Nicholas Dawes ✓

@NicDawes · New York, NY · joined 01 Jun 2009

Journalism, the media business, human rights. Persistent traces of South Africa, India, and New York City

98 960Followers

2 442Following

395Posts total

108KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views11 805this account1 133median for 10K–100K

Reach, %11.93%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.39%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	11 805	1 133	10.4×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	11.93%	3.62%	3.30×
Engagement rate	1.39%	2.00%	0.69×

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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

21.6K2 Sep

11.8K

13.8K4 Sep

47.7K

2.9K

7.9K

2.1K5 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.82%2 Sep

1.39%

7.47%4 Sep

0.56%

0.82%

1.47%

2.34%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes63.8%1 217 in total

Reposts19.7%376 in total

Replies10.2%195 in total

Quotes2.4%46 in total

Bookmarks3.8%73 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

The South Africa edition of the Ideas Letter is out, anchored by a bleak, powerful William Shoki essay arguing that the anti-immigrant movement represents a true mass politics, born of economic exclusion and the the ANC's deal with capital. https://t.co/or8Lyj2rDh 2.1K views · 34 likes · 15 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Solidarity hates foreign direct investment, apparently, and the development of the South African tech sector, so it is trying to get this bullshit heard in the US, where it can procure influence that it lacks at home. 7.9K views · 39 likes · 21 reposts · 51 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

They will keep escalating the horror, to tilt the balance in local elections, undermine the constitutional order, and build their franchise of entrepreneurial violence. And they will keep showing who they really are behind the "civic movement" mask. 2.9K views · 11 likes · 11 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Xenophobia update: an anti-migrant mob attacked refugees in Durban with rakes, sticks and sjamboks. "A child was struck by a whip and trampled, a teenage girl collapsed from fear and trauma, two men were left bleeding from head wounds... Direct threats of rape and violence..." ht 47.7K views · 135 likes · 98 reposts · 17 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Divisive, racist and unacceptable. Huge pressure on Amazon is now needed and Solidarity will bring that pressure to bear. Thank you to everyone who is cooperating. https://t.co/fhaNOCsGUp 13.8K views · 806 likes · 193 reposts · 26 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The South Africa-US white persecution grift is lubricated with AI slop. 11.8K views · 114 likes · 21 reposts · 25 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

If the GNU leadership thinks this kind of Trumpian enforcement will win back support from March-aligned parties like MK and Action SA, they should think again. Mainstream parties in the UK and Europe tried to tack right on immigration, legitimized the fringe, and lost votes. 21.6K views · 78 likes · 17 reposts · 73 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →