Ben Terris

@bterris · Washington, D.C · joined 12 Nov 2008

DC Correspondent for NY Magazine. Author of THE BIG BREAK. Ben.Terris@nymag.com

23 709Followers

997Following

629Posts total

6.8MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views18 526this account1 133median for 10K–100K

Reach, %78.14%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.69%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	18 526	1 133	16.4×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	78.14%	3.62%	21.6×
Engagement rate	1.69%	2.00%	0.84×

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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

4.7M2 May

35.7K

56K

49.2K3 May

296.9K13 Jun

1M4 Sep

489.3K

21.1K

36.4K

9.5K

15.9K

7.7K

4.4K

11.3K

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.15%2 May

1.53%

1.66%

5.20%3 May

0.16%13 Jun

0.27%4 Sep

2.16%

2.07%

0.87%

3.35%

1.53%

1.84%

2.09%

1.52%

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

What the audience does

Likes72.5%23 584 in total

Reposts5.9%1 930 in total

Replies2.0%655 in total

Quotes1.6%522 in total

Bookmarks18.0%5 858 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

4 Sep

Daily snapshots since 04 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

@bterris Happy to solve this mystery for you, as Trump revealed this some time ago: https://t.co/KZSmoL7BUK 11.3K views · 160 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@bterris @maggieNYT It took Germans and the Iraqi’s less than a year to tear down reiterative despotic monuments left by evil autocrats. 4.4K views · 91 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@bterris I always got the sense that when he first won ten years ago, he was expecting to get the same adoration that Obama got. But he learned early on that people only pretend to like him because they think they can use him. 7.7K views · 138 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@bterris Priority number one for next administration is to tear that fucking thing down to the studs. 15.9K views · 232 likes · 3 reposts · 8 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@bterris ..And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. 9.5K views · 313 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@bterris @jdawsey1 https://t.co/e0AQsWHZEC 36.4K views · 304 likes · 11 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

I asked Trump if he was building himself a bunker so he could hole up in the White House after the 2028 election. “I haven’t heard that one,” he said. “But I tell you what, it would be awfully tough to get you out. Nobody would be able to get you out.” https://t.co/5Sio8jZgXX 21.1K views · 296 likes · 84 reposts · 41 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

https://t.co/hpIc7JOmme 489.3K views · 9.6K likes · 870 reposts · 46 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

I wanted to know why President Trump is so obsessed with his ballroom and other architectural projects in Washington. So I went to the Oval Office and asked him. He ended up giving me an impromptu tour. Read about it here: https://t.co/5Sio8jZgXX 1M views · 2.4K likes · 247 reposts · 46 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Last week, at a Best Western in Sioux Falls, Joe Biden kissed a woman who wasn’t his wife on the mouth. That, and other observations about the return of the Bidens. https://t.co/CMdYpAKjDA 296.9K views · 316 likes · 47 reposts · 72 replies 13 Jun 2026 · Open on X →

@bterris @NYMag @JohnFetterman Your pal Adam Jentleson betrayed you. He went to the press and talked about your beautiful wife and bad mental health YOUR CAREER IS OVER. And now he gets to thrive? There is a mention in the piece of an item in a biometric safe. Giselle will 49.2K views · 2.5K likes · 73 reposts · 11 replies 03 May 2025 · Open on X →

@bterris @NYMag Good to see you are starting with something small and light. Best to build up over time. 56K views · 928 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 02 May 2025 · Open on X →

@bterris @NYMag If he denounced Israel the concerns of his staffers and the media would all magically disappear. 35.7K views · 489 likes · 32 reposts · 23 replies 02 May 2025 · Open on X →

My first piece for @NYMag https://t.co/wSsvMNFFwG 4.7M views · 5.8K likes · 547 reposts · 401 replies 02 May 2025 · Open on X →