Jennifer Van Laar ✓

@jenvanlaar · CA/NC/DC · joined 12 Sep 2016

Investigative journo/Mg Editor @redstate; former Rep . Katie Hill and Ronna McDaniel lost their jobs bc of me. @BU_Tweets, Alpha Phi. Mom, Gramie, 5th gen CA

132 264Followers

8 877Following

236 239Posts total

1.2MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views6 089this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %4.60%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.88%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	6 089	21 891	0.28×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.60%	6.81%	0.68×
Engagement rate	1.88%	1.14%	1.65×

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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

1M17 Jun

197.8K

6K1 Sep

6.2K2 Sep

16.4K3 Sep

1.8K

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

0.89%17 Jun

1.48%

0.97%1 Sep

2.28%2 Sep

2.30%3 Sep

3.89%

0.95%

2.60%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes69.7%9 072 in total

Reposts23.6%3 070 in total

Replies2.4%312 in total

Quotes2.3%296 in total

Bookmarks2.0%266 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

https://t.co/DYluKMu8cF 1.8K views · 42 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 I had tickets for tonight along the 3rd baseline, near the Dodgers bullpen... then the move came up 😭 But one of my sons is there with a group from work, so at least he gets to enjoy it. (had to edit my post bc I'm dead tired and used the wrong word lol) 4K views · 33 likes · 0 reposts · 5 replies 03 Sep 2026 I guess this East Coast thing is really happening! I just booked a hair appointment with someone other than the amazing Ron DiBuccio (at https://t.co/3rVJ33P0tn in Calabasas) for the first time in 7 years. The silver lining: I get to return to my gal Holly at The Haven Salon in 3K views · 108 likes · 3 reposts · 7 replies 03 Sep 2026 The 4th inning was a Miggy highlight reel! 🔥 https://t.co/T98GHZ3qvB 16.4K views · 334 likes · 34 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 LASD has harassed me and my writers in the past, too - especially when we published video of the fire/explosion at the mobile shooting range at Pitchess that killed one LASD deputy and critically injured another. I've ignored them. Here's a link to that story with the video, 6.2K views · 100 likes · 32 reposts · 7 replies 02 Sep 2026 LASD has created their own version of the “Ban Nick Shirley Act” announcing at the @lacountycoc meeting last month their new department policy “investigating journalists in connection with “news gathering activities”. This is not a drill people! I start this video with the back h 6K views · 39 likes · 15 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 If you're new here, the "Highlights" tab ➡️ will be a wealth of information of the 7 years of exclusive investigative reporting I've done on Gavin Newsom and his finances. And for a quick summary, check out this article. https://t.co/OUjShkBZnW 197.8K views · 2K likes · 768 reposts · 72 replies 17 Jun 2026 https://t.co/LCQfoXSejn 1M views · 6.4K likes · 2.2K reposts · 215 replies 17 Jun 2026