Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist ✓

@UrbanCourtyard · Chicago · joined 29 May 2024

Courtyard Urbanist is a research and development platform dedicated to improving US cities through family-friendly courtyard block design.

28 763Followers

3 117Following

31 106Posts total

1.1MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views1 830this account3 137median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.36%this account10.26%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.11%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 830	3 137	0.58×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.36%	10.26%	0.62×
Engagement rate	1.11%	1.47%	0.76×

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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

15.3K2 Sep

1.1M3 Sep

1.9K

1.5K

2.1K

1.8K

984

721

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.43%2 Sep

0.98%3 Sep

0.43%

2.61%

0.71%

2.62%

2.44%

1.25%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes88.4%9 958 in total

Reposts4.3%490 in total

Replies5.5%623 in total

Quotes1.5%171 in total

Bookmarks0.2%24 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

Copenhagen developer https://t.co/httrn0uiDl is building new courtyard blocks in Denmark. Notice the blank wall at the edge of the unfinished block. It is blank because another building will eventually be constructed directly beside it, completing the continuous street wall. http 721 views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Thanks for all the retweets, bookmarks, but ESPECIALLY for the quote tweet pile ons. Could not have gotten to a million views without you! I’ll let my kids choose their favorite local business to spend the X payout at this month 984 views · 20 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 Downtown Florence is PLENTY hot in the summer, but it’s still easier and more convenient, for most errands, to walk to the grocery/baker/convenience store that is on your block than to drive to a store. There are some development patterns where it is simply easier and more http 1.8K views · 43 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 @UrbanCourtyard @Caffeindated @seanmdav No, we wouldn't. Honey, we live in Houston. It's 100+ degrees outside with insane humidity & mosquitos. We are not walking anywhere. The grocery store is literally less than a mile from my house and I could literally get heat stroke 2.1K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 Remember, urbanist politics is based on idea that property owners should be free to build dense, productive, mixed-use buildings on their own properties and the role of the state is provide streets, transit, utilities, and public spaces, and a predictable legal framework that h 1.5K views · 34 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Remember, urbanist politics is based on profound misinformation about the nature of communities as actually lived. 1.9K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 Costco haul culture transfers the cost of storing goods from the retailer to the household. In a city, you can live with a smaller kitchen, pantry, and refrigerator because the neighborhood itself functions as your pantry. Multiple grocers, bakeries, pharmacies, etc are storing 1.1M views · 9.8K likes · 473 reposts · 609 replies 03 Sep 2026 **New Substack Article** At Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe, visitors can walk from the Mushroom Kingdom into an uncannily persuasive vision of Paris. Its appeal lies in more than ornamental façades or pedestrian-friendly streets. The buildings evoke an entire urban world, htt 15.3K views · 52 likes · 8 reposts · 4 replies 02 Sep 2026