Julian E. Barnes

@julianbarnes · joined 24 Jun 2009

Intel/NatSec reporter for @nytimes. "I have seen 80-year-old Catholic school nuns named Bernadette with better senses of humor."--The Daily Caller.

41 258Followers

2 115Following

8 676Posts total

951KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views71 723this account3 808median for 10K–100K

Reach, %173.84%this account12.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.25%this account1.37%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	71 723	3 808	18.8×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	173.84%	12.23%	14.2×
Engagement rate	0.25%	1.37%	0.18×

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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

163.6K2 Jul

12.4K10 Jul

2.3K23 Jul

701K24 Jul

71.7K7 Aug

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

0.25%2 Jul

0.25%10 Jul

0.44%23 Jul

0.12%24 Jul

0.12%7 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.37%.

What the audience does

Likes50.5%786 in total

Reposts17.1%267 in total

Replies14.8%231 in total

Quotes8.2%127 in total

Bookmarks9.4%146 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

The U.S. is always looking for the next Delcy Rodriguez. IC now hunting in Cuba. Spoiler: Cuba is more like Iran than Venezuela. New from @tylerpager, @FrancesRobles and me: https://t.co/XJ8lFrDOCy 71.7K views · 44 likes · 16 reposts · 22 replies 07 Aug 2026 New: U.S. believes Motjaba Khamanei is far more interested than his father and predecessor in pursuing a nuclear weapon, according to officials briefed on the intelligence assessments. 701K views · 517 likes · 131 reposts · 128 replies 24 Jul 2026 https://t.co/NR9v4Joc29 2.3K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 23 Jul 2026 An old assassin was rounded up by ICE. Will he be deported? https://t.co/ackapftaZJ 12.4K views · 14 likes · 9 reposts · 5 replies 10 Jul 2026 NEW: U.S. officials believed that Israel might have been plotting to kill Iran’s top negotiators while Washington was engaged with Tehran in delicate talks this spring to reach an interim peace deal. w/@farnazfassihi https://t.co/AP5EhVmyqQ 163.6K views · 203 likes · 111 reposts · 74 replies 02 Jul 2026