Eleanor Olcott

@EleanorOlcott · Beijing · joined 22 Jan 2015

China Tech Correspondent @FT based in Beijing email: eleanor.olcott (@) https://t.co/gnV7VRHnX3 DM for alt contact

10 437Followers

1 115Following

2 107Posts total

105.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views11 384this account1 756median for 10K–100K

Reach, %109.08%this account5.38%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.34%this account1.75%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	11 384	1 756	6.48×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	109.08%	5.38%	20.3×
Engagement rate	0.34%	1.75%	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

17.7K18 Jul

25.4K26 Jul

55.3K27 Jul

91121 Aug

1.1K25 Aug

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

0.23%18 Jul

0.42%

0.27%26 Jul

0.16%27 Jul

0.44%21 Aug

0.56%25 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.75%.

What the audience does

Likes65.8%179 in total

Reposts7.7%21 in total

Replies5.5%15 in total

Quotes6.2%17 in total

Bookmarks14.7%40 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.

Latest posts

Job klaxon 📝 ! The FT is hiring a China Tech Correspondent to cover AI and semiconductors in Hong Kong. This is a great beat with a stellar team of editors and reporters in the region. Applications: https://t.co/ePE6ISIKTh 1.1K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 25 Aug 2026 'Can I get you a coke if I take your job?' 📸by a friend at Beijing's World Robot Conference https://t.co/xYPeKzxX2H 911 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 21 Aug 2026 CXMT current market cap is RMB 3.65tn, making it largest Chinese public company. To put that number in context, for the Hefei state funds that backed it... https://t.co/j7RR0zKu3I 55.3K views · 75 likes · 9 reposts · 0 replies 27 Jul 2026 Choose your trump card https://t.co/QG1ZiXtuAE 25.4K views · 49 likes · 2 reposts · 11 replies 26 Jul 2026 Ed is such a good listener and writer. Another banger for the mag on lingering effect of China’s One Child Policy 5K views · 19 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 18 Jul 2026 Our @FTMag cover this week on the long shadow of China's 'one child' policy, one of the most consequential and enduring social experiments in human history. https://t.co/9PnPstUphc 17.7K views · 27 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies 18 Jul 2026