John Chase

@chasejohn

Dep. Metro Editor/Politics @chicagotribune. Alum @BetterGov. 2022 Pulitzers. Co-author of "Golden," the Rod Blagojevich story. On BlueSky:@johnchase.bsky.social

6 131Followers

1 406Following

17 272Posts total

199.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views1 086this account2 072median for under 10K

Reach, %17.71%this account153.47%median for under 10K

Engagement, %1.95%this account1.63%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 086	2 072	0.52×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	17.71%	153.47%	0.12×
Engagement rate	1.95%	1.63%	1.20×

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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

84.3K31 Aug

112.7K1 Sep

1.1K

870

934

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

1.42%31 Aug

0.47%1 Sep

2.21%

1.95%

3.21%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.63%.

What the audience does

Likes78.7%1 426 in total

Reposts5.0%90 in total

Replies13.6%247 in total

Quotes2.0%36 in total

Bookmarks0.7%13 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

@chasejohn Correct ✅ Also add “tavern style” pizza. We get the origin but no one called it that until more recently. 934 views · 27 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@chasejohn Not every tradition dates its origin to 1850s my frozen in time native midwestern guy 870 views · 17 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@chasejohn Yep, have lived here all my life (67 years) and never heard of this drink until about 10 years ago 1.1K views · 20 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

My hottest take. Few in Chicago in the 70s, 80s, 90s or much of the 2000s talked about Malort. We didn’t. Stop trying to say it’s some traditional Chicago thing. More people talked about Old Style. 112.7K views · 395 likes · 28 reposts · 96 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Proud to be with you all in Chicago last night as we set the record for how many people could take a shot of Malört at the same time. https://t.co/O3d6SUE80A 84.3K views · 967 likes · 62 reposts · 144 replies 31 Aug 2026 · Open on X →