Lydia DePillis

@lydiadepillis · New York City · joined 21 Feb 2009

Economy reporter @nytimes. Writing a book about how we can adapt to population decline for @wwnorton. Email lydia.depillis@nytimes.com, Signal @LydiaDePillis.48

29 465Followers

4 296Following

23 727Posts total

21.7KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis5 Sep

Programming note: It's book leave time! I'm off my day job from now until November 9, traveling to learn from places that are finding positive ways to deal with population decline. The itinerary: Finland, Lithuania, Germany, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Japan, South Korea, Singapore. 2.1K views · 50 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis4 Sep

Our reporters are on top of the shocking impunity with which the Trump administration is building walls and monuments, skipping required approvals and breaking promises. Big Bend edition: https://t.co/SG8JDFSz9r 708 views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis4 Sep

A surprisingly strong jobs report for August -- we dissect it all here. https://t.co/8eMsGgHUfC 619 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis3 Sep

All generations in all income brackets lose money online gambling, but older, lower-income people lose the most. Via Bank of America Institute. https://t.co/bVz4iTuHJV

2.6K views · 37 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis2 Sep

This edition of the Beige Book has plenty of anecdotes about data centers driving up demand -- especially for construction workers, who've seen a surge in wages lately. https://t.co/QrgyieYqCU https://t.co/LrsIAjGCy0

796 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis27 Mar

@lydiadepillis note how all the arrows point in to @amd 5.8K views · 113 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis26 Mar

@lydiadepillis @rdd147 Same thing https://t.co/qzSKJZQjDj 9K views · 224 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views796this account949median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.70%this account3.49%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.99%this account1.55%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	796	949	0.84×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.70%	3.49%	0.77×
Engagement rate	0.99%	1.55%	0.64×

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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

9K26 Mar

5.8K27 Mar

7962 Sep

2.6K3 Sep

6194 Sep

708

2.1K5 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.57%26 Mar

2.01%27 Mar

0.25%2 Sep

1.90%3 Sep

0.32%4 Sep

0.99%

2.64%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.55%.

What the audience does

Likes88.1%431 in total

Reposts3.5%17 in total

Replies2.7%13 in total

Quotes0.8%4 in total

Bookmarks4.9%24 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.