Newberry Library

@NewberryLibrary · Chicago · joined 11 Mar 2009

Research library + portal to millennia of human history. Free + open to all since 1887.

23 594Followers

772Following

12 922Posts total

4.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Newberry Library@NewberryLibrary1 Sep

Saturday we welcomed noted historian Charles Balesi as part of a French Heritage Society event. Charles was curator of a 1989 exhibition at the Newberry, "Pen and Press in Revolutionary France." Lisa Kahn, chair of the FHS chapter, joined to view an array of Francophone items. ht

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Newberry Library@NewberryLibrary20 Aug

Explore themes of resilience, agency, and hope during a free panel discussion titled "Gardens of Resilience" at the Newberry in partnership with Chicago Botanic Garden on August 27. https://t.co/mIgesiBoZb https://t.co/ASHKTaOrek

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Newberry Library@NewberryLibrary17 Aug

Director/writer Roman Coppola visited today to view materials related to the Dill Pickle Club, the 1920s-era Bohemian nightclub and free speech forum. We had a chance to visit the original entrance to the club, now a brick wall in an alley that extends east from Dearborn. https:/

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Newberry Library@NewberryLibrary13 Aug

On our blog, longtime Chicago naturalist and author Joel Greenberg takes a look at the birding life of Nathan Leopold (of the infamous Leopold & Loeb case) and his work with the rare Kirtland's warbler in Michigan. https://t.co/YSWSc3DRIp 557 views · 3 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Newberry Library@NewberryLibrary13 Aug

Thank you Chicago Tribune and @rickkogan for this wonderful story - ! #slampoetry 820 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views557this account1 033median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.36%this account3.60%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.08%this account1.69%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	557	1 033	0.54×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.36%	3.60%	0.66×
Engagement rate	1.08%	1.69%	0.64×

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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

82013 Aug

557

2.6K17 Aug

44320 Aug

3731 Sep

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

0.24%13 Aug

1.08%

1.22%17 Aug

2.03%20 Aug

0.27%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.69%.

What the audience does

Likes61.4%35 in total

Reposts22.8%13 in total

Quotes3.5%2 in total

Bookmarks12.3%7 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.