Adam Nagourney

@adamnagourney · Los Angeles, CA · joined 20 Jul 2011

NYT reporter. Author of “The Times: How The Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn and the Transformation of Journalism”. Out now.

24 620Followers

1 297Following

10 093Posts total

12.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views610this account949median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.48%this account3.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.27%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	610	949	0.64×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.48%	3.23%	0.77×
Engagement rate	0.27%	2.00%	0.13×

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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

10.2K24 Oct

1071 Nov

4829 Jan

46511 Jun

73915 Aug

719

5014 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

0.65%24 Oct

3.74%1 Nov

2.08%29 Jan

1.51%11 Jun

0.14%15 Aug

0.14%

0.40%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes61.2%52 in total

Reposts11.8%10 in total

Replies22.4%19 in total

Quotes1.2%1 in total

Bookmarks3.5%3 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

Gloria Steinem’s battle to replace Mrs. And Miss with Ms. — against The New York Times. It took more than a decade. https://t.co/j6qcEANICN 501 views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

“It’s a pure power game,” the now former artistic director of the super prestigious Salzburg Festival said of being forced out. “This was four weeks of hell. A massacre. A public massacre.” https://t.co/2ljVwj9bZ2 719 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 15 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

“We say in Yiddish, ‘genug iz genug’ — enough is enough: What happened has happened,” said Barrie Kosky . “I see challenges, but I don’t see the end of Salzburg .” The Salzburg Festival Navigates Uncertain Times Without a Captain https://t.co/a7jKTYFg5O via @NYTimes 739 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 15 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Turmoil in Boston. Story on latest at embattled Boston Symphony Orchestra w @rpogrebin. “The ongoing intensity of the upheaval is unlike anything I have witnessed over many years. It isn’t serving anybody.” -Deborah Borda. https://t.co/x5HFvBCVE3 465 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 11 Jun 2026 · Open on X →

@adamnagourney WTF up with ur BS headline abt Caroline Kennedy? "Fading name" 48 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 29 Jan 2025 · Open on X →

@adamnagourney Just finished your book about NYT, a great read about the greatest newspaper. Transitioning from print to digital at the brightest star in the Gutenberg Galaxy, and you caught it all. Congratulations. #TheTimes #NYTimes #adamagourney #newspapers #DigitalTransforma 107 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Nov 2023 · Open on X →

Thanks for all the support and kind words for “The Times,” my history of four turbulent decades at The New York Times, released one month ago. Buy it at your favorite book store. (Here’s the Washington Post review.) https://t.co/k5Tv5NHtq3 10.2K views · 43 likes · 8 reposts · 14 replies 24 Oct 2023 · Open on X →