Phillips P. OBrien ✓

@PhillipsPOBrien · Scotland, Boston and Sicily (whenever possible) · joined 25 Feb 2015

Professor of Strategic Studies, @univofstandrews; Author of War and Power (Summer 2025) https://t.co/al9SES8ncC

217 889Followers

1 734Following

30 469Posts total

1.1MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views24 227this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %11.12%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.35%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	24 227	12 273	1.97×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	11.12%	3.89%	2.86×
Engagement rate	1.35%	1.25%	1.08×

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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

534.2K13 Oct

18K

20729 Nov

477.1K1 Sep

12.9K3 Sep

33.2K

13.4K

24.2K

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

0.13%13 Oct

0.44%

4.83%29 Nov

0.56%1 Sep

2.82%3 Sep

3.62%

1.05%

1.35%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.25%.

What the audience does

Likes55.3%3 134 in total

Reposts9.2%523 in total

Replies29.6%1 676 in total

Quotes2.7%153 in total

Bookmarks3.2%183 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

3 Sep

Daily snapshots since 03 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

But Trump was pivoting towards Ukraine and against Russia!!!! 24.2K views · 277 likes · 47 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Who was the “moron” who did this @marcthiessen ? 13.4K views · 126 likes · 13 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 There are 2 troubling things people should understand about all the reporting of Army Secretary Driscoll going to Trump to complain about Hegseth before resigning. 1, that Trump did not know what Hegseth was doing is a myth. 2, that Trump would want Hegseth to stop is a delusion. 33.2K views · 1K likes · 154 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Man, that’s a bit harsh. https://t.co/ntOECTnBzt 12.9K views · 319 likes · 38 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Agree. But the challenge is Republicans need to spend to save senate seats in Alaska, Iowa, Ohio, Maine and flip Michigan. And we now have to spend money to save Texas because some morons replaced a safe incumbent with a deeply flawed nominee who has turned Texas into a toss up. 477.1K views · 839 likes · 104 reposts · 1.6K replies 01 Sep 2026 @PhillipsPOBrien I would buy it for €1 from the fiction section Such propaganda 207 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 29 Nov 2025 If you’re interested, here are some early opinions from Paul Krugman, Francis Fukuyama and Alexander Vindman. https://t.co/Or5m1yUeOz 18K views · 63 likes · 10 reposts · 6 replies 13 Oct 2025 Hi All, my latest book, War and Power: Who Wins Wars and Why, is being released in North America in two weeks. The Publisher, Basic Books/Hatchette, has just released a discount code for 20% if you buy through them. Code is WAR&POWER (not case sensitive). https://t.co/mNz9L0r 534.2K views · 458 likes · 157 reposts · 69 replies 13 Oct 2025