Ioan Grillo

@ioangrillo

Journalist based in Mexico, focused on crime, drugs + gangster politics. Director of CrashOut Media, author of El Narco trilogy. Time, NYT, HBO+ Still doing it.

71 330Followers

7 756Following

9 848Posts total

106.2KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Ioan Grillo@ioangrillo9 Sep

Even in say La Tuna, Sinaloa, the Mexican government provides electricity, sends in teachers and the army can go in, so it's different than when Islamic State or Shining Path held territory. I break it down in this story below (pay wall has been removed). https://t.co/HgmdtYFXqU 4K views · 106 likes · 6 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Ioan Grillo@ioangrillo9 Sep

@ioangrillo 4th biggest private employer, probably the largest for young men in many places The laundered money keeps many financial institutions alfloat The raids and extraditions don't do much to change this dynamic 2.4K views · 27 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Ioan Grillo@ioangrillo9 Sep

Narco cartels are a huge problem but this is misleading. There are no areas in Mexico 100% controlled by narcos that the Mexican state can't go into. But the cartels act as a shadow power in much of the country. The difference matters if you want a solution that actually works... 99.8K views · 1.2K likes · 187 reposts · 121 replies Open on X →

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

Median views4 018this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.63%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.55%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 018	924	4.35×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.63%	3.62%	1.56×
Engagement rate	1.55%	1.52%	1.02×

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99.8K9 Sep

2.4K

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Engagement rate per post

1.55%9 Sep

1.19%

2.91%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes72.9%1 360 in total

Reposts10.3%193 in total

Replies6.9%128 in total

Quotes0.4%7 in total

Bookmarks9.5%178 in total

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

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