Stuart Loren ✓

@StuLoren

Markets, policy, parenting & other fun stuff. Background in history, law, finance & dogs. Outdoors & Alaska. 🇺🇸

9 376Followers

2 745Following

13 101Posts total

67.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views10 812this account2 072median for under 10K

Reach, %115.32%this account153.47%median for under 10K

Engagement, %1.08%this account1.63%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	10 812	2 072	5.22×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	115.32%	153.47%	0.75×
Engagement rate	1.08%	1.63%	0.66×

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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

45.5K26 Aug

21.1K

527

371

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.11%26 Aug

1.09%

2.47%

1.08%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.63%.

What the audience does

Likes78.2%247 in total

Reposts7.9%25 in total

Replies4.4%14 in total

Quotes2.5%8 in total

Bookmarks7.0%22 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

@StuLoren On the other hand, maybe Chicago's growth crisis is also its fiscal crisis, which raises uncertainty and costs that inhibit investment. 371 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Since 2014, Chicago has raised taxes repeatedly. At 2014 rates, matching last year’s collections on our actual economy would have required 31% more revenue. With US-rate growth, just 4% more. In other words, stronger growth could have made most of the tax escalation unnecessary. 527 views · 13 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Chicago's fiscal crisis is a growth crisis. Our economy has trailed the US in 20 of the last 23 years. Had we grown at trend, local GDP would be 32% larger and (per my modeling) supported $1.7b more in city tax capacity last year. My op-ed on why growth is key mayoral race issue: 21.1K views · 190 likes · 24 reposts · 11 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Stuart Loren: Chicago’s fiscal crisis is a growth crisis https://t.co/Rw69UVVzsN 45.5K views · 41 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 26 Aug 2026 · Open on X →