Samuel Bickett ✓

@SamuelBickett · Washington, DC · joined 26 Jun 2013

Lawyer, researcher, human rights advocate | Bickett Law & Policy PLLC | Hong Kong Law & Policy Substack | Proud former Hong Kong political prisoner

28 443Followers

461Following

3 830Posts total

65.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views4 935this account949median for 10K–100K

Reach, %17.35%this account3.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %3.19%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 935	949	5.20×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	17.35%	3.23%	5.37×
Engagement rate	3.19%	2.00%	1.59×

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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

4.1K29 May

40.4K21 Aug

5.3K

345

102

4.7K22 Aug

5.1K28 Aug

4.9K1 Sep

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

2.01%29 May

0.38%21 Aug

3.66%

3.19%

0.00%

2.60%22 Aug

6.80%28 Aug

6.48%1 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes64.8%838 in total

Reposts24.8%321 in total

Replies4.2%54 in total

Quotes1.3%17 in total

Bookmarks4.9%63 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

From my friend and colleague @frances_hui : “As I write these words in exile, I often think about the teenagers we were in Scholarism, brought together by the desire for a better future in the city we loved. Without Joshua stepping forward at such a young age, many of us might 4.9K views · 213 likes · 83 reposts · 22 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

After her conviction for subversion by a Hong Kong kangaroo court, Chow Hang Tung gave a mitigation statement in court (despite constant interruptions from the judge). "The 206-page judgment, after all, boils down to saying that pursuing democracy is a crime. I find it entirely 5.1K views · 245 likes · 90 reposts · 8 replies 28 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Excellent profile of the indomitable, unsinkable Chow Hang Tung, who has continued to write beautifully and prolifically from prison. (And highlighting the important work of @KongTsungGan to translate these works, which you can read at briankernkongtsunggan on S*bst*ck) 4.7K views · 94 likes · 25 reposts · 4 replies 22 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@SamuelBickett Good take. 102 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 21 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Illustrative example: The judges couldn't find any facts to suggest the defendants planned to overthrow the government, so they just redefined "overthrow" to include acts that are "the result of a lengthy process"...in other words, democratic advocacy and elections. https://t.co/ 345 views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 21 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were well known for advocating for the *peaceful* end to one party rule and democratic elections in China, which subjected them to significant criticism from more radical activists. Even China's constitution and Hong Kong's National Security Law 5.3K views · 131 likes · 54 reposts · 8 replies 21 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists found guilty of inciting subversion. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung were charged with subversion in 2021 and have been behind bars since. Hong Kong and Macau used to be the only places on Chinese soil that permitted public vigils to mourn h 40.4K views · 90 likes · 42 reposts · 11 replies 21 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

My new briefing for @CSR_Institute: Of the 14 oil tankers the US seized or sanctioned in the months before Venezuela's Maduro fell, at least 10 had ties to Hong Kong. One firm, Galaxy (Hong Kong) Business Co., served as corporate secretary to at least four of these sanctioned ht 4.1K views · 55 likes · 26 reposts · 1 replies 29 May 2026 · Open on X →