Jonathan Karl ✓

@jonkarl · Washington, DC · joined 21 Aug 2008

ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent. Author of "RETRIBUTION: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America" - Order here: https://t.co/DiZn2KJ2Na

320 578Followers

1 256Following

21 544Posts total

256.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views10 624this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.31%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.24%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	10 624	21 891	0.49×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.31%	6.81%	0.49×
Engagement rate	0.24%	1.14%	0.21×

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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

154.2K31 Dec

9.7K22 Aug

10.8K

40.8K23 Aug

10.5K

21.2K

9.5K24 Aug

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.26%31 Dec

0.02%22 Aug

0.06%

0.19%23 Aug

0.71%

0.32%

0.29%24 Aug

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

What the audience does

Likes56.6%397 in total

Reposts11.4%80 in total

Replies23.9%168 in total

Quotes2.7%19 in total

Bookmarks5.4%38 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

In case you missed … here is the full episode of This Week - Sunday, August 23 — Including my exclusive interview with @GregAbbott_TX & @kennerly — and a closer look at Trump’s WH construction spree. https://t.co/BvReEUtnfN via @YouTube 9.5K views · 17 likes · 2 reposts · 7 replies 24 Aug 2026 The legendary @kennerly — 21.2K views · 54 likes · 12 reposts · 1 replies 23 Aug 2026 Incredible photographs — and the stories behind them too 10.5K views · 62 likes · 8 reposts · 3 replies 23 Aug 2026 Photographer David Hume Kennerly spent decades capturing both triumphant and horrific moments, like the tragedy in Jonestown and major presidential elections. ABC News’ @jonkarl got a sneak peek at his upcoming book, “In The Room: 60 Years on the Front Lines of History.” https 40.8K views · 55 likes · 15 reposts · 2 replies 23 Aug 2026 I think he is on to something…. Right? 10.8K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 22 Aug 2026 The one where KV cache of Q4 is deemed optimal. And verifiability vs. falsifiability is introduced. https://t.co/PWOttxFuRW https://t.co/gXWjmgHqRH 9.7K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 22 Aug 2026 "An exceptionally brilliant portrait of how politics pulled America, kicking and screaming, into 2025 by one of the best, toughest and non-partisan reporters the United States is so very fortunate to have." - Bob Woodward on “Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign that 154.2K views · 202 likes · 43 reposts · 154 replies 31 Dec 2025