The Kyiv Independent ✓

@KyivIndependent · Kyiv · joined 21 Nov 2021

Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine. Become a member: https://t.co/ZnSQWYU6Xx

1 849 065Followers

38Following

70 992Posts total

349.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

12 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 1M–10M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views12 277this account15 646median for 1M–10M

Reach, %0.66%this account0.67%median for 1M–10M

Engagement, %0.51%this account1.60%median for 1M–10M

Metric	This account	Median for 1M–10M	Ratio
Median views per post	12 277	15 646	0.78×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.66%	0.67%	0.99×
Engagement rate	0.51%	1.60%	0.32×

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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

250.7K4 Sep

2.6K

5K

981

17.1K

45

15.2K

18.6K

10.5K

222

14.1K

14.4K

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.87%4 Sep

2.76%

2.56%

5.91%

0.31%

0.00%

0.29%

0.58%

0.30%

10.36%

0.44%

0.37%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 1M–10M accounts is 1.60%.

What the audience does

Likes65.4%1 915 in total

Reposts20.5%602 in total

Replies6.4%187 in total

Quotes4.0%117 in total

Bookmarks3.7%109 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

4 Sep

Daily snapshots since 04 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

The violent standoff between Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) and the military intelligence agency (HUR) on Sept. 2 exposed two dysfunctions of Ukraine's law enforcement and security system. https://t.co/4LaiplSUiR 14.4K views · 37 likes · 12 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 As Russia continues its aerial onslaught against Kyiv, disinformation online alleges that citizens are fleeing in droves, painting a picture of collapse and panic. Hand in hand with the strikes, social media accounts have shared photos and videos purportedly showing traffic jams 14.1K views · 43 likes · 16 reposts · 3 replies 04 Sep 2026 @KyivIndependent Zelensky messed up big time 222 views · 22 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 After more than a week of relentless Russian strikes and near-constant air raid alerts, some Kyiv residents are being pushed to the brink of mental exhaustion. 10.5K views · 27 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Between the start of the latest aerial campaign against Kyiv and the night of Sept. 3-4, 53 people have been killed and 98 injured in the city and the surrounding region. Countless more are grappling with the psychological impact of the attacks. https://t.co/IcWICwooWs 18.6K views · 65 likes · 34 reposts · 8 replies 04 Sep 2026 ⚡️Update: Anti-corruption agency detains top prosecutor amid probe into scam call centers. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on Sept. 4 detained Serhiy Kropyva, a deputy head of the international cooperation department at the Prosecutor General's Office, a law 15.2K views · 36 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 @KyivIndependent Ukraine & corruption https://t.co/eXOXbKSzuW 45 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 ⚡️Anti-corruption agency conducts operation targeting Prosecutor General's Office. The criminal organization is "involved in protecting a network of fraudulent call centers and laundering illicit assets," the NABU said. https://t.co/zDi4Z8oW8m 17.1K views · 42 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 @KyivIndependent Joe Biden was there... so what's his excuse? https://t.co/V3QSvctFJ8 981 views · 48 likes · 8 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 @KyivIndependent Kyiv has hosted world leaders, journalists and foreign officials throughout this entire war without becoming a no-go zone. Witkoff, a negotiator whose background is real estate, not diplomacy, cancels a trip to Ukraine over "danger" but flies to Moscow for photo 5K views · 110 likes · 17 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 @KyivIndependent Nothing should be expected from the corrupt, incompetent idiot and sexual predator in the White House, from his son-in-law, who profits from insider trading, or from a real-estate developer doing business with his great friend—the incompetent and corrupt man in t 2.6K views · 67 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 ️⚡️Exclusive: Trump envoys' first Kyiv trip thrown into doubt after Witkoff 'gets scared' "The Russians don't want them to come here to Kyiv, and Witkoff is always sensitive to Russian sentiment," a person familiar with the matter said. "They're being told there that it's 250.7K views · 1.4K likes · 492 reposts · 166 replies 04 Sep 2026

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