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Dr. Ian Garner

@irgarner · joined 30 May 2013

Prof of Russian Studies @ Pilecki Institute | FrHistS | Russian media, war, and propaganda 🇨🇦

72 262Followers
5 597Following
34 874Posts total
360.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views17 604this account1 637median for 10K–100K
Reach, %24.36%this account5.01%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %2.49%this account1.81%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post17 6041 63710.8×
Reach (views ÷ followers)24.36%5.01%4.86×
Engagement rate2.49%1.81%1.38×

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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

120.8K31 Aug
3K
39.4K
27.1K1 Sep
152.5K2 Sep
8.1K
4.8K
4.5K

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

1.89%31 Aug
2.44%
2.54%
3.50%1 Sep
3.64%2 Sep
0.37%
0.92%
7.55%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.81%.

What the audience does

Likes81.9%8 850 in total
Reposts10.8%1 172 in total
Replies1.9%200 in total
Quotes0.5%50 in total
Bookmarks4.9%533 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

@irgarner Dr. Bullshit supports state terrorism. Color me shocked... NOT. 4.5K views · 335 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 @irgarner Three, to be precise. https://t.co/WUw2vbe6SU 4.8K views · 42 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 @irgarner Ian, this is interesting coming from you. In 2022 you warned that “war for survival” was one of the most powerful propaganda narratives, said both sides use it, and urged people to be careful with wartime messaging. You even explained how Zelensky’s no-fly-zone demands 8.1K views · 25 likes · 0 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 Two reasons why Russia cannot complain about endangering its own air traffic. https://t.co/BdXV2OnSzz 152.5K views · 4.9K likes · 564 reposts · 42 replies 02 Sep 2026 The stupidest Russian propaganda yet? https://t.co/6Vg73vN3Hu 27.1K views · 904 likes · 20 reposts · 24 replies 01 Sep 2026 The “de-escalate with Russia” gang can never answer this simple question: what do we actually *do* to de-escalate? All the escalation has come from Russia, so what actions can we take? 39.4K views · 811 likes · 107 reposts · 75 replies 31 Aug 2026 Could it be the most important thing I’ve ever written? Could it be a theory explaining how Russians are simultaneously in a highly individualistic and an immerse, collective society? Yes and yes. (Link below 👇) https://t.co/EIz7DmywV0 3K views · 60 likes · 7 reposts · 7 replies 31 Aug 2026 The great multinational love-in that was the Soviet Union in a single image. https://t.co/I2cUNGkXJF 120.8K views · 1.7K likes · 472 reposts · 43 replies 31 Aug 2026

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