Akayla Gardner ✓

@gardnerakayla · Washington, DC · joined 22 Aug 2018

Covering the White House @msnownews. Forever campaign reporter. Alum: @business + @OhioState. 📩 Signal: gardnerakayla.89 // RTs ≠ endorsements

17 520Followers

4 553Following

6 590Posts total

1.7MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views5 939this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %33.90%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.56%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	5 939	2 896	2.05×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	33.90%	9.51%	3.56×
Engagement rate	0.56%	1.56%	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

106.5K2 Jul

5.9K27 Aug

1.1K

1.9K

1.6M29 Aug

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.74%2 Jul

0.47%27 Aug

0.56%

0.72%

0.06%29 Aug

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

What the audience does

Likes44.0%1 401 in total

Reposts22.9%731 in total

Replies15.3%489 in total

Quotes7.3%232 in total

Bookmarks10.5%333 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

Trump posted an army of AI ducks (with his blonde hairstyle) marching around Lake America. https://t.co/feAm7BL9Hg 1.6M views · 354 likes · 83 reposts · 358 replies 29 Aug 2026 POTUS circled the WH complex several times before his departure on Marine One for TX, likely surveying construction of the ballroom. https://t.co/LwGu7wQPja 1.9K views · 10 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 27 Aug 2026 Trump on @DarlineGrahamSC: "There's something about her that's very special. She's got a little Lindsey in there somewhere. Got good genetics, so Lindsey's looking down very, very happy and very proud of her sister." 1.1K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 27 Aug 2026 TRUMP leaves the door open to taking action against Chinese banks working with Iran: "Well, who said I'm not? You said, 'why not?' I mean, who said I'm not? You don't know if I'm doing it. Well, I don't have to announce everything, do I?" @POTUS says. 5.9K views · 16 likes · 4 reposts · 8 replies 27 Aug 2026 NEW: Since President Trump won a second term, his two eldest sons — Eric and Don Trump Jr.— have become linked to investments in at least 10 companies in the defense sector that have received approx. $3.7 billion in federal funds in Trump 2.0, up nearly $1B compared to the end of 106.5K views · 1K likes · 640 reposts · 121 replies 02 Jul 2026