Kathryn Watson ✓

@kathrynw5 · DC · joined 24 Feb 2009

Reporter @CBSNews covering the White House and national politics. “Unrepentant candy corn apologist.” Tips: kathryn.watson@cbsi.com, Secure Signal: 7712161712

81 964Followers

4 604Following

25 488Posts total

2.6MViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw511 Sep

@kathrynw5 I don’t understand a human being that could see a child on that plane and still do what they did. Evil really does exist. 56.7K views · 763 likes · 5 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw511 Sep

@kathrynw5 He was also scared to fly, his dad had to reassure him that he would be fine. Heartbreaking. 53.2K views · 1.5K likes · 14 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw511 Sep

@kathrynw5 All picked to go to a trip to study ecology in California https://t.co/B0EgELyQ5l

75.5K views · 2.4K likes · 99 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw511 Sep

This one GETS me. https://t.co/Kdkr78Lh3I

900.9K views · 24.2K likes · 1.3K reposts · 48 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw55 Sep

11th and South Carolina SE still https://t.co/lWAPsDEShp 1.6K views · 22 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw531 Aug

My older relatives criticize the “ugly” new townhomes and traffic that comes with them and I remind them that the $280k “ugly” starter home is the only way most young families can buy a home. 7.9K views · 124 likes · 5 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw530 Aug

I talk pretty often with the older adults in my life and one thing I notice is they absolutely HATE any amount of traffic or change. And since they’re retired, they don’t need jobs. So growth is bad to them. The real degrowther constituency isn’t super-lefties. It’s seniors. 84K views · 2.7K likes · 151 reposts · 57 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw529 Aug

This outfit/post was a choice 5.2K views · 24 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw529 Aug

It’s a little snug, but it still fits! Happy Birthday MJ! @michaeljackson https://t.co/q8887DcyJi 203.3K views · 261 likes · 31 reposts · 150 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw528 Aug

PSA: 22.5K views · 98 likes · 8 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw528 Aug

JUST IN: Greek island offers free accommodation in exchange for caring for rescued kittens five hours a day. 1.1M views · 13.9K likes · 487 reposts · 284 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw527 Aug

One notable large transaction was on April 7, the day the president declared a ceasefire in the war with Iran. His investment accounts sold between $500,000 and $1 million of ExxonMobil stock. Exxon stock was down the next day. My latest: https://t.co/MwGiwowu4S 47.9K views · 319 likes · 208 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw522 Nov 2025

@kathrynw5 It's this isn't it? https://t.co/Ee7muZmwFz 11.2K views · 112 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Kathryn Watson ✓@kathrynw522 Nov 2025

@kathrynw5 https://t.co/uZMPyQr8Un 8.8K views · 97 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views54 912this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %66.99%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.54%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	54 912	924	59.4×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	66.99%	3.62%	18.5×
Engagement rate	1.54%	1.52%	1.02×

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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

8.8K22 Nov

11.2K

47.9K27 Aug

1.1M28 Aug

22.5K

203.3K29 Aug

5.2K

84K30 Aug

7.9K31 Aug

1.6K5 Sep

900.9K11 Sep

75.5K

53.2K

56.7K

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.11%22 Nov

1.05%

1.17%27 Aug

1.40%28 Aug

0.48%

0.25%29 Aug

0.52%

3.43%30 Aug

1.69%31 Aug

1.71%5 Sep

2.84%11 Sep

3.26%

2.94%

1.36%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes90.2%46 555 in total

Reposts4.5%2 316 in total

Replies1.1%581 in total

Quotes0.9%478 in total

Bookmarks3.2%1 659 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.

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