Mark Z. Barabak

@markzbarabak · joined 06 May 2011

LA Times columnist, covering politics from out West. Cat on a tin roof. Dogs in a pile. California uber alles.

14 577Followers

847Following

27 282Posts total

3.6KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak8 Sep

Polluters fight ($$$$) California anti-pollution law @susrust https://t.co/bHXfPQ3LId 240 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak8 Sep

Becerra once pushed for the death penalty, but says he would extend a moratorium if elected governor @_Nixo https://t.co/GJpqAfBXYc 254 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak7 Sep

“This is a generational annihilation of our theater missile defense capability. There’s no way you can look at this and not see it’s a setback.” U.S. is running low on advanced defensive missiles — and it could take years to recover @DoyleMcManus https://t.co/EkVqM8YRMX 411 views · 3 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak6 Sep

https://t.co/KakMuM2Y0f 169 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak6 Sep

NEW: Integrity on the ballot as election deniers target secretary of state races in key states. Trump's attempts to undermine democracy has elevated the importance of election oversight. Beware MAGA allies on the ballot in Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin Link: 👇👇 2.6K views · 2 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Mark Z. Barabak@markzbarabak5 Nov 2020

Reporting facts is not bias. Pointing out lies is not partisanship. Calling out misstatements is not favoring one side over another. 0 views · 1.7K likes · 454 reposts · 231 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views254this account1 088median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.74%this account3.86%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.22%this account1.66%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	254	1 088	0.23×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.74%	3.86%	0.45×
Engagement rate	1.22%	1.66%	0.73×

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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

2.6K6 Sep

169

4117 Sep

2548 Sep

240

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

0.23%6 Sep

1.78%

1.22%7 Sep

0.79%8 Sep

1.25%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.66%.

What the audience does

Likes52.6%10 in total

Reposts42.1%8 in total

Replies5.3%1 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.