Charles Kenny

@charlesjkenny · Washington DC · joined 30 Jan 2011

Senior Fellow, CGD, author: Getting Better, The Upside of Down & The Plague Cycle. CGD doesn't have institutional positions, so don't blame it for mine.

24 056Followers

546Following

38 433Posts total

10.3KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Charles Kenny@charlesjkenny7 Sep

Carsten Staur, chair of the Development Assistance Committee, was kind enough to respond to this blog. I'm somewhat reassured by his language on ODA graduation. Link in reply. 1.5K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Charles Kenny@charlesjkenny3 Sep

...This time, the DAC is responding to a tough environment for aid by trying to loosen the definition of ODA so it can be used in countries where it will be less effective. https://t.co/7XPqRwCB6K 161 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Charles Kenny@charlesjkenny3 Sep

The Development Assistance Committee Sinks to the Occasion? A blog. Last time ODA fell by 25%, DAC responded with a set of development goals to motivate and target aid where it could do good. The goals were overly ambitious but still useful: they ended up as the MDGs... 2.1K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Charles Kenny@charlesjkenny31 Aug

This is Dad from ten years ago on the moral and philosophical limits/dangers of anthropomorphism with regard to animals, computers, states and gods. Still seems relevant. https://t.co/KOWOE9OY9Z 479 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Charles Kenny@charlesjkenny16 Aug

This is not good. https://t.co/jxuVuQJnWd 6.1K views · 17 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Charles Kenny@charlesjkenny7 Apr 2021

My new book for middle schoolers, Your World Better: Global Progress and What You Can Do About It, available to download free from my blog, or you can buy kindle or hard copies (with author payments going to UNICEF). https://t.co/yClkIPCGg4 https://t.co/W2VVL84C0E

0 views · 220 likes · 71 reposts · 18 replies Open on X →

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 views1 503this account968median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.25%this account3.43%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.34%this account1.91%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 503	968	1.55×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.25%	3.43%	1.82×
Engagement rate	0.34%	1.91%	0.18×

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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

6.1K16 Aug

47931 Aug

2.1K3 Sep

161

1.5K7 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.34%16 Aug

0.00%31 Aug

0.10%3 Sep

0.62%

0.47%7 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.91%.

What the audience does

Likes63.9%23 in total

Reposts11.1%4 in total

Replies5.6%2 in total

Quotes5.6%2 in total

Bookmarks13.9%5 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.