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Joseph Torigian

@JosephTorigian · Washington, DC · joined 13 Nov 2018

Provost Associate Professor at @au_sis. Senior fellow at @CFR_org. Studies Chinese and Russian politics and foreign policy. 唐志学. https://t.co/XHcoM9Xlya

25 926Followers
1 000Following
4 124Posts total
150.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 875this account2 043median for 10K–100K
Reach, %7.23%this account6.16%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.91%this account1.59%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post1 8752 0430.92×
Reach (views ÷ followers)7.23%6.16%1.17×
Engagement rate0.91%1.59%0.57×

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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

69.4K21 Nov
837
74
26323 Nov
48.5K30 Nov
1.1K
8597 Jul
1.1K24 Aug
13.3K30 Aug
13.2K3 Sep
1.9K4 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

0.28%21 Nov
0.36%
2.70%
1.14%23 Nov
0.34%30 Nov
0.28%
0.47%7 Jul
0.46%24 Aug
1.34%30 Aug
0.91%3 Sep
1.33%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.59%.

What the audience does

Likes63.3%570 in total
Reposts9.0%81 in total
Replies4.4%40 in total
Quotes1.6%14 in total
Bookmarks21.8%196 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

Bookshelf: The Xi before Xi (from @AsiaPolicy) https://t.co/6YC83hyzty 1.9K views · 22 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Two pieces of news for The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping: It's now available as an audiobook (Audible already, more platforms coming) And a much cheaper softcover is now for sale too. 13.2K views · 107 likes · 8 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 I shared some thoughts for this new @BBC @celiahatton podcast "The Dictator's Survival Guide," a deep investigation into the fall of Chinese general Zhang Youxia, a man whose family I've spent much of the last few months investigating. https://t.co/djuPYqaIbE 13.3K views · 143 likes · 27 reposts · 6 replies 30 Aug 2026 New piece by @AA_Davey of @merics_eu on hukou reform https://t.co/7otnIqpdJW 1.1K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 24 Aug 2026 @JosephTorigian @ForeignAffairs Hi Joseph, congrats. I just published an essay in which I draw on your book extensively to make the point that Beijing's reluctance to reform its growth model is less a result of the man than the machine. Many thanks. https://t.co/3rHVyE4wOz 859 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 07 Jul 2026 Also great to see books by @PatrickMcGee_ and Paul Mariani on this list. 1.1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 30 Nov 2025 Huge thanks to @ForeignAffairs for naming "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" an Editors' Pick Best Book of 2025: "A prodigiously researched epic" https://t.co/Fftd0HcSXf https://t.co/hTbHupyIBg 48.5K views · 137 likes · 20 reposts · 6 replies 30 Nov 2025 @JosephTorigian Congrats! Glad to see all your hard work get the recognition it deserves! 263 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Nov 2025 @JosephTorigian Congratulations 74 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 21 Nov 2025 @JosephTorigian Congratulations Joseph, well deserved. 837 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 21 Nov 2025 Some very cool news: "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" was named a best book of 2025 by the Economist and a best history book of 2025 by BBC History Magazine https://t.co/WApZdlzjYr 69.4K views · 148 likes · 21 reposts · 21 replies 21 Nov 2025

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