Christopher Hooks

@cd_hooks · NYC/Austin · joined 06 Aug 2011

Journalist. Let me explain something to you, Walsh. This business requires a certain amount of finesse. christopherdhooks@gmail.com

39 697Followers

1 694Following

41 803Posts total

120.4KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Christopher Hooks@cd_hooks23h

the first time I heard it in person was in 2020 in one of these suburbs in Dallas from a recent computer science graduate who couldn’t find work 490 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Christopher Hooks@cd_hooks14 Sep

I don't know about the rest of Texas, but in DFW specifically the anti-indian push has a strong component of class resentment. When you see someone say that when they were in Dallas there were indians EVERYWHERE that's not quite true, but it IS true in the rich, tony suburbs. 1.8K views · 57 likes · 3 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Christopher Hooks@cd_hooks14 Sep

I used to think this – a loss would make Republicans in Texas saner – and I just think the evidence for this is very thin now. They’re not gonna wise up from a couple of losses. They’re gonna blame the moderates in the party. 62.8K views · 751 likes · 59 reposts · 24 replies Open on X →

Christopher Hooks@cd_hooks13 Sep

A little funny to express horror at the idea of radicalized white men doing violent acts two days after the Kirkaversary 3.6K views · 40 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Christopher Hooks@cd_hooks13 Sep

cui bono… follow the money… https://t.co/vX7Qw7Ur4O

4.5K views · 36 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Christopher Hooks@cd_hooks17 Jun

For the July issue of Harper’s, I tried to work through my feelings about the United States at this particular moment by surveying the America 250/Freedom 250 industrial complex and otherwise driving around the Keystone State: https://t.co/gzzOQ1bYZm 47.1K views · 154 likes · 21 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views4 070this account1 098median for 10K–100K

Reach, %10.25%this account3.91%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.19%this account1.66%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 070	1 098	3.71×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.25%	3.91%	2.62×
Engagement rate	1.19%	1.66%	0.72×

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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

47.1K17 Jun

4.5K13 Sep

3.6K

62.8K14 Sep

1.8K

490

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

0.38%17 Jun

0.91%13 Sep

1.16%

1.33%14 Sep

3.45%

1.22%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.66%.

What the audience does

Likes80.7%1 044 in total

Reposts6.6%86 in total

Replies2.8%36 in total

Bookmarks9.9%128 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.