Varad Bhatkhande | Journalist

@VaradBhatkhande

Sub-Editor & Reporter, The Free Press Journal, Pune Posts made here contain personal views.

235Followers

65Following

879Posts total

34.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, stronger reaction than most.

Median views952this account7 156median for under 10K

Reach, %405.11%this account505.37%median for under 10K

Engagement, %2.27%this account1.06%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	952	7 156	0.13×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.1× audience	5.1× audience	0.80×
Engagement rate	2.27%	1.06%	2.13×

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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

32.3K3 Sep

870

562

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.41%3 Sep

2.76%

1.55%

2.14%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.06%.

What the audience does

Likes86.1%730 in total

Reposts7.7%65 in total

Replies2.5%21 in total

Quotes1.5%13 in total

Bookmarks2.2%19 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

@VaradBhatkhande @Alister0135 Imagine if he was beaten up badly and became paralysed. Why dont citizens have right to self protection by carrying guns? 562 views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 @VaradBhatkhande @Alister0135 Finally some sensible and more importantly law abiding action being shown 1K views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @VaradBhatkhande @Alister0135 व्वा! Non bailable आहे ना. जा आत आणि वाट बघ तुझ्या नेता कोणी वकील पाठवतो का ते 870 views · 23 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Pune CP Amitesh Kumar says a cognizable, non-bailable case is being registered over the assault on Vidyanand Bapat. The accused is in custody and will be produced in court tomorrow. Police have also provided Bapat round-the-clock security until further orders. https://t.co/RMq7C9 32.3K views · 680 likes · 65 reposts · 19 replies 03 Sep 2026