Madeleine Baker

@madeleineebaker · joined 27 Jun 2019

I teach history of science & labor at Harvard. Senior editor @thedrift_mag, contributing writer @JewishCurrents. Author of MAKE YOUR OWN JOB. she/her

19 817Followers

1 541Following

28 610Posts total

460.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views15 133this account2 392median for 10K–100K

Reach, %76.36%this account7.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.02%this account1.50%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	15 133	2 392	6.33×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	76.36%	7.18%	10.6×
Engagement rate	1.02%	1.50%	0.68×

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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

95.2K26 Mar

2.2K3 Sep

96K

249.5K

2.6K

15.1K

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.03%26 Mar

1.02%3 Sep

0.09%

0.39%

1.30%

3.11%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.50%.

What the audience does

Likes74.3%2 141 in total

Reposts8.1%232 in total

Replies4.0%116 in total

Quotes3.2%91 in total

Bookmarks10.4%301 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 will leave this school and indeed higher ed before I ever encourage students to use AI to do their writing for them 15.1K views · 436 likes · 27 reposts · 7 replies 03 Sep 2026 Today in @thedrift_mag newsletter: I talk with @infinite_jaz about West Bank settler violence https://t.co/4CTHEu32Tc 2.6K views · 27 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Last month I reported on Harvard's shuttered writing center. The official line was that the closing of the center was not about de-valuing writing. Now Harvard's dean—David Deming—is calling for "AI acceptance or even encouragement" in writing courses. 1/ https://t.co/SKnNTSYeVg 249.5K views · 735 likes · 139 reposts · 39 replies 03 Sep 2026 Washington’s proposed ban would go further than red-state bans in one key way. All girls seeking to participate in athletics would need to verify their sex assigned at birth, not just those whose eligibility is challenged https://t.co/RK5uNVODgb https://t.co/Zuij9oAJFx 96K views · 53 likes · 10 reposts · 14 replies 03 Sep 2026 APSA attendees: I am subbing in last-minute for a panelist who can't make it on the roundtable on "Zionism and the Future of Imperialism" at 10 this morning (Hynes 208). Say hi! 2.2K views · 18 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 I am extremely excited to share that my book Make Your Own Job received the 2026 Merle Curti Award in Intellectual History from the Organization of American Historians. It is a real honor. https://t.co/N7uPUKGboy 95.2K views · 872 likes · 48 reposts · 53 replies 26 Mar 2026