Andrew Thompson ✓

@ImposeCost · Washington, DC · joined 04 Jun 2017

SVP of Adversary Operations @GreyNoiseIO. Former @USMC, @Mandiant, and @Google. There's no finish line in security.

41 460Followers

1 777Following

6 851Posts total

33.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views719this account980median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.73%this account3.27%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.30%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	719	980	0.73×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.73%	3.27%	0.53×
Engagement rate	1.30%	2.01%	0.65×

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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

13K20 Aug

462

703

90721 Aug

3.8K6 Sep

10.2K

719

2.1K

696

474

6587 Sep

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.83%20 Aug

1.30%

2.13%

0.44%21 Aug

2.02%6 Sep

0.78%

0.42%

0.33%

0.72%

2.53%

2.43%7 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes72.3%373 in total

Reposts10.5%54 in total

Replies5.6%29 in total

Quotes1.4%7 in total

Bookmarks10.3%53 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

Adversaries are moving faster due to their use of AI. They are also clearly fucking up due to prioritizing speed and efficiency over security. Does the lapse in security matter? Well only if we take advantage of it in a meaningful way. The opposition makes mistakes. Are you 658 views · 10 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 07 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

My sister just sent me this. 😂 https://t.co/F5aJ92szFr 474 views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@ImposeCost 🍿 696 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@ImposeCost Sunday funday? 2.1K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@ImposeCost That doesn’t sound good 719 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

My friends and I are sorry for all the hundreds of organizations about to get victim notifications. 10.2K views · 65 likes · 6 reposts · 8 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

When I see the news about a a celebrity getting caught being a pedo while on a plane because someone could see his screen, my first reaction isn't "OPSEC!?!" It's "how high would be bounce if dropped from 30K feet..." 3.8K views · 73 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

I started skimming resumes (I will be personally going through them). There's a lot of talent out here. 907 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 21 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

I forgot to note that if your name is Steve or Andrew you must be open to changing your name. 703 views · 14 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 20 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@ImposeCost @GreyNoiseIO Andrew(s), stop it. I don't need FOMO right now. 462 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 20 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Hopefully you listened when I said get your resumes ready. @GreyNoiseIO is hiring Threat Researchers who will develop and exploit first, second, and third-party access and sources to produce cyber threat intelligence that practitioners will use to detect, disrupt, and impose cost 13K views · 178 likes · 45 reposts · 12 replies 20 Aug 2026 · Open on X →