Barbara Starr ✓

@bstarrreports · joined 02 Mar 2010

USC senior fellow @ center for comms leadership & policy.. More than two decades on CNN national security beat. Find me on Substack @barbarastarrreports

104 247Followers

1 588Following

21 820Posts total

83.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views2 346this account5 495median for 100K–1M

Reach, %2.25%this account2.30%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.37%this account1.45%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	2 346	5 495	0.43×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.25%	2.30%	0.98×
Engagement rate	1.37%	1.45%	0.94×

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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

3.7K28 Aug

67.5K30 Aug

1.5K

351

350

2.4K1 Sep

5.3K4 Sep

2.3K5 Sep

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.63%28 Aug

1.32%30 Aug

3.05%

1.42%

1.43%

1.01%1 Sep

0.60%4 Sep

1.99%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.45%.

What the audience does

Likes75.1%836 in total

Reposts17.6%196 in total

Replies3.1%35 in total

Quotes0.2%2 in total

Bookmarks4.0%44 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

Noting some reporting out there…unverified rumor with no confirmation is Hegseth could resign right after the mid terms and open a presidential exploratory committee. But this Substack piece suggests just how problematic his run could be 2.3K views · 33 likes · 12 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 Is Hegseth’s woke agenda going to win wars? https://t.co/pkXrsh1w1z 5.3K views · 23 likes · 4 reposts · 4 replies 04 Sep 2026 What’s next at Pentagon with Army now leaderless and Hegseth continuing his purge of generals? Great chat with @PeterAlexander and Spider Marks https://t.co/mwEA9WHLgq 2.4K views · 19 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 @bstarrreports This is such stupid take. Do reporters think no one ever disagrees or has robust policy conversations? These decisions aren’t simple. It requires debate and deliberation. This is good. It isn’t news. 350 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 30 Aug 2026 @bstarrreports You see how the Navy is doing. All hegseth does is make unwise requests. 351 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Aug 2026 @bstarrreports She spent years at the Pentagon, yet has no understanding of the policymaking process or the tensions between combatant commands with competing priorities. Too much time at the smoke pit, evidently. 1.5K views · 39 likes · 3 reposts · 4 replies 30 Aug 2026 Secretary Hegseth sees non-concur from his top commanders “constantly”.? Really? That’s either unlikely or very concerning. What is he “constantly” asking them to do that they believe is unwise? What actually happens is they “constantly” work out force options beforehand when 67.5K views · 694 likes · 170 reposts · 23 replies 30 Aug 2026 @AliVelshi @ghoshworld and I late night chat on Trump “Mission Accomplished” in Iran. Really? Tough case for President to make to mid term voters. https://t.co/YF6pMLhLsF 3.7K views · 19 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026