John Spencer ✓

@SpencerGuard · United States · joined 28 Oct 2016

War Scholar | Chair of War Studies Madison Policy Forum | Executive Director @urbanwarfareins | UWP podcast | Thoughts/Posts my own RT/Quote/Like ≠ Official Gov

356 128Followers

1 487Following

45 579Posts total

113.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views12 406this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.48%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.40%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	12 406	21 891	0.57×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.48%	6.81%	0.51×
Engagement rate	0.40%	1.14%	0.35×

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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

57.5K19 Aug

5.8K2 Sep

14.4K

9.3K

16.4K

10.5K

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

0.33%19 Aug

0.47%2 Sep

0.24%

2.62%

0.21%

0.66%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes70.6%441 in total

Reposts17.8%111 in total

Replies5.4%34 in total

Quotes1.9%12 in total

Bookmarks4.3%27 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 Army's new drone-first soldiers (within the aviation branch) are already graduating from training school." Great @SecWar @PeteHegseth Army leading the way on the massive organizational changes that need to happen to incorporate UAVs into the way we fight. Should be one in 10.5K views · 50 likes · 15 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 .@traysartech doing the hard work (research/experimentation) to develop capabilities for the current and future of the subterra character of warfare that is only increasing in frequency. @yadinsoffer @asherdigs @wolfejosh 16.4K views · 29 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Putin should face severe consequences (especially immediate economic as per @SecScottBessent ) for actively and opening providing resources to Iran and for continued targeting of civilians in Ukraine (allow Ukraine to produce Patriot missiles and sell vital needs) IMO. 9.3K views · 168 likes · 51 reposts · 21 replies 02 Sep 2026 “Let’s build a testing facility on the assembly floor how hard can it be?” Turns out our floor literally cannot handle 8 tons of Hamas tunnels. Also my tropical plants aren’t really making it any easier. https://t.co/j7x9GsYzSS 14.4K views · 30 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 "Taiwan’s Parliament Finally Passes Drone Bill To Back Hedgehog Strategy," @RCDefense https://t.co/ryb5hoTSGA The T$240 billion (US$7.57 billion or A$10.5 billion) bill that the opposition-controlled parliament passed on 27 August replaces the T$210 billion special budget which 5.8K views · 21 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 "Ernest Hemingway couldn't have made up the real life of John Spencer. Facing Bullets, Bombs, and Bees (yes, bees, he was actually attacked by killer bees), Spencer writes about his adventures with humility, relatability, and humor. this book will leave you hungry for the next 57.5K views · 143 likes · 35 reposts · 9 replies 19 Aug 2026