Gautam Chikermane 🇮🇳

@gchikermane · New Delhi · joined 24 Jun 2009

VP @orfonline | Grand Strategy, Economics, Mahabharata New Books: India’s Grand Strategy | Reform Nation | Reading Sri Aurobindo

64 482Followers

622Following

58 971Posts total

15.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 965this account949median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.05%this account3.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %4.29%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 965	949	2.07×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.05%	3.23%	0.94×
Engagement rate	4.29%	2.00%	2.15×

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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

2K1 Sep

6.1K2 Sep

1.6K

3.8K4 Sep

1.8K5 Sep

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

4.22%1 Sep

4.69%2 Sep

2.14%

4.29%4 Sep

5.04%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes75.7%523 in total

Reposts17.7%122 in total

Replies2.0%14 in total

Bookmarks4.6%32 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

Delighted to be part of the jury for @fihcr_info’s RC Majumdar Prize for history. Thought-provoking SL Bhyrappa memorial lecture by @nsitharaman. Rockstar @vikramsampath: please upload the lecture—everyone must watch or read it. https://t.co/Y6EHhuDqTX 1.8K views · 79 likes · 13 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

“And while we should criticise the government for urban planning, air quality, corruption and so on, the macroeconomic stability that has come by design and not chance, must be celebrated.” — @monikahalan on India’s GDP growth and the illiterate controversy around it. 3.8K views · 122 likes · 36 reposts · 5 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Enjoyed answering the probing questions by Jayesh Gagan @AwaaraMusaafir on grand strategy, geopolitics, Viksit Bharat and the #Mahabharata. Final message to GenZ: read the unabridged Mahabharata to understand and drive Bharat! https://t.co/AeYyiIHhH3 https://t.co/PJTDe2tAMe 1.6K views · 23 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

The clarity on semiconductor value chain in this video by @AshwiniVaishnaw beats any number of books on the subject. Fascinating! PS: He is a professor in a politician’s clothing ◡̈ 6.1K views · 236 likes · 46 reposts · 4 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Amid ongoing serial clashes of civilisations, the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata translated by @bibekdebroy is, to borrow from Richard Hartz, a “clasp of civilisations”. This is a civilisational bridge from India to Kyrgyzstan, PM @narendramodi to President Sadyr Japarov. 2K views · 63 likes · 18 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →