Lily Lynch ✓

@lilyslynch · Istanbul · joined 12 Nov 2011

Foreign affairs writer

40 462Followers

4 134Following

14 662Posts total

1.2MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views3 648this account1 089median for 10K–100K

Reach, %9.02%this account3.50%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.68%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 648	1 089	3.35×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	9.02%	3.50%	2.58×
Engagement rate	1.68%	2.00%	0.84×

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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

172.6K14 Apr

293.9K17 Apr

101.6K18 Apr

581.2K19 Apr

21.5K

2.1K

5.2K30 Aug

2.1K4 Sep

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

1.92%14 Apr

1.20%17 Apr

3.17%18 Apr

2.69%19 Apr

0.59%

2.58%

2.40%30 Aug

0.96%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes77.3%21 546 in total

Reposts14.0%3 905 in total

Replies1.3%376 in total

Quotes0.6%177 in total

Bookmarks6.7%1 876 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

I wrote about Lindsay Clancy and sympathy for mothers who kill, which is nothing new. https://t.co/5kbDbU6NDE 2.1K views · 16 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Poster of Alexandra Kollontai’s text “My Heart Belongs to the Finnish Poor” (1911) from Rab–Rab Press https://t.co/i1KtrE9e6B https://t.co/Af1f7WK7dO 5.2K views · 109 likes · 12 reposts · 3 replies 30 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@lilyslynch Why is everything in Iran so beautiful 😭 2.1K views · 52 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 19 Apr 2026 · Open on X →

https://t.co/w3zK4qlxIg https://t.co/Lgdq9Q9k0V 21.5K views · 107 likes · 19 reposts · 1 replies 19 Apr 2026 · Open on X →

Hormuz Island, located in the Strait of Hormuz, is home to the Majara Residence–a multipurpose touristic development by Tehran-based ZAV Architects that won last year's Aga Khan Award for Architecture. https://t.co/Pqo0Fo2ixs 581.2K views · 13.1K likes · 2.3K reposts · 87 replies 19 Apr 2026 · Open on X →

I went viral in Pakistan last week and got dozens of invitations to people's homes for a meal. Pretty extraordinary. https://t.co/4ulOMwnUd3 101.6K views · 2.7K likes · 418 reposts · 65 replies 18 Apr 2026 · Open on X →

"What drives Pakistani hospitality is not generosity in the Western sense. It is honour. Hosting someone, even a stranger, even with a cup of tea you cannot really afford, is an act of personal dignity. The host is not doing you a favour. They are doing something for themselves: 293.9K views · 2.6K likes · 749 reposts · 85 replies 17 Apr 2026 · Open on X →

When are NATO leaders going to start condemning these Israeli threats against their ally Turkey? https://t.co/xVdJEGwZ1T 172.6K views · 2.8K likes · 366 reposts · 133 replies 14 Apr 2026 · Open on X →