Erika Solomon

@ErikaSolomon · Berlin · joined 17 Jul 2011

NYT Iran and Iraq Bureau Chief. Former correspondent for the FT in the Mideast and Berlin; learned the ropes at Reuters. RTs, favorites not endorsements etc.

10 212Followers

5 667Following

8 570Posts total

573.2KViews on collected posts

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

99.4K16 Oct

1.6K17 Oct

7.7K11 Nov

139.7K26 Jan

93128 Jan

323.9K17 May

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

0.54%16 Oct

0.90%17 Oct

0.34%11 Nov

1.09%26 Jan

0.86%28 Jan

1.09%17 May

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes60.2%3 746 in total

Reposts27.4%1 707 in total

Replies1.5%94 in total

Quotes1.5%96 in total

Bookmarks9.3%579 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

Our @nytimes report finds there was a second Israeli base in Iraq's desert. At least one dated back to the June '25 war. Israel chose Iraq for these covert ops due to US role in Iraq's security affairs. The shepherd who exposed the first base was killed. https://t.co/glHgZ0ZtPL 323.9K views · 2.2K likes · 1.2K reposts · 38 replies 17 May 2026 We need our fantastic colleagues at @washingtonpost for their invaluable work keeping Americans informed about what is happening beyond their borders and how it can affect their lives. Having good competition makes all our journalism stronger. @JeffBezos please #SaveThePost 931 views · 3 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 28 Jan 2026 Today a source warned me that my reporting lines could have me killed. Just an average day as a foreign correspondent. I can’t count the number of times I’ve come under fire or had windows rattle from blasts. Our international staff risk so much to bring home news. #SaveThePost h 139.7K views · 1.2K likes · 334 reposts · 20 replies 26 Jan 2026 Iraq's vote is predicted to have a very low turnout. Yet it may be the "most expensive election" yet, @renadmansour told @nytimes : “A lot of money is being spent by the elites to try and win seats which they can then use to bargain." https://t.co/BVERnTATzv 7.7K views · 14 likes · 10 reposts · 0 replies 11 Nov 2025 The face of Bashar al-Assad’s regime is gone, but the men who enforced its violence remain at large. Our roster of 55 of key officials we are investigating. https://t.co/abg358LTTV 1.6K views · 8 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies 17 Oct 2025 Happy to share the 1st part of our @nytimes investigation into some of Syria's most notorious regime officials: "The Vanishing Act: How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria, and Justice"-https://t.co/aD0QO97DOv 99.4K views · 367 likes · 126 reposts · 32 replies 16 Oct 2025

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