn't popular among House Republicans, had lost the support of the WH and the overwhelming evidence of misconduct would be hard to explain to his wife of 46 years: https://t.co/7Kjy5pVpda 15.6K views · 10 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Robert Draper@DraperRobert3 Aug

Among his other questionable deeds, Rep Chuck Edwards took one of his young female aides to Biden's 2024 WH Christmas party; he & her were photographed standing with the Bidens and the Harrises. My story (free link): https://t.co/t9ifSa1Cs3 2.7K views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views2 373this account994median for 10K–100K

Reach, %9.03%this account3.82%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.74%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 373	994	2.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	9.03%	3.82%	2.36×
Engagement rate	0.74%	1.52%	0.49×

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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

2.7K3 Aug

15.6K5 Aug

1.3K10 Sep

2.4K13 Sep

1.9K16 Sep

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

0.22%3 Aug

0.10%5 Aug

0.74%10 Sep

0.93%13 Sep

1.43%16 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes43.3%45 in total

Reposts27.9%29 in total

Replies1.9%2 in total

Quotes3.8%4 in total

Bookmarks23.1%24 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.