Mark Hemingway ✓

@Heminator · joined 10 Apr 2008

Senior Writer at RealClearInvestigations. "After all these years of professional experience, why can’t I write good?"

178 528Followers

7 515Following

83 611Posts total

216.5KViews on collected posts

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Mark Hemingway ✓@Heminator8 Sep

Wrote a number of stories on mercenaries and arms dealers and this one was wild. 2.8K views · 13 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Mark Hemingway ✓@Heminator8 Sep

I wrote a number of stories on mercenaries and arms dealers and this one was a lot of fun. 3.5K views · 22 likes · 4 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Mark Hemingway ✓@Heminator7 Sep

Tossing old files and came across my State Department ambassadorial briefing file from 2009. Other nominees had thick briefs on the important relationships. Mine was thin and featured a piece on "Destination Malabo," the "worst place on earth" by @Heminator! https://t.co/PkD7W2D0

7.3K views · 21 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Mark Hemingway ✓@Heminator7 Sep

Is gas $6.20 a gallon anywhere besides Gavin Newsom’s state? 135.1K views · 5.5K likes · 148 reposts · 204 replies Open on X →

Mark Hemingway ✓@Heminator7 Sep

This is an incredible piece. Well worth your time. 10.4K views · 57 likes · 16 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Mark Hemingway ✓@Heminator6 Sep

“The 1980s called” 13.6K views · 704 likes · 55 reposts · 25 replies Open on X →

Mark Hemingway ✓@Heminator6 Sep

This, by @arctotherium42, is the best writing on the mass internet censorship of the 2010s I have ever seen. It is long but a must read. Thanks to @PirateWires for bringing it to my awareness. https://t.co/TtevJF8oiK https://t.co/SZ2rMi3Bqg

43.8K views · 458 likes · 62 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views10 401this account3 969median for 100K–1M

Reach, %5.83%this account1.54%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.85%this account1.32%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	10 401	3 969	2.62×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.83%	1.54%	3.78×
Engagement rate	0.85%	1.32%	0.64×

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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

43.8K6 Sep

13.6K

10.4K7 Sep

135.1K

7.3K

3.5K8 Sep

2.8K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.22%6 Sep

5.78%

0.72%7 Sep

4.34%

0.33%

0.85%8 Sep

0.51%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.32%.

What the audience does

Likes91.4%6 771 in total

Reposts3.8%285 in total

Replies3.4%250 in total

Quotes0.2%13 in total

Bookmarks1.2%89 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.

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