Laura Meckler

@laurameckler · Washington, DC · joined 24 Feb 2009

National education writer @washingtonpost. Author of DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity https://t.co/AXoO4Nu8gP

11 819Followers

1 111Following

4 037Posts total

26.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views589this account1 266median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.98%this account3.99%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.81%this account1.98%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	589	1 266	0.47×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.98%	3.99%	1.25×
Engagement rate	0.81%	1.98%	0.41×

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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

2358 Apr

22.4K27 May

58924 Jun

1959 Jul

3K9 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

1.70%8 Apr

0.16%27 May

1.02%24 Jun

0.51%9 Jul

0.81%9 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.98%.

What the audience does

Likes48.7%38 in total

Reposts25.6%20 in total

Replies11.5%9 in total

Quotes5.1%4 in total

Bookmarks9.0%7 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

When Trump came to office, dozens of civil rights investigations were in the final stages at the Education Dept. They were frozen, and 18 months later, remain on ice. https://t.co/83sHW56dym 3K views · 14 likes · 10 reposts · 0 replies 09 Aug 2026 Do you have questions about how to pay for college? Send 'em over.... https://t.co/lHJWC9v65S 195 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 09 Jul 2026 Want to know how students are able to speed through college? Read this fantastic first-person account from @TWallack: https://t.co/7aC8nY6KHb 589 views · 2 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 24 Jun 2026 Across red state America, new civic centers at public universities are focused on Western civilization and America’s founding—subjects the right believes is lacking in the overly liberal humanities departments that already exist. 1/x https://t.co/DTIcJTvFLH 22.4K views · 17 likes · 7 reposts · 8 replies 27 May 2026 If you want kids to show up for school, it helps for them to feel connected - and to have a coach who requires attendance in order to play, research on the persistent problem of absenteeism finds. https://t.co/UbNMtTt1j9 235 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 08 Apr 2026