Matthew Yglesias ✓

@mattyglesias · Washington, DC · joined 15 Jul 2008

Slow Boring, cohosting https://t.co/wxUj3JGquN and The Argument pod. NYT contributing opinion writer.

947 191Followers

2 382Following

41 010Posts total

228.5KViews on collected posts

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5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	39 617	22 338	1.77×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.18%	6.70%	0.62×
Engagement rate	1.50%	1.18%	1.28×

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Latest posts

This actually seems like a kinda dumb way to allocate resources relative to having normal taxes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 27.9K views · 97 likes · 5 reposts · 8 replies 03 Sep 2026 The contrast between Michigan where the losing faction is cooperating despite substantive disagreements and Texas where Crockett is being uncooperative over nothing is really something. https://t.co/fLd7hiQMcB https://t.co/OlSVa8jqkw 23.1K views · 331 likes · 41 reposts · 17 replies 03 Sep 2026 Academia is cooked and it’s too bad. Institutions not even making cursory efforts to preserve their credibility. 94.3K views · 1.3K likes · 97 reposts · 25 replies 03 Sep 2026 It’s true that Camp’s main points in her WSJ videos are not incredibly original but there’s enormous value in finding fresh ways to communicate timeless truths (rent control is bad, supermarkets are impressive) of liberalism to new audiences. 43.7K views · 1.3K likes · 63 reposts · 28 replies 02 Sep 2026 You can’t challenge these policies in court in Canada because Section 15.2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms specifically authorizes it, very different (deliberately) from the text of the US 14th Amendment and our Civil Rights Act. https://t.co/km74eLWA8O 39.6K views · 249 likes · 11 reposts · 26 replies 02 Sep 2026

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