The National Interest ✓

@TheNatlInterest · Washington, DC · joined 05 Jun 2010

One of the nation's premier international affairs publications. Foreign policy, national security, technology, energy & more. Likes and Retweets ≠ Endorsements.

137 312Followers

9 563Following

192 968Posts total

7.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 330this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.97%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.27%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 330	12 273	0.11×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.97%	3.89%	0.25×
Engagement rate	0.27%	1.25%	0.22×

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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

1.8K2 Sep

2.2K

1.3K3 Sep

1.2K

452

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

0.70%2 Sep

0.27%

0.08%3 Sep

0.25%

1.11%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.25%.

What the audience does

Likes55.6%20 in total

Reposts16.7%6 in total

Replies5.6%2 in total

Bookmarks22.2%8 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 US Navy, while the most powerful in the world, has fewer ships than the Chinese navy. It wants to buy some foreign-designed and -built frigates to fill the gap. The Navy is currently considering three designs, and we give you the details: https://t.co/AjSwEVrauA https://t.co 452 views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 In the last two weeks, the US Army has received prototypes for a possible replacement for the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Now it has to decide which one it likes best. Learn more about them: https://t.co/7sGvIiF2eU https://t.co/bW2fz3dL3i 1.2K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Iranian officials say this Qader missile is currently "the most powerful and precise" missile in the Islamic Republic navy arsenal. But a new report says Russia has been helping Iran develop an even more powerful missile. Learn more: https://t.co/HsvwUTHf5h https://t.co/CvdUJDCJ 1.3K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 President Trump plans to take the "Acting" out of Hung Cao's title and make him the full Secretary of the Navy. Learn more: https://t.co/ch8utOlVrA https://t.co/KGPA8SYXXa 2.2K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 The Department of Defense is looking to quickly replace the missiles it's used in the Iran War, so it has agreed to pay General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin $93 billion to increase missile production. Learn more: https://t.co/Om3gySLSPp https://t.co/ZjLoEDAfRn 1.8K views · 11 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026