Anna Merlan

@annamerlan · Bluesky:annamerlan.bsky.social · joined 07 Feb 2010

Senior reporter at Mother Jones, covering disinformation, tech and extremism. Author of REPUBLIC OF LIES. Tips: amerlan@motherjones.com. DM for Signal.

54 455Followers

5 158Following

43 500Posts total

792.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views7 361this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %13.52%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.72%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	7 361	2 896	2.54×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	13.52%	9.51%	1.42×
Engagement rate	0.72%	1.56%	0.46×

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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

134.8K29 Jul

636K31 Jul

7.4K1 Aug

4K11 Aug

1.9K14 Aug

8.6K31 Aug

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.21%29 Jul

1.85%31 Jul

0.52%1 Aug

0.68%11 Aug

1.10%14 Aug

0.72%31 Aug

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

What the audience does

Likes89.9%12 262 in total

Reposts6.4%869 in total

Replies2.3%317 in total

Quotes0.9%124 in total

Bookmarks0.4%61 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

I wrote about the various people on this website claiming advance knowledge of Milo's deportation, and what that tell us about MAGA today: https://t.co/Gf6gsM9D8K 8.6K views · 50 likes · 9 reposts · 3 replies 31 Aug 2026 "Strategically, a picture is worth 1,000 words," Andrew and Tristan Tate's lawyer told me. https://t.co/xhyr9QvnGR 1.9K views · 15 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 14 Aug 2026 I wrote about an early critic of the tech industry. Various people on here should read Paulina Borsook if they ever want to consider the error of their ways: https://t.co/l1qJRkcEej 4K views · 18 likes · 9 reposts · 0 replies 11 Aug 2026 Why would you be talking to your brother and co-defendant if you’re in the SHU 7.4K views · 35 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 01 Aug 2026 Me: One day we will be glad this happened. Tristan: Everyone knows we’re innocent. We went down as heroes. More importantly we went down together. Best thing ever I’m already glad it happened. Don’t ever try to reassure me again. 636K views · 10.7K likes · 742 reposts · 211 replies 31 Jul 2026 Delighted to share that this is my first day at Mother Jones, covering disinformation, tech, extremism and the nightmare intersection of the three that we’re all currently inhabiting. Send tips and screeds to amerlan@motherjones.com 134.8K views · 1.4K likes · 104 reposts · 99 replies 29 Jul 2024