Robert Costa ✓

@costareports · Washington, D.C. · joined 29 Oct 2009

National Correspondent, @CBSSunday and Chief Washington Analyst, @CBSNews; co-author of “Peril” with @realBobWoodward

673 122Followers

4Following

54 728Posts total

142.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views16 476this account6 178median for 100K–1M

Reach, %2.45%this account2.63%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.31%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	16 476	6 178	2.67×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.45%	2.63%	0.93×
Engagement rate	0.31%	1.40%	0.22×

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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

59K16 Aug

754

14.9K

19.1K19 Aug

14.1K20 Aug

16.5K25 Aug

18.1K3 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.50%16 Aug

1.99%

0.13%

0.09%19 Aug

0.11%20 Aug

0.31%25 Aug

0.39%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes64.3%358 in total

Reposts14.4%80 in total

Replies7.2%40 in total

Quotes0.5%3 in total

Bookmarks13.6%76 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

Happy for my friend @NorahODonnell and great news for our team at @CBSNews. She’s been a leader for us on story after story. 18.1K views · 57 likes · 4 reposts · 9 replies 03 Sep 2026 "Showing grace is always an option" My essay on President Harding and Eugene Debs Published today as part of @InPursuitUSA Thanks to Dr. Colleen Shogan and her team for including me in this special project. https://t.co/siRyZOUCYd 16.5K views · 25 likes · 25 reposts · 1 replies 25 Aug 2026 This Saturday, I'll interview Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman @NASA at the @librarycongress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. It'll start at 10am on the main stage, but there will likely be a long line. Free and open to the public. https://t.co/TNeZVwpTq6 14.1K views · 7 likes · 8 reposts · 1 replies 20 Aug 2026 Stopping by BBC @BBCWorld to discuss politics tonight 630pm ET 19.1K views · 12 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 19 Aug 2026 came across this today when looking up some Nader clips... Nader and George Will debating policy nearly 50 years ago on MTP ... both of them are still at it https://t.co/mpb3ujZLEX 14.9K views · 19 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 16 Aug 2026 @costareports And he cost Al Gore the election, leading to where we are today. Shame forever. 754 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 5 replies 16 Aug 2026 I've been calling Mr. Nader to get his take on policy since I was 17. I still remember being stunned as a local kid reporter that he'd take the call and offer in-depth takes on policy after policy affecting my town. Something to that. In a world where status, title, look, and all 59K views · 228 likes · 41 reposts · 21 replies 16 Aug 2026