Astra Taylor

@astradisastra · joined 20 Sep 2011

director of documentaries, writer of books and essays, retired fuzz guitar. "A hugely influential figure on the modern Left"—City Journal @astra.bsky.social

37 245Followers

1 786Following

16 144Posts total

183.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views2 312this account1 637median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.21%this account5.01%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.02%this account1.81%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 312	1 637	1.41×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.21%	5.01%	1.24×
Engagement rate	2.02%	1.81%	1.12×

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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

170K26 Jun

2.8K

769

4K3 Sep

1.9K

1.3K4 Sep

2.7K

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

0.61%26 Jun

1.94%

1.30%

5.26%3 Sep

0.52%

2.45%4 Sep

1.59%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.81%.

What the audience does

Likes67.6%1 079 in total

Reposts15.0%240 in total

Replies2.8%45 in total

Quotes1.6%25 in total

Bookmarks12.9%206 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

Pleased to report that our first event for the new book is a collaboration with @DemSocialists Online, free to attend, and you don't have to be a member (though you should join!) Sept 10th 8PM ET. RSVP below. https://t.co/hx81KoPJb1 2.7K views · 38 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Hi NYC WHO MOVES AMERICA a fabulous doc I EPd is opening Sept 9 at the IFC CENTER The film tracks UPS workers in New York, Kentucky, California and beyond navigate the challenges of building solidarity with their 340,000 co-workers. Lots of Q&As and more, showtimes bel 1.3K views · 25 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Yes thank you @MaxwellFrostFL! 1.9K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 As the OG Astra I want to say: OpenAI sucks, Sam Altman is a fascist and my name deserves better. The meaning of astra is stars. It should connote wonder at the beauty of the cosmos not a blinkered obsession with profit and willingness to burn this world for a vampiric facsimile. 4K views · 185 likes · 19 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 @astradisastra “manufactured insecurity" pairs nicely with “learned helplessness.” they are the principal weapons for creating a predictable & passive society—one that can be reduced to binary form and fully monetized on the road to technological rapture & the Singularity 769 views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 26 Jun 2023 It's a mix of social critique, memoir, history, political analysis, & philosophy. I argue that only by facing our existential insecurity and embracing vulnerability can we begin to develop more caring, inclusive, sustainable forms of security to help us weather future challen 2.8K views · 48 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies 26 Jun 2023 My 2023 Massey lectures and book, THE AGE OF INSECURITY, explore how seemingly disparate crises—rising inequality and declining mental health, the ecological emergency, and the threat of authoritarianism—originate from a social order built on insecurity. https://t.co/MMZ4FfT4hq 170K views · 765 likes · 208 reposts · 34 replies 26 Jun 2023