David Shepardson ✓

@davidshepardson · Washington, DC · joined 24 Mar 2009

Reuters reporter in DC covering transportation, aviation, autos + (anything that moves) FCC tech Pvs @DetroitNews Michigan native. Father of three, husband

33 194Followers

11 904Following

174 548Posts total

342.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views2 939this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %8.85%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.25%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 939	2 896	1.01×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.85%	9.51%	0.93×
Engagement rate	0.25%	1.56%	0.16×

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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

320.3K2 Sep

6.6K

6.2K

2.3K

3.6K

1.3K

1.4K3 Sep

1.2K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.28%2 Sep

0.12%

0.38%

0.04%

0.28%

0.08%

0.22%3 Sep

0.82%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes74.1%710 in total

Reposts2.8%27 in total

Replies20.8%199 in total

Quotes1.5%14 in total

Bookmarks0.8%8 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

My mom and her brothers delivered @GRPress for (I think) around two decades (and were once featured in the paper for their long service). My first professional story was a free-lance piece for @BayCityTimes and I also delivered papers. I too will miss the print papers 1.2K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 We are big fans of the physical The Grand Rapids Press that we receive twice a week at work. I love a good physical paper. Really going to miss it 😟 1.4K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 New: @FAANews tells @Reuters that @boeing paid the full fine in January 1.3K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Boeing paid $3.1 million fine to FAA over widespread safety violations https://t.co/6XmUeWMZZi 3.6K views · 5 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 The phone companies don't make handsets -- this is from @Cisco 2.3K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 I've asked all the major US phone companies who gave @POTUS the phone but no clarity yet 6.2K views · 14 likes · 2 reposts · 7 replies 02 Sep 2026 Not the anecdote I was expecting in my feed 6.6K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 Ted Cruz says Matthew McConaughey once jumped on his bed at 2:37 AM and begged him to get up and go drinking. "So I'm asleep, and Matthew McConaughey comes rushing into our bedroom. He jumps on our bed on all fours and he's jumping up and down, going, Ted, come drink with me!" h 320.3K views · 672 likes · 21 reposts · 189 replies 02 Sep 2026