Jesse Dougherty

@dougherty_jesse

Typing about sports for @NOTUSreports. Used to type about sports for the Washington Post. Get in touch: jessedougherty@notus.com.

27 937Followers

1 112Following

66 205Posts total

345.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views16 082this account2 392median for 10K–100K

Reach, %57.57%this account7.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.38%this account1.50%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	16 082	2 392	6.72×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	57.57%	7.18%	8.02×
Engagement rate	0.38%	1.50%	0.25×

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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

328.1K19 Aug

16.1K

1.6K

Last 3 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%19 Aug

0.40%

0.38%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.50%.

What the audience does

Likes59.9%962 in total

Reposts9.5%153 in total

Replies2.9%47 in total

Quotes2.1%34 in total

Bookmarks25.5%409 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

@dougherty_jesse @esquire Ugh, Jesse, this is wonderful. And I’m so happy the puzzle pieces of life have shaped up into such a lovely picture. Eva is one lucky babe! 1.6K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 19 Aug 2026 This is also going to be in the next print issue, which is really cool. It's the most personal thing I've written, at least publicly. It was insane spring I wouldn't trade for anything. And one outtake I want to make sure I say here: I have the world's best wife (and baby, duh). 16.1K views · 60 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 19 Aug 2026 For @esquire, I wrote about losing a dream job earlier this year in the same month our daughter arrived. About the fear and anxiety of it all. And about the clarity on the other side: https://t.co/KtgqsuCx5z 328.1K views · 897 likes · 152 reposts · 43 replies 19 Aug 2026