The Argument ✓

@TheArgumentMag · Washington, DC · joined 05 Apr 2025

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12 636Followers

12Following

729Posts total

1.1MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 076this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %8.51%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.79%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 076	2 751	0.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.51%	9.00%	0.95×
Engagement rate	0.79%	1.65%	0.48×

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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

1.1M18 Aug

2.4K28 Aug

1.1K31 Aug

1.1K

6192 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.21%18 Aug

1.31%28 Aug

1.02%31 Aug

0.56%

0.32%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes56.8%1 650 in total

Reposts5.5%160 in total

Replies7.3%212 in total

Quotes11.6%338 in total

Bookmarks18.7%543 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

Affordable housing is supposed to expand opportunity. But what happens when we keep building it in neighborhoods where poverty is already concentrated? Milan Singh looks at the evidence that growing up in mixed-income communities can meaningfully change kids’ futures — and asks 619 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Think about when you’re scrolling and see a take that makes you instantly mad. You probably know nothing about the person who posted it but, suddenly, that opinion is all you see. Jeremiah Johnson argues that this is part of what social media gets wrong: It gives us more access 1.1K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 Why would YIMBYs support a policy that leads to less housing being built? Inclusionary zoning sounds like an affordable housing solution, but in California, one study found it prevented nearly 10x as many homes as it created below-market-rate units. So why is this still part of 1.1K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 31 Aug 2026 Cassie Pritchard isn’t asking everyone to agree with her about gender. She’s asking them to defend her rights anyway. Her case is that trans advocacy may be stronger when it focuses less on winning philosophical arguments and more on familiar values: liberty, nondiscrimination, 2.4K views · 26 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 28 Aug 2026 Liberalism deserves better. https://t.co/BuIgSCF7n2 1.1M views · 1.6K likes · 158 reposts · 208 replies 18 Aug 2025