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John Ismay

@johnismay · Washington, DC · joined 16 Jul 2012

Reporter, The New York Times. Former U.S. Navy EOD & Iraq vet. Reach me securely via Signal at: johnismay.01 or by email at: john.ismay@nytimes.com

14 247Followers
930Following
13 689Posts total
7.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 756this account2 896median for 10K–100K
Reach, %12.33%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %1.56%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post1 7562 8960.61×
Reach (views ÷ followers)12.33%9.51%1.30×
Engagement rate1.56%1.56%1.00×

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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

1.8K1 Sep
3K
827
1.7K2 Sep

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.54%1 Sep
0.94%
1.57%
1.95%2 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes73.2%82 in total
Reposts15.2%17 in total
Replies2.7%3 in total
Bookmarks8.9%10 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

It's been about 25 years since I conned a destroyer alongside an oiler, or had the deck during an UNREP, and didn't think that experience would ever be useful as a reporter. But given the situation now in Fifth Fleet, it came in handy https://t.co/SzHdNQgZXk 1.7K views · 28 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 -- Update -- Days since USS Abraham Lincoln deployed: 284 Iran war began: 185 USS George HW Bush deployed: 154 SecDef briefed reporters on the war: 119 USS George Washington deployed: 101 2nd naval blockade: 50 *Service secretary resigned: 0 *Last known US strike on Iran: 0 https 827 views · 12 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Days since USS Abraham Lincoln deployed: 284 Iran war began: 185 USS George HW Bush deployed: 154 SecDef briefed reporters on the war: 119 USS George Washington deployed: 101 2nd naval blockade: 50 Last known US strike on Iran: 1 A service secretary resigned: 0 3K views · 21 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 Days since USS Abraham Lincoln deployed: 284 Iran war began: 185 USS George HW Bush deployed: 154 SecDef briefed reporters on the war: 119 USS George Washington deployed: 101 2nd naval blockade: 50 USS George Washington arrived in C5F: 13 Last known US strike on Iran: 1 1.8K views · 21 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Just found out we've lost three EOD Techs to suicide in the past three weeks. There is a 24/7 hotline for Techs, their friends and family at 1.888.412.0470 + the FB group After the Long Walk here: https://t.co/HeZJNMkdaS Please reach out if you or someone you love needs help 0 views · 131 likes · 40 reposts · 43 replies 10 Jul 2021

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