Lara Seligman ✓

@laraseligman · Washington, DC · joined 22 Jun 2009

Covering national security for @wsj. Previously @politico. Philly native. Signal laraseligman.07

88 394Followers

2 641Following

30 966Posts total

280.1KViews on collected posts

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Lara Seligman ✓@laraseligman29 Aug

The most generous, hilarious colleague out there. @JeffSchogol you will be missed! 4.7K views · 37 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Lara Seligman ✓@laraseligman29 Aug

The U.S. has rushed so many munitions to the Middle East to fight Iran that military planners are concerned the loss of firepower is diminishing America’s ability to defend against potential threats from China and Russia, said U.S. officials. W @mgordonwsj @shelbyholliday 31.3K views · 166 likes · 76 reposts · 14 replies Open on X →

Lara Seligman ✓@laraseligman28 Aug

@laraseligman Because the first speech went over so well? 3.9K views · 54 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Lara Seligman ✓@laraseligman28 Aug

@laraseligman Oh cool pulling command back across the world for $millions so he can quote memes at them again 4.2K views · 75 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Lara Seligman ✓@laraseligman28 Aug

@laraseligman @DanLamothe What can we expect this time @SecWar ? Are we going to measure their T- levels & their dicks….and the women officers who don’t have one will be admonished, then fired or forced to resign? 7.6K views · 52 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Lara Seligman ✓@laraseligman28 Aug

SCOOP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering inviting hundreds of senior military personnel back for an address at Marine Corps Base Quantico this year, where he delivered his “no more beardos” speech last fall, according to U.S. officials. https://t.co/Wyb8k0bvJN 210.6K views · 255 likes · 58 reposts · 48 replies Open on X →

Lara Seligman ✓@laraseligman27 Aug

“President Trump personally dispatched the Central Intelligence Agency chief and kept trusted aides and military leaders who normally would have been briefed on the trip in the dark about the message he would deliver to senior Kremlin figures, U.S. officials said.” From my @wsj 15.4K views · 39 likes · 12 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Lara Seligman ✓@laraseligman27 Aug

I’ll be at my alma mater @Penn today discussing “The World Today” with @michaelh992 @weisbergm and Marie Harf or the 10th anniversary of @perryworldhouse. Tune in! https://t.co/JBHdRKhN61 2.4K views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

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

Median views6 174this account1 043median for 10K–100K

Reach, %6.98%this account3.67%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.78%this account1.68%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	6 174	1 043	5.92×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.98%	3.67%	1.90×
Engagement rate	0.78%	1.68%	0.47×

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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

2.4K27 Aug

15.4K

210.6K28 Aug

7.6K

4.2K

3.9K

31.3K29 Aug

4.7K

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

0.46%27 Aug

0.38%

0.19%28 Aug

0.72%

1.85%

1.47%

0.84%29 Aug

0.84%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.68%.

What the audience does

Likes65.1%688 in total

Reposts14.5%153 in total

Replies7.2%76 in total

Quotes3.8%40 in total

Bookmarks9.5%100 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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