Brian Katulis

@Katulis · Global · joined 15 Jul 2009

Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, views my own

10 125Followers

420Following

35 803Posts total

6.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views196this account964median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.94%this account3.25%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.32%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	196	964	0.20×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.94%	3.25%	0.60×
Engagement rate	1.32%	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

64531 Aug

247

4201 Sep

1962 Sep

4.6K3 Sep

191

132

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.86%31 Aug

0.00%

1.62%

3.10%1 Sep

0.00%2 Sep

0.24%3 Sep

1.05%

1.52%

1.32%

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

What the audience does

Likes70.6%36 in total

Reposts3.9%2 in total

Replies9.8%5 in total

Quotes3.9%2 in total

Bookmarks11.8%6 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

6 Sep

Daily snapshots since 06 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

4 - Have a listen to this latest episode of "Taking the Edge Off the Middle East with Brian Katulis" with Ambassador Yael Lempert And please share it with friends and colleagues and if you do listen, please rate and review it too! https://t.co/j2giLUp9ex https://t.co/5IsmHszzYW 76 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

3 - And also playing a key role in #Israel & #Palestine during President Barack Obama's trip in 2013; and - serving as U.S. ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of #Jordan from 2023 to 2025; https://t.co/j2giLUp9ex 132 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

2 - We talk about key episodes in her career including: -risking her life on the ground in #Iraq in the early years after the 2003 war; - evacuating Americans out of #Libya in 2011 during the turmoil there... https://t.co/j2giLUp9ex 191 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

1 - Many thanks to my @MiddleEastInst colleague Yael Lempert for telling the story of her amazing career of more than a quarter century as a U.S. diplomat Latest episode of "Taking the Edge Off the Middle East" is out! https://t.co/j2giLUp9ex 4.6K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Reminder: Trump’s GOP is in favor of states’ rights Except when it is trying to steal or suppress votes https://t.co/d7jiFrPAvL 196 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Coming this week- the latest episode of "Taking the Edge Off the Middle East," my podcast @MiddleEastInst I speak with Yael Lempert, a seasoned former U.S. diplomat who served in places like #Jordan (where she was U.S. ambassador), #Egypt, #Iraq, #Libya, #Israel & #Palestine 420 views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Don’t call it a comeback! We’ve been here for years. New episode drops on Thursday 9/3 https://t.co/OtUQGDLpbB https://t.co/ccKrjTs2nn 247 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@Katulis I was literally about to post asking when you’re bringing back the pod—excited to listen soon! 15 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Don’t call it a combative! We’ve been here for years! New episodes coming soon… https://t.co/OtUQGDLpbB https://t.co/KRQxJrtTui 645 views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →