The Insider ✓

@InsiderEng · joined 06 Apr 2021

The Insider is a Russia-focused, independent media outlet. We're fully committed to investigative journalism and to debunking fake news

26 930Followers

211Following

6 057Posts total

7.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 359this account964median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.05%this account3.25%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.41%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 359	964	1.41×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.05%	3.25%	1.55×
Engagement rate	1.41%	2.01%	0.70×

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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

2.5K4 Sep

906

1.6K

1.4K

1.1K

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

2.34%4 Sep

0.33%

1.41%

2.65%

1.30%

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

What the audience does

Likes65.7%92 in total

Reposts26.4%37 in total

Replies0.7%1 in total

Quotes2.1%3 in total

Bookmarks5.0%7 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

At least 36 Russian opposition candidates have been forced out of upcoming elections — more than half from Yabloko The most common grounds for disqualification, affecting 27 would-be candidates, were allegations of displaying “extremist symbols.” https://t.co/XT5bC9iCMS 1.1K views · 10 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Germany investigates new attempted sabotage at power substation as police search for man who claimed responsibility for prior attacks On the evening of Sept. 3, a passerby in the town of Dormagen discovered a suspicious device near the facility. https://t.co/IjHlW0eoqC 1.4K views · 24 likes · 12 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

EU preparing new visa restrictions for Russians after attempted drone attack on Leipzig airport The European Commission’s proposal calls for “targeted restrictive visa measures to address security risks stemming from hostile actions of third countries.” https://t.co/XJ1p5AszQm 1.6K views · 15 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

President of Goethe-Institut warns of the “end of an era in German-Russian cultural ties” as the Kremlin moves to shut branches nationwide Germany recently shut the Russian House in Berlin after an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport. https://t.co/aEpCjIYfMI 906 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Sixteen satellites in Russia’s “Starlink rival” fail to reach working altitude on schedule The first batch of Bureau 1440 satellites, launched in March, also failed to settle at the target altitude of 800 km. https://t.co/nbmjgPfE4q 2.5K views · 40 likes · 17 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →