Zach C. Cohen

@Zachary_Cohen · Washington, DC · joined 22 Jan 2011

@BGOV's senior budget reporter. @PressClubDC secretary. @NationalJournal/@TheEagleOnline alum. https://t.co/mQK38b2Eq5 DM for Signal📸 by Getty

11 334Followers

6 732Following

68 046Posts total

37.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views664this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.85%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.26%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	664	2 896	0.23×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.85%	9.51%	0.62×
Engagement rate	0.26%	1.56%	0.17×

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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

35.2K23 Feb

7079 Aug

69318 Aug

43219 Aug

63426 Aug

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.55%23 Feb

0.14%9 Aug

0.29%18 Aug

0.23%19 Aug

0.95%26 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes84.8%178 in total

Reposts3.8%8 in total

Replies7.6%16 in total

Quotes1.4%3 in total

Bookmarks2.4%5 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

Ever wanted to talk to a reporter but weren’t sure how? Very cool free training on Sept. 1 for you if so: https://t.co/0qHdcsnVM7 634 views · 3 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 Total US public debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, and has now surged by a third in less than five years, as US lawmakers continue to shrug off calls to contend with historically wide fiscal deficits. https://t.co/YNwEhm4lBc 432 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 19 Aug 2026 A judge ruled the FBI can't redirect millions of dollars Congress designated for the bureau's new Maryland HQ as it tries to stay in DC, @mallorykculhane reports. https://t.co/Pn23IR7mBo 693 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 Aug 2026 Well-written story by @BerkshireEagle’s @NateLHarrington about a historic building’s second life in an area that needs more shelter. (Though I’m biased: my dad’s the lead quote 😂) https://t.co/RISg1twOCM 707 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 09 Aug 2026 Some personal news: I'm rejoining @BGOV as their senior budget reporter! If you're working on spending and revenue issues on Capitol Hill — as a lawmaker, aide, or lobbyist — I want to hear from you. Let's grab coffee. 35.2K views · 171 likes · 5 reposts · 16 replies 23 Feb 2026