Vanessa Friedman

@VVFriedman · joined 01 Apr 2009

New York Times and INYT fashion director/critic, FT alumna, mother (of 3), flying trapezer, slow-but-happy bike rider, views are all my own

541 260Followers

396Following

17 612Posts total

1MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views100 401this account4 270median for 100K–1M

Reach, %18.55%this account1.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.62%this account1.42%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	100 401	4 270	23.5×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	18.55%	1.71%	10.8×
Engagement rate	0.62%	1.42%	0.44×

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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

342K31 Jul

186.2K29 Aug

369.4K31 Aug

100.4K

8.1K

3.8K

21.8K3 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.29%31 Jul

0.56%29 Aug

0.63%31 Aug

0.59%

1.21%

1.79%

1.66%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.42%.

What the audience does

Likes62.9%4 030 in total

Reposts12.2%778 in total

Replies2.9%186 in total

Quotes7.2%462 in total

Bookmarks14.8%946 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

5 Sep

Daily snapshots since 05 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

Goodbye Gloria Steinem, who redefined what feminism looked like - https://t.co/unyUmiu7lL via @NYTimes 21.8K views · 279 likes · 63 reposts · 15 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@VVFriedman The age of cancelling over. We deserve a galliano retrospective 3.8K views · 65 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@VVFriedman https://t.co/1uvbu0GF7b 8.1K views · 87 likes · 11 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

The full story of the unprecedented Galliano/Met show cancellation - https://t.co/LeZT1HvFKM 100.4K views · 426 likes · 131 reposts · 10 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

John Galliano, the designer due to be honored in the next Costume Institute extravaganza at the Met museum brouhaha, has decided to bow out after a growing public backlash. 369.4K views · 1.7K likes · 279 reposts · 74 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Scoop: the Met is in trouble as major donors and political figures speak out about the plans for a Galliano show. This is a big deal. W/@BernsteinJacob - https://t.co/t0bOpuW7bw via @NYTimes 186.2K views · 783 likes · 160 reposts · 38 replies 29 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

SCOOP: the 2027 Met Costume Institute show and the gala that celebrates it will honor John Galliano. That's a very risky choice for the museum. Here's why, and how it happened - https://t.co/SiJekRLFwh 342K views · 648 likes · 132 reposts · 48 replies 31 Jul 2026 · Open on X →