Akela Lacy

@akela_lacy · Brooklyn, NY · joined 25 May 2013

Human | reporter @theintercept & co-host 🎙️ The Intercept Briefing podcast | past lives @POLITICO @pulitzercenter | Philly bred | akela.lacy@theintercept.com

27 359Followers

9 755Following

12 759Posts total

61.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views2 867this account1 266median for 10K–100K

Reach, %10.48%this account3.99%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.44%this account1.98%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 867	1 266	2.26×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.48%	3.99%	2.63×
Engagement rate	1.44%	1.98%	0.73×

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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

37.8K16 Jun

356

312

197

2.9K5 Aug

6.8K7 Aug

6.5K19 Aug

5.8K20 Aug

6214 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.28%16 Jun

0.84%

2.24%

1.52%

0.17%5 Aug

0.71%7 Aug

0.91%19 Aug

1.44%20 Aug

1.77%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.98%.

What the audience does

Likes80.4%897 in total

Reposts12.5%139 in total

Replies3.2%36 in total

Quotes0.8%9 in total

Bookmarks3.1%35 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

NEW POD 🎧: @rozina_ali on Islamophobia then and now — as we approach 25 years since 9/11, Ali says Islamophobia has only accelerated. Our conversation on how anti-Muslim rhetoric is shaping this year’s midterms, and why hate picks up every election cycle: https://t.co/bVwxvfy8LQ 621 views · 7 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Wahab Beats AIPAC-backed Melissa Hernandez in Swalwell’s old seat 5.8K views · 70 likes · 10 reposts · 2 replies 20 Aug 2026 Progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon wins Florida’s special Senate primary over Alex Vindman, a centrist who far outraised her https://t.co/AhZpBsnJJ0 6.5K views · 46 likes · 10 reposts · 0 replies 19 Aug 2026 TN state Rep. Justin J. Pearson, backed by Sanders & AOC, wins the Dem primary in TN-09 6.8K views · 37 likes · 3 reposts · 8 replies 07 Aug 2026 NEW POD 🎧: We’re bringing you an early Intercept Briefing episode breaking down last night’s results. With @jessica_m_wash & @jonahmv https://t.co/AALboPDUBO 2.9K views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 05 Aug 2026 @akela_lacy Fun fact about that last seat, the democrats have voted for an old white man over a black woman for 4 straight elections 197 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 16 Jun 2026 @akela_lacy Justin Pearson talked about some data from the current make up of the district, it voted for Obama by 13 points and the last time there was investment in a statewide race I think in 2018, the Republican only won by 1000 votes. 312 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 16 Jun 2026 @akela_lacy This seat got Gerrymandered. Its a Red Seat now, this isn symbolic. The invumbent democrat dropped out after it was gerrymandered, Pearson is the only democrat running now. 356 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 16 Jun 2026 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Bernie Sanders is endorsing state Rep. Justin Pearson for a seat at the center of Trump’s efforts to sabotage voting rights ahead of November — Tennessee’s last seat in Congress held by a Democrat. https://t.co/p9C50FeWRd 37.8K views · 724 likes · 110 reposts · 23 replies 16 Jun 2026