Ismat Ara ✓

@IsmatAraa · New Delhi, India · joined 30 Mar 2014

Journalist @timesofindia | Author I Bylines @frontline_India @TIME @AJEnglish @TheWire_in @Firstpost @BBChindi @Newslaundry @The_Hindu | ismat123raft@gmail.com

128 451Followers

1 558Following

6 891Posts total

60KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, stronger reaction than most.

Median views3 558this account6 178median for 100K–1M

Reach, %2.77%this account2.63%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %2.08%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	3 558	6 178	0.58×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.77%	2.63%	1.05×
Engagement rate	2.08%	1.40%	1.49×

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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

2K23 Aug

2.2K

43.6K28 Aug

3.7K

3.4K31 Aug

5.1K3 Sep

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

8.71%23 Aug

12.44%

2.12%28 Aug

1.12%

1.48%31 Aug

2.04%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes79.5%1 286 in total

Reposts12.7%205 in total

Replies3.5%57 in total

Quotes1.1%17 in total

Bookmarks3.2%52 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

Delhi-NCR’s weekend exodus to the mountains is a reflection of our failure to make the city liveable. People drive hours for what Delhi struggles to provide: shade, clean air, water, trees, quiet and somewhere pleasant to spend an evening. Could we build some of that at home? 5.1K views · 82 likes · 17 reposts · 6 replies 03 Sep 2026 Caste may be absent from Islamic theology, but has shaped Indian Muslim society for generations, creating two puzzles for the upcoming caste census: the same community known by different names across regions, & where do these identities fit? SC/ST identities will come through 3.4K views · 34 likes · 10 reposts · 6 replies 31 Aug 2026 We should not even utter the words "smart City" until we have fixed NEW DELHI RAILWAY STATION and made it accessible for the elderly, disabled and ill. @RPF_INDIA please enforce wheelchair availability and accessibility for everyone who needs it. 3.7K views · 31 likes · 7 reposts · 4 replies 28 Aug 2026 Yesterday, I went to New Delhi Railway Station to pick up my 85+ year-old nanna, travelling from Bihar and get her home. It took us more than an hour to walk from Platform 12 to the parking lot, a distance that should take five minutes for a healthy person. There were no https:// 43.6K views · 724 likes · 147 reposts · 36 replies 28 Aug 2026 @IsmatAraa Do mention this too https://t.co/vNaPyXM14C 2.2K views · 255 likes · 12 reposts · 1 replies 23 Aug 2026 @IsmatAraa Love Jihad is the reality. Your book is the propaganda. Countless lived realities & confessions of people are being whitewashed in a blink. 2K views · 160 likes · 12 reposts · 4 replies 23 Aug 2026 The most heartbreaking picture I took today. This man is willing to walk 495 kms till Kanpur, his home, from Delhi because he has no way to sustain himself here with his 3 yr old daughter. "Wahan peene ko paani toh milega," he says. #TotalLockdown #CoronaOutbreak https://t.co/ 0 views · 6.9K likes · 3K reposts · 281 replies 27 Mar 2020