Mercatus Center ✓

@mercatus · Arlington, VA · joined 23 May 2008

The Mercatus Center at @GeorgeMasonU is the world’s premier university source for market-oriented ideas.

39 968Followers

1 864Following

52 290Posts total

9.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 080this account3 383median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.70%this account10.96%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.44%this account1.40%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 080	3 383	0.32×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.70%	10.96%	0.25×
Engagement rate	0.44%	1.40%	0.31×

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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

4.6K29 Aug

1.2K31 Aug

1.4K1 Sep

999

6232 Sep

2503 Sep

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

0.06%29 Aug

0.86%31 Aug

1.15%1 Sep

0.10%

0.48%2 Sep

0.40%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes45.2%19 in total

Reposts21.4%9 in total

Replies7.1%3 in total

Quotes7.1%3 in total

Bookmarks19.0%8 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

Massachusetts just gave gig workers the right to unionize. Should similar protections extend nationwide? A new Mercatus policy brief by @AldenAbbott1 and Mercatus intern Andrew Liu argues that expanding labor antitrust protections could create legal uncertainty without 250 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 What happens when our labor policies can’t keep up with a workforce that's changing? That's the question labor economist @MissLiyaP tackled in her testimony before the Senate HELP Committee. 🧵 https://t.co/miLScPjnvf 623 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 What can Hayek’s knowledge problem teach us about unconferences? Emergent Ventures grantee Benjamin Yeoh makes the case for participant-led agendas, where useful questions, conversations, and connections can emerge without anyone knowing in advance where they’ll come from. 999 views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 A regulatory system built for slow-moving industries may struggle to govern AI, where major models can change every few months. @tylercowen argues for a middle path: an industry-led nonprofit that sets safety standards and audits major AI companies under government oversight. 1.4K views · 10 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 A resilient free society needs institutions that continually renew its intellectual foundations. On A Resilient Republic, @BenKlutsey and Stephanie Slade (@sladesr) discuss fusionism, why liberty and virtue both matter, and what happens when we stop passing the case for a free 1.2K views · 8 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 UnConferences are under rated. I learn about favour auctions. If in London 14 Sep I’m holding a meetup. https://t.co/MbbCTloLUX 4.6K views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 29 Aug 2026