Jeanna Smialek ✓

@jeannasmialek · Washington, DC · joined 27 Feb 2011

Brussels bureau chief @nytimes. Author of "The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth." Out in October, available for pre-order now.

67 417Followers

2 470Following

9 557Posts total

107.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views20 156this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %29.90%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.50%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	20 156	2 896	6.96×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	29.90%	9.51%	3.14×
Engagement rate	0.50%	1.56%	0.32×

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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

3.5K30 Jul

8.2K

51.6K7 Aug

20.2K15 Aug

24K29 Aug

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

0.40%30 Jul

0.55%

0.50%7 Aug

0.38%15 Aug

0.61%29 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes58.1%401 in total

Reposts12.3%85 in total

Replies5.2%36 in total

Quotes2.6%18 in total

Bookmarks21.7%150 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

How to erase an economist. https://t.co/3EzUXHTArk 24K views · 105 likes · 30 reposts · 5 replies 29 Aug 2026 People died in big numbers during Europe's June-July heat wave — shocking ones, in southern Belgium. We investigated what went wrong, and it is a warning to Europe. https://t.co/Phmd2ncrrj https://t.co/2kWMr7cOl1 20.2K views · 53 likes · 12 reposts · 8 replies 15 Aug 2026 Exciting news! (Exciting for me, and if you are the best kind of nerd, possibly also exciting for you.) I have written a book, "The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth," and it publishes in 2 months... https://t.co/p3ExaLmixG https://t.co/XbnzBeIHQD 51.6K views · 203 likes · 27 reposts · 21 replies 07 Aug 2026 Did the giant diamond ring that the industry in Antwerp gifted Donald Trump just before they were granted a big tariff exemption help their case? Not clear. What is clear? They are celebrating. https://t.co/e5x1LD4G3L 8.2K views · 29 likes · 13 reposts · 2 replies 30 Jul 2026 Did the giant diamond ring that the industry in Antwerp gifted Donald Trump just before they were granted a big tariff exemption help their case? Not clear. What is clear? They are celebrating the win. https://t.co/e5x1LD4G3L 3.5K views · 11 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jul 2026