Edward Wong ✓

@ewong · Washington, DC · joined 10 May 2009

Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Author of "At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China." Harvard Nieman Fellow. Taught at Princeton & UC Berkeley.

136 876Followers

3 110Following

42 791Posts total

425.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views4 790this account6 271median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.50%this account2.66%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.28%this account1.41%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	4 790	6 271	0.76×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.50%	2.66%	1.32×
Engagement rate	0.28%	1.41%	0.20×

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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

278.3K12 Jun

1.2K

18213 Jun

4.8K28 Aug

3.6K

3.3K

92.3K30 Aug

39.4K1 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.56%12 Jun

0.74%

3.85%13 Jun

0.66%

0.71%28 Aug

0.28%

0.12%

0.89%30 Aug

0.24%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.41%.

What the audience does

Likes60.7%1 736 in total

Reposts18.4%527 in total

Replies8.1%231 in total

Quotes2.2%64 in total

Bookmarks10.5%301 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

NEW from @nytimes: The Biden administration created the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital to make loans to boost the US defense industry. Under Trump, it has demanded equity options from companies in return. And now it's taking a sharp turn by diving into Venezuelan oil. htt 39.4K views · 55 likes · 26 reposts · 9 replies 01 Sep 2026 NEW from @nytimes: After they toppled Maduro, Trump and Rubio aimed to get Venezuelan oil through Alejandro Betancourt, a divisive businessman. He's been under investigation by Swiss officials for more than a decade. State Dept. pressed Switzerland and the UK to ease up on him. h 92.3K views · 440 likes · 302 reposts · 50 replies 30 Aug 2026 Wilson canceled by the left and the right 3.3K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 28 Aug 2026 The Iran war is Rashomon, and everyone walks away telling their narrative of victory. 3.6K views · 8 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 Boy we taught those Iranians who was boss https://t.co/ViIw52B69y 4.8K views · 24 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies 28 Aug 2026 @ewong @VikingBooks @penguinrandom @cheneyagency @alorentzen @aeaglin @nytimes Congrats, Ed. An extraordinary family saga in the hands of a superb writer! 2K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 13 Jun 2024 @ewong @VikingBooks @penguinrandom @cheneyagency @alorentzen @aeaglin @nytimes Congratulations! look forward to reading 182 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 13 Jun 2024 @ewong @VikingBooks @penguinrandom @cheneyagency @alorentzen @aeaglin @nytimes And an excellent read! Warmly recommended.. 1.2K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 12 Jun 2024 I can’t believe I’m holding this! It’s the completion of a six-year project that really spans my adult life — and 80 years of Chinese history, from Mao to Xi. I tell the story of modern China through a dramatic family saga and contemporary reporting. Learn more and order here: ht 278.3K views · 1.2K likes · 190 reposts · 166 replies 12 Jun 2024