Keith Gessen

@keithgessen · New York City · joined 25 May 2009

Delacorte magazine prof @Columbiajourn, contributor @NewYorker, co-founder @nplusonemag. Author of RAISING RAFFI, now out.

11 412Followers

2 274Following

5 847Posts total

7MViews on collected posts

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Keith Gessen@keithgessen21 Sep

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly. 2K views · 18 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen18 Sep

I do think we on the left need to confront the fact that Hasan used "pound for pound" incorrectly. 6.7K views · 60 likes · 2 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen18 Sep

Good essay. https://t.co/FaTQC1iNf4. 6.2K views · 71 likes · 4 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen16 Sep

In classic context collapse fashion, this tweet, which is genuinely angry at Bob Kraft but only jokingly suggesting that his stadium be seized, prompted a vigorous debate in the replies on private property and speech, prompting me in turn to think about it a little more. 1/ 1.2K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen14 Sep

@keithgessen A private business that owns their own stadium can decide which acts they want. If you disagree build a stadium and host Macklemore. 1.6K views · 164 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen14 Sep

@keithgessen So a private business owner who owns his private property must be forced to do business with someone he doesn't want to or else the government confiscates his private property? Really that's what you want to go with in the name of "free speech" Ok Stalin... U are 2.5K views · 237 likes · 5 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen14 Sep

@keithgessen let’s protect free speech by having the government seize private property due to speech we dislike 1.3K views · 117 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen14 Sep

This is such a blatant abuse of free speech and the public trust. Gillette Stadium and the Patriots should be seized by the state of Massachusetts and turned over to the fans. 88.3K views · 571 likes · 64 reposts · 768 replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen14 Sep

Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues. ht

6.9M views · 36.1K likes · 7.6K reposts · 1.2K replies Open on X →

Keith Gessen@keithgessen8 Apr 2022

Happy to belatedly announced that RAISING RAFFI is out this June. It has some very solid blurbs and is also just 240 pages. People have reported not even noticing that they read it. You can pre-order at the n+1 store, or wherever fine books are sold. https://t.co/XTGvJ06pKe 0 views · 117 likes · 6 reposts · 27 replies Open on X →

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

Median views2 495this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %21.86%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.30%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 495	924	2.70×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	21.86%	3.62%	6.04×
Engagement rate	1.30%	1.52%	0.85×

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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

6.9M14 Sep

88.3K

1.3K

2.5K

1.6K

1.2K16 Sep

6.2K18 Sep

6.7K

2K21 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.67%14 Sep

1.64%

9.68%

9.94%

10.37%

0.56%16 Sep

1.30%18 Sep

1.08%

0.90%21 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes70.9%37 335 in total

Reposts14.5%7 654 in total

Replies3.9%2 045 in total

Quotes2.6%1 382 in total

Bookmarks8.0%4 229 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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