Rosemary Kelanic ✓

@RKelanic · South Bend, IN · joined 16 Mar 2011

Director, Middle East Program @defpriorities | Geopolitics | Energy | Grand Strategy | @uchicago Poli Sci Ph.D. Subscribe: https://t.co/UXj9eoqRhc

16 995Followers

2 100Following

5 429Posts total

2.9MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views97 116this account2 968median for 10K–100K

Reach, %571.44%this account9.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.46%this account1.42%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	97 116	2 968	32.7×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.7× audience	9.18%	62.2×
Engagement rate	0.46%	1.42%	0.32×

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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

77.5K27 Mar

74.3K27 Aug

28.3K

1.6M2 Sep

4.1K

119.9K

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

0.26%27 Mar

0.22%27 Aug

0.44%

1.26%

0.47%2 Sep

3.31%

0.40%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.42%.

What the audience does

Likes60.1%8 650 in total

Reposts15.3%2 197 in total

Replies9.1%1 307 in total

Quotes7.3%1 045 in total

Bookmarks8.2%1 186 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

Iraq is now exporting ~5,000 tanker trucks of oil daily overland to Syria, which equals roughly ~1 mb/day. Not economical if oil is $60/barrel, but it works at $80/barrel. Guess what: Iran can do this, too. Market adaptation giveth and taketh away. https://t.co/XivPLHbS9z 119.9K views · 334 likes · 86 reposts · 42 replies 02 Sep 2026 Please tell me this is satire. 4.1K views · 105 likes · 18 reposts · 11 replies 02 Sep 2026 NEW: Rep. Brian Mast, known for controversially wearing an IDF uniform on Capitol Hill, is reportedly now being considered to replace Dan Driscoll as Secretary of the Army according to US officials. https://t.co/3B0INW9BgF 1.6M views · 4.2K likes · 1.4K reposts · 1K replies 02 Sep 2026 This deal is totally stupid and does not help US energy security at all. Ownership of oil reserves does not equal control of reserves. Any future Venezuelan gov’t can just nationalize the industry (again) and kick US majors out. Poof, there go the reserves. What matters is oil 28.3K views · 251 likes · 66 reposts · 33 replies 27 Aug 2026 Scoop: The Trump Admin is close to striking a “massive” deal for Venezuelan oil fields that could double U.S. proven petroleum reserves overnight https://t.co/JylD3nqLK9 1M views · 3.5K likes · 607 reposts · 177 replies 27 Aug 2026 Reupping this piece in RS as we reach the 5-year mark on Afghanistan withdrawal. TL;DR: Leaving did not unleash the waves of terrorism the forever-wars crowd warned us about. Why? 2 reasons. 1. Counterterrorism is remote work. We don't need troop presence to do it effectively. 74.3K views · 144 likes · 10 reposts · 9 replies 27 Aug 2026 "The Real U.S. Energy Security Problem -- And How to Fix It" is finally out and available OPEN ACCESS. Written before the Iran War, it explains why the U.S. is *more vulnerable* to oil shocks than China, Russia and the EU. Best thing I've written on oil in 15+ yrs of study. 77.5K views · 136 likes · 30 reposts · 29 replies 27 Mar 2026