Thord Are Iversen ✓

@The_Lookout_N · Norway · joined 08 Apr 2021

Military and defense issues, as seen from NATOs northern flank. Special interest: The Russian Navy. Independent Defense Analyst.

80 365Followers

993Following

25 470Posts total

235.6KViews on collected posts

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Thord Are Iversen ✓@The_Lookout_N2 Sep

The Governor of Svalbard press-release on the arrest of the Russian ship Professor Molchanov. Source below. https://t.co/HLWS4lVMel 83.8K views · 359 likes · 115 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Thord Are Iversen ✓@The_Lookout_N2 Sep

Interesting. This deployment is part of: "Atlantic City 26 is a Norwegian-led trilateral readiness initiative with the United Kingdom and United States" 20.9K views · 199 likes · 42 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Thord Are Iversen ✓@The_Lookout_N2 Sep

The U.S. Navy has deployed land-based Tomahawk missile launchers to central Norway amid rising tensions between NATO and Russia. They arrived August 27. It's the first time these systems have been deployed to Europe since May 2024. https://t.co/CTAOBwclBd 63.2K views · 535 likes · 95 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Thord Are Iversen ✓@The_Lookout_N30 Aug

There are still a number of unknowns (the article says so too), and September is the main exercise month, but interesting nonetheless. 25.8K views · 132 likes · 18 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Thord Are Iversen ✓@The_Lookout_N28 Aug

The expected Yars launch finally came. The NOTAMs for this one was somewhat ambiguous and there was also quite a few uneventful Cobra Ball sorties off Kamchatka in anticipation of this one. 28.8K views · 164 likes · 24 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Thord Are Iversen ✓@The_Lookout_N28 Aug

The King is dead, long live the King! HM King Haakon VIII, HRH Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, and the Government after today's extraordinary Council of State. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB https://t.co/hfCK8r7qPr 13K views · 335 likes · 28 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

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6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views27 343this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %34.02%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.84%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	27 343	924	29.6×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	34.02%	3.62%	9.40×
Engagement rate	0.84%	1.52%	0.56×

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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

13K28 Aug

28.8K

25.8K30 Aug

63.2K2 Sep

20.9K

83.8K

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

2.86%28 Aug

0.66%

0.61%30 Aug

1.03%2 Sep

1.17%

0.59%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes77.2%1 724 in total

Reposts14.4%322 in total

Replies1.3%30 in total

Quotes1.6%35 in total

Bookmarks5.5%123 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.

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