Idrees Ali

@idreesali114 · Washington D.C. via Karachi · joined 19 Mar 2011

@Reuters National Security Correspondent covering the Pentagon. Reach me on signal at idreesali1141.43

71 091Followers

4 264Following

21 506Posts total

2MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views27 989this account2 968median for 10K–100K

Reach, %39.37%this account9.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.10%this account1.42%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	27 989	2 968	9.43×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	39.37%	9.18%	4.29×
Engagement rate	1.10%	1.42%	0.77×

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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

1.7M16 Oct

55.4K

11.9K17 Oct

31.5K2 Sep

152.2K

5K3 Sep

6.8K

28K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.09%16 Oct

0.06%

5.13%17 Oct

0.89%2 Sep

0.19%

1.35%3 Sep

1.10%

1.38%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.42%.

What the audience does

Likes64.0%2 228 in total

Reposts7.8%270 in total

Replies19.2%669 in total

Quotes4.1%141 in total

Bookmarks5.0%173 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

3 Sep

Daily snapshots since 03 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

The Pentagon is temporarily rescinding recently published guidance on U.S. troops testosterone screening, a U.S. official tells Reuters. 28K views · 275 likes · 88 reposts · 15 replies 03 Sep 2026 It's under Parnell's leadership of the press shop that the Pentagon has essentially halted press briefings, kicked out journalists and moved away from transparency (especially during the ongoing war in Iran). 6.8K views · 51 likes · 16 reposts · 8 replies 03 Sep 2026 Unclear how you can forget that 18 service members died in a war of choice… 5K views · 56 likes · 10 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Plenty of folks inside the admin are pushing for Sean Parnell to be the next Army Secretary, including Hegseth — and though it’s unclear when Trump will make an announcement (and Parnell doesn’t have it locked down yet) he’s emerging as a top contender for the spot. More w/ 152.2K views · 230 likes · 39 reposts · 11 replies 02 Sep 2026 Would be a wild scenario where the head of Indo-Pacom would be asked to invade Canada 31.5K views · 252 likes · 19 reposts · 8 replies 02 Sep 2026 @idreesali114 https://t.co/4Xc8gVxqfC 11.9K views · 602 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies 17 Oct 2025 cc @SeanParnellASW 55.4K views · 24 likes · 3 reposts · 8 replies 16 Oct 2025 The Pentagon press corps. https://t.co/QY8EaCR0fz 1.7M views · 738 likes · 91 reposts · 616 replies 16 Oct 2025