scott horsley

@HorsleyScott · joined 06 Feb 2012

NPR economics reporter shorsley@npr.org

50 844Followers

187Following

6 224Posts total

6.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 302this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.56%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.90%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 302	2 751	0.47×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.56%	9.00%	0.28×
Engagement rate	0.90%	1.65%	0.55×

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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

1.3K26 Aug

99728 Aug

1.5K30 Aug

9722 Sep

1.9K

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

0.54%26 Aug

0.90%28 Aug

0.73%30 Aug

0.93%2 Sep

1.18%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes72.6%45 in total

Reposts14.5%9 in total

Replies4.8%3 in total

Quotes3.2%2 in total

Bookmarks4.8%3 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

Billions of dollars in taxes went uncollected last year after the IRS slashed its auditing staff. https://t.co/yAZ5v70YOJ 1.9K views · 16 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 This day in history: 125 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt gave his “Speak softly and carry a big stick” speech at the Minnesota State Fair. Who knew he was talking about a corn dog? https://t.co/FyEP0vRPX9 972 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 It’s opening weekend of the Minnesota State Fair. An economist has been tracking the cost of corn dogs and funnel cakes to compile his “On-a-Stick” price index. https://t.co/r7gqTF6ZzA 1.5K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 30 Aug 2026 https://t.co/9VK2CjVYOG 997 views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 28 Aug 2026 Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s lawyers respond to the White House over allegations of mortgage fraud. They say any errors were inadvertent and point to similar moves by the president and cabinet members. They promise to fight any effort to remove Cook from the Fed board. https://t.co/9 1.3K views · 5 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026