Mehrzad Boroujerdi

@M_Boroujerdi

Vice Provost and Dean of College of Arts, Sciences and Education at @MissouriSandT. Check out my gigantic book on Iranian politics. https://t.co/kZPLT37gwU

7 296Followers

547Following

1 172Posts total

39.2KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Mehrzad Boroujerdi@M_Boroujerdi3 Aug

@M_Boroujerdi It's hilarious how you concocted this fantasy where every important person in I ran was involved in killing your very possibly thieving father (shah was corrupt too) , to feel important . In reality was probably some low-level thugs 150 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mehrzad Boroujerdi@M_Boroujerdi3 Aug

@M_Boroujerdi Mehrzad, what a brave piece you wrote about your father and thank you for sharing. Fondest memories of you from Syracuse 614 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mehrzad Boroujerdi@M_Boroujerdi2 Aug

@M_Boroujerdi If your goal is to help readers understand Iran, calling its government "the regime" works against that. It's the language used to delegitimize Iranians' sovereign rights. If that's rooted in your father's murder, readers may understand—but they'll also question you 325 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Mehrzad Boroujerdi@M_Boroujerdi2 Aug

My essay in today's New York Times. This Is What My Father’s Assassination Taught Me About the War in Iran https://t.co/r3i7Wobvck 38.1K views · 68 likes · 6 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views470this account4 175median for under 10K

Reach, %6.44%this account250.82%median for under 10K

Engagement, %0.66%this account1.41%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	470	4 175	0.11×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.44%	2.5× audience	0.03×
Engagement rate	0.66%	1.41%	0.47×

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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

38.1K2 Aug

325

6143 Aug

150

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.24%2 Aug

2.77%

0.65%3 Aug

0.67%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.41%.

What the audience does

Likes44.1%78 in total

Reposts3.4%6 in total

Replies9.6%17 in total

Quotes2.3%4 in total

Bookmarks40.7%72 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.