Katie Bo Lillis

@KatieBoLillis · Washington, D.C. · joined 06 Mar 2014

Intelligence & national security for @CNN. Recovering racetracker, @simonschuster author, DEATH OF A RACEHORSE, a @FT best book of the year. Signal: kblillis.32

27 845Followers

2 922Following

22 528Posts total

44.7KViews 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 985this account3 259median for 10K–100K

Reach, %7.13%this account10.24%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.36%this account1.40%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 985	3 259	0.61×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	7.13%	10.24%	0.70×
Engagement rate	0.36%	1.40%	0.26×

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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

32.2K6 May

6.3K10 Jun

9139 Jul

2.1K10 Aug

1.2K

2K1 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

0.86%6 May

0.36%10 Jun

0.88%9 Jul

0.29%10 Aug

0.17%

1.06%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes76.5%270 in total

Reposts6.8%24 in total

Replies10.8%38 in total

Quotes1.4%5 in total

Bookmarks4.5%16 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

I am profoundly honored to have been included in this sterling group of finalists for the Tony Ryan Book Award, an absolute gem of an institution honoring the best in American turf letters. https://t.co/gYw4fvPyvp 2K views · 18 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 So honored and gratified to be included in this stand-out group of writers! 1.2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 10 Aug 2026 An eclectic and quality group of books published in 2025 make up the semifinalists for the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, as announced recently: @nmrhof @KatieBoLillis @lsupress @KentuckyPress https://t.co/V3ksRh5yS4 2.1K views · 3 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 10 Aug 2026 Spotted in the wild (okay, Saratoga) by a friend… thanks @NorthshireBooks! ☺️🏇 https://t.co/PfxfMNNg67 913 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 09 Jul 2026 Back at work after a beautiful four months on maternity leave with my second child. What'd I miss? Reach out here or on Signal @ kblillis.32 6.3K views · 19 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 10 Jun 2026 When I was like, 11, and a nerd with many books, I wrote a life list. One of the items was to write one of my own. Today, my first book hits the shelves. Like an actual book you can buy in a bookstore, on a subject I’m deeply passionate about. Here it is, EXISTING, in @chbooksdc: 32.2K views · 221 likes · 20 reposts · 32 replies 06 May 2025