Jonathan Allen

@jonallendc · Washington D.C. · joined 29 May 2009

3 X NYT-bestselling author, 2 X #1 | order ‘FIGHT’ at link below | senior national politics reporter, @nbcnews | @amieparnes' intern | retired amateur pitcher

64 666Followers

5 656Following

47 990Posts total

14.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 763this account2 392median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.73%this account7.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.34%this account1.50%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 763	2 392	0.74×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.73%	7.18%	0.38×
Engagement rate	0.34%	1.50%	0.23×

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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

8K31 Aug

1.8K1 Sep

1.9K2 Sep

1.6K

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

0.51%31 Aug

0.34%1 Sep

1.64%2 Sep

0.00%

0.06%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.50%.

What the audience does

Likes57.6%49 in total

Reposts21.2%18 in total

Replies12.9%11 in total

Quotes2.4%2 in total

Bookmarks5.9%5 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 reasonable to point out that the average person gets more in Social Security benefits than he or she pays in Social Security taxes in a lifetime. But workers pay social security taxes and so do employers (on behalf of employees). 1.6K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Admakers know they only have to please the person paying for the ad in order to continue to get paid. 1.6K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 What if — and I know this is going to sound totally crazy — Ed Markey getting re-nominated is less a sign of an ideological or generational verdict and more a testament to basic candidate strength and powers of a well-regarded incumbent. He’s won 30+ consecutive elections. 1.9K views · 20 likes · 5 reposts · 7 replies 02 Sep 2026 No knock on @SenMarkey, but this is the funniest thing I’ve ever read on Wiki (b/c only a pol would pad the resume this way): “Starting in the summer of 1965, Markey was the driver and salesperson for an ice cream truck in Lexington...” Driver AND salesperson! 1.8K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 “Everything has just gotten more expensive,” Louis Marcelino, a 3-time Trump voter in PA’s 8th CD, said. “I don’t think he realizes it, but every single American here is paying the price for that war.” He said a D House might be “beneficial” for everyone. https://t.co/IbJEIn88jx 8K views · 22 likes · 13 reposts · 4 replies 31 Aug 2026