Josh Marshall ✓

@joshtpm · New York · joined 19 Feb 2009

Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. ✡️ (Sign up for The Backchannel https://t.co/GpsQ8cC6vk)

353 525Followers

866Following

311 227Posts total

35.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views3 310this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.94%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.28%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	3 310	12 273	0.27×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.94%	3.89%	0.24×
Engagement rate	0.28%	1.25%	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

15.8K2 Sep

117

124

8.4K3 Sep

4.1K

2.6K

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

0.28%2 Sep

0.00%

1.71%

0.00%

0.25%3 Sep

0.29%

0.70%

1.33%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.25%.

What the audience does

Likes73.6%117 in total

Reposts8.8%14 in total

Replies5.7%9 in total

Quotes1.3%2 in total

Bookmarks10.7%17 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

Mild-Mannered and Cautious Election Guru Charlie Cook Predicting GOP Armageddon https://t.co/i4PiQoP2zQ via @TPM 2.6K views · 26 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Breaking: Bartiromo Out at Fox https://t.co/hcuhrILQbg via @TPM 4K views · 23 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 First at TPM: Teen Deported TWICE This Year in Violation of Multiple Court Orders https://t.co/X5xX1sh5tO via @TPM 4.1K views · 9 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Is the Data Center Backlash Just NIMBY Run Amok? https://t.co/17ZZo80Vf3 8.4K views · 18 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 @joshtpm It really is a different world in these smaller states. For example, if you're a lawyer in Wyoming, have an okay reputation, and have some desire, you've got about a 1 in 30 chance of being on the ballot for governor, literally. 124 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @joshtpm I never knew his first name was Joe. https://t.co/kHJVRnjNfA 117 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @joshtpm Bar fly friends... 68 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 sort of an example of how these micro-state senate contests go. You've got this guy interviewed as sort of man on the street voter. And reporters remember him from six years ago when he was also interviewed as a man on the street voters. Sort of longitudinal study of Joe Bean. 15.8K views · 39 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 02 Sep 2026