Charlie Mahtesian

@PoliticoCharlie · DC · joined 22 Dec 2009

Senior Politics Editor, POLITICO. Ex-NPR, National Journal, CQ, Almanac of American Politics, Wawa. Fan of small towns and big cities. Especially Philadelphia.

17 787Followers

3 550Following

19 322Posts total

19.8KViews on collected posts

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

1.1K25 Jun

8613 Aug

12.4K17 Sep

582

3.2K27 Sep

1.6K

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.44%25 Jun

0.81%3 Aug

0.25%17 Sep

0.52%

0.34%27 Sep

0.44%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes61.5%40 in total

Reposts27.7%18 in total

Replies4.6%3 in total

Quotes4.6%3 in total

Bookmarks1.5%1 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

Fascinating read from @keendawg 1.6K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 27 Sep 2025 · Open on X →

The WNBA's political activism is unparalleled in pro sports. And it’s placed the league on a collision course with Donald Trump. https://t.co/H3lwSMFz9a 3.2K views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 27 Sep 2025 · Open on X →

Nonstop narrative warfare across every platform, political ad inflation that prices out local businesses and down-ballot candidates, the most sophisticated data operations either party has ever deployed in the state; this is what’s ahead for North Carolina https://t.co/7hsM5EfW1Y 582 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 17 Sep 2025 · Open on X →

North Carolina is on a trajectory for the first billion-dollar Senate race ever; smart piece on next year's marquee Senate election by @AlexBaltzegar https://t.co/7hsM5EfW1Y 12.4K views · 20 likes · 11 reposts · 0 replies 17 Sep 2025 · Open on X →

Yet another reason my @PhillyInquirer subsciption is worth every penny: this @lochlahn tick-tock on how the Jhoan Duran spectacle went down Friday night. Every Phillies fan is still talking about it; the Inky delivered a richly reported, great read on it by 9:50 am Sunday morning 861 views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Aug 2025 · Open on X →

Before you check out the NYC election returns, read this terrific @MichaelLangeNYC neighborhood by neighborhood analysis. Old school @The_Almanac vibe and command of these places. 1.1K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 25 Jun 2025 · Open on X →

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