The Root

@TheRoot · New York, NY · joined 12 Mar 2009

The Root is a digital magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary and news from a variety of Black perspectives.

535 736Followers

12 541Following

173 087Posts total

275.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views3 855this account5 495median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.72%this account2.30%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.04%this account1.45%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	3 855	5 495	0.70×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.72%	2.30%	0.31×
Engagement rate	1.04%	1.45%	0.71×

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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

5.3K31 Jul

2.7K

4.7K

3.9K1 Aug

12K

247.3K24 Aug

231 Aug

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.33%31 Jul

1.60%

0.41%

1.04%1 Aug

0.94%

0.00%

1.48%24 Aug

11.11%

0.00%31 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.45%.

What the audience does

Likes65.9%2 609 in total

Reposts24.0%951 in total

Replies6.8%270 in total

Quotes2.9%114 in total

Bookmarks0.4%16 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

@TheRoot praying for you ahman stay strong legend 2 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 @TheRoot https://t.co/H9QsP8bRDR 9 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 24 Aug 2026 🚨BREAKING🚨: (Never-before-disclosed information about the J6 pipe bomb investigation begins in paragraph 5, below.) While the GOP grassroots, conservatives, MAGA, America First, and their variously preferred “influencers” appear “united” in tearing each other and their former h 247.3K views · 2.5K likes · 844 reposts · 249 replies 24 Aug 2026 @TheRoot She’ll do a helluva job, as per usual 👑 32 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Aug 2026 Former Green Bay Packers legend Ahman Green has revealed that he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease last year. https://t.co/KmqKQvzuzg 12K views · 35 likes · 64 reposts · 14 replies 01 Aug 2026 Former Green Bay Packers star Ahman Green has revealed that he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease last year. https://t.co/FeN6cAXsox 3.9K views · 26 likes · 12 reposts · 2 replies 01 Aug 2026 Former Green Bay Packers star Ahman Green has revealed that he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease last year. https://t.co/OE9Xxxs5yr 4.7K views · 17 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 31 Jul 2026 .@RepJasmine says the challenges facing Black communities aren’t isolated incidents, but they’re connected by systems that too often fail to deliver equal justice, opportunity, and accountability. 🎥 Watch her remarks at the National Urban League on July 30. https://t.co/99mDTpiK 2.7K views · 28 likes · 13 reposts · 2 replies 31 Jul 2026 Cynthia Erivo has been cast as Miriam Makeba in “The Road Home,” an upcoming film exploring the artists and friendships that helped shape Paul Simon’s landmark “Graceland” album. https://t.co/6Hq7x3ih17 5.3K views · 50 likes · 18 reposts · 1 replies 31 Jul 2026