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Mike Balsamo

@MikeBalsamo1 · New York, NY · joined 18 Nov 2011

U.S. News Director @AP. President, @NPCInstitute. Press freedom. Journalist safety. Long Island native. Always on the hunt for a great taco.

26 706Followers
4 080Following
25 437Posts total
2.7MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views10 744this account3 383median for 10K–100K
Reach, %40.23%this account10.96%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.54%this account1.40%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post10 7443 3833.18×
Reach (views ÷ followers)40.23%10.96%3.67×
Engagement rate0.54%1.40%0.38×

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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

73.8K4 May
92.4K
1.9M22 Jun
7.1K
620.9K11 Jul
14.4K
64731 Jul
81014 Aug

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.05%4 May
0.79%
0.83%22 Jun
1.28%
0.38%11 Jul
0.46%
0.15%31 Jul
0.62%14 Aug

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

What the audience does

Likes66.9%12 604 in total
Reposts27.6%5 198 in total
Replies2.2%421 in total
Quotes3.1%591 in total
Bookmarks0.1%25 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

Fourteen years ago, Austin Tice was captured in Syria. His family is still waiting for Austin to come home. Holding Mrs. Tice and the entire Tice family in my thoughts this week. #BringAustinHome 810 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 14 Aug 2026 @LIRR President Rob Free told @AlfonsoReports the likelihood of a conductor scanning a ticket immediately after someone boards and activates it is “pretty minimal.” Just boarded & ticket was scanned as doors closed & before train even left the station. Doesn’t seem so mi 647 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Jul 2026 “When federal agents arrive at the homes of journalists with subpoenas, it is not ordinary law enforcement. It is an extraordinary assault on the freedom of the press that strikes at the heart of the First Amendment,” @PressClubDC President @MarkSchoeff said. 14.4K views · 39 likes · 23 reposts · 2 replies 11 Jul 2026 Several @nytimes journalists were subpoenaed by the Trump administration on Friday. – Reporters covering AF1 security concerns have been compelled to testify before a Manhattan grand jury next week – Federal agents turned up at some reporters' homes – NYT calls it a "brazen act" 620.9K views · 1.5K likes · 642 reposts · 165 replies 11 Jul 2026 We talk a lot about accountability reporting. This is what it looks like. @JimMustian and @APjoshgoodman saw something others overlooked, followed the trail and uncovered a remarkable story with enormous public consequences. The findings are stunning. The reporting is even more 7.1K views · 60 likes · 27 reposts · 4 replies 22 Jun 2026 NEW: The DEA permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico in bid to build prosecutions “We poisoned our community to make cases,” DEA Agent David Howell tells @AP “We 100% got people killed” w/ @APjoshgoodman https://t.co/1tRshl8Xoa 1.9M views · 10.4K likes · 4.5K reposts · 190 replies 22 Jun 2026 Some personal news: I’ve been named U.S. News Director at @AP. I’ve spent my career in this newsroom, and I’m grateful to the reporters and editors I’ve had the privilege to work alongside — and to everyone who has trusted me along the way. 92.4K views · 624 likes · 37 reposts · 59 replies 04 May 2026 .@MikeBalsamo1 named @AP U.S. News director. On our blog: https://t.co/92PEUzF5N4 73.8K views · 25 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies 04 May 2026

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