Paul Farhi

@farhip · Washington, DC · joined 16 Dec 2008

I write about the news media, other topics in Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, New York mag., Washingtonian, etc. Formerly: Washington Post. Paulmfarhi@gmail.com

34 042Followers

1 677Following

52 596Posts total

557.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 452this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.27%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.59%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 452	2 751	0.53×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.27%	9.00%	0.47×
Engagement rate	0.59%	1.65%	0.36×

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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

430.8K1 Sep

90.9K2 Sep

31.1K

1.4K3 Sep

1.1K

844

1.5K

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

0.59%1 Sep

0.54%2 Sep

0.29%

0.51%3 Sep

2.39%

0.95%

1.24%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes34.4%1 105 in total

Reposts5.0%160 in total

Replies54.0%1 732 in total

Quotes5.5%177 in total

Bookmarks1.1%36 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

Two things TV pundits never say: 1) “I don’t know anything about that;” and 2) “I have no opinion about that.” 1.5K views · 11 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 Companies worth trillions of dollars aren’t as powerful as you think. Exhibit A: 844 views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Hegseth’s hollowing out: “…with Driscoll gone, the [Army] is left without a top civilian leader, a Senate-confirmed top general, a confirmed Army general in charge of operations, or a confirmed commander of Army troops in Europe.” https://t.co/aju113yz2Q 1.1K views · 16 likes · 9 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 “Some morons.” 1.4K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Tillis was one of the deciding votes to confirm Hegseth. So this is buyer’s regret in the extreme. Tillis renews calls for Hegseth's ouster https://t.co/G587LQ1XoF 31.1K views · 62 likes · 17 reposts · 7 replies 02 Sep 2026 Trump: Apple Maps has just announced that it has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, so now that very important change of names, between Google Maps and Apple Maps, is complete, ratified, and binding. https://t.co/fQzO0XT3rN 90.9K views · 199 likes · 31 reposts · 222 replies 02 Sep 2026 Agree. But the challenge is Republicans need to spend to save senate seats in Alaska, Iowa, Ohio, Maine and flip Michigan. And we now have to spend money to save Texas because some morons replaced a safe incumbent with a deeply flawed nominee who has turned Texas into a toss up. 430.8K views · 805 likes · 99 reposts · 1.5K replies 01 Sep 2026