Mustafa Salim ✓

@Mustafa_salimb · Iraq · joined 08 Jul 2014

Reporter for @washingtonpost Baghdad Bureau. views my own Mustafa.Salim@washpost.com

20 404Followers

3 239Following

2 169Posts total

31.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views2 369this account3 383median for 10K–100K

Reach, %11.61%this account10.96%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.68%this account1.40%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 369	3 383	0.70×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	11.61%	10.96%	1.06×
Engagement rate	0.68%	1.40%	0.48×

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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

2K16 Jul

1.2K29 Jul

2.4K30 Jul

12K4 Aug

13.8K8 Aug

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.51%16 Jul

0.68%29 Jul

0.97%30 Jul

0.25%4 Aug

0.94%8 Aug

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

What the audience does

Likes67.4%151 in total

Reposts15.2%34 in total

Replies4.5%10 in total

Quotes2.2%5 in total

Bookmarks10.7%24 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

After 12 years covering Iraq for @washingtonpost , this journey has come to an end. I was laid off as part of the layoffs that began affecting the International desk earlier this year. I’m proud of every moment of those 12 years, and deeply proud to have had the opportunity to 13.8K views · 107 likes · 11 reposts · 9 replies 08 Aug 2026 Renewed Iraq attacks test Zaidi’s push to disarm Iran-backed militias https://t.co/cNZkjnvzRX via @AlMonitor 12K views · 19 likes · 9 reposts · 0 replies 04 Aug 2026 An Egyptian anesthesiologist wrapped a fad diet in Quranic language and told diabetics to drop insulin and eat sugar. Since his death, his "tayyibat" program has sent people to intensive care and alarmed governments, reports @HebaFarooq for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/NRyjeablRr 2.4K views · 14 likes · 8 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jul 2026 During coverage of the funeral for the deaths of the U.S.-Saudi strikes on Iraq early Wednesday, five coffins draped in Iranian flags were seen. Sources confirmed that at least five #Iranian “military advisers” were killed in the strikes, in addition to more than 20 Iraqis. 1.2K views · 4 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 29 Jul 2026 As the Iraqi prime minister visits Washington after pledging to place all weapons under state control by the 30th of September , “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” has announced a $10 million reward for anyone who kills President Donald Trump. 2K views · 7 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 16 Jul 2026