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Georgi Kantchev

@georgikantchev · London, England · joined 21 Mar 2009

Wall Street Journal Middle East Correspondent | Bulgarian abroad | georgi.kantchev@wsj.com | DMs are open

14 111Followers
3 356Following
23 208Posts total
18.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views2 196this account3 137median for 10K–100K
Reach, %15.56%this account10.26%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.69%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post2 1963 1370.70×
Reach (views ÷ followers)15.56%10.26%1.52×
Engagement rate0.69%1.47%0.47×

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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

8.5K14 Apr
3.4K26 Jul
99312 Aug
4.8K15 Aug
4151 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

0.73%14 Apr
0.24%26 Jul
1.41%12 Aug
0.65%15 Aug
0.72%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes63.9%85 in total
Reposts12.8%17 in total
Replies9.8%13 in total
Quotes2.3%3 in total
Bookmarks11.3%15 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

The underwater battle for the Strait of Hormuz: We looked at how Iran is trying to keep shipping at risk with sea mines, while American forces work to clear the waterway and keep its shipping lanes open https://t.co/eSJKfLN56f 415 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 The Iran war is becoming a contest over who blinks first. Washington is doubling down on sanctions and a naval blockade. Tehran is keeping Hormuz largely shut and betting the economic fallout will eventually force Trump to relent. Our latest: w/ @laurnorman https://t.co/eO7RjFSpF 4.8K views · 22 likes · 4 reposts · 4 replies 15 Aug 2026 Iran’s “survival economy” poses a problem for Trump: making the country poorer is easier than making economic pain change the decisions of its leaders. Our story w/ @HennaMoussavi @summer_said https://t.co/gbhOeOVSnH 993 views · 7 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 12 Aug 2026 Last Exit: With Hormuz choked and the Houthis threatening Bab el-Mandeb, Saudi oil’s escape routes are narrowing. Tankers are turning north toward Suez—forcing barrels bound for Asia onto longer, costlier journeys. Our story w/ @summer_said https://t.co/nSlD14xLOI https://t.co/L 3.4K views · 5 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 26 Jul 2026 Belated news: last month, amid the Middle East turmoil, I started a new role covering the region, focused on the intersection of geopolitics, economics and energy. Hit me up with any tips or ideas! (My first day was also the first day of the Iran war. I’m hoping those two things 8.5K views · 50 likes · 5 reposts · 7 replies 14 Apr 2026

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