Michael Sobolik ✓

@michaelsobolik · Washington, DC · joined 08 Aug 2009

sr fellow @HudsonInstitute | “Countering China’s Great Game” @USNIbooks | contributor @thedispatch | editor @ProvMagazine | @chelspat’s hubby

13 597Followers

3 186Following

17 642Posts total

13.6MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views22 174this account3 137median for 10K–100K

Reach, %163.08%this account10.26%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.60%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	22 174	3 137	7.07×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	163.08%	10.26%	15.9×
Engagement rate	0.60%	1.47%	0.41×

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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

10.4K13 May

13.5M1 Sep

35.1K

15.2K

2.6K2 Sep

28.6K

15.8K

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

0.89%13 May

0.20%1 Sep

0.44%

3.45%

0.97%2 Sep

0.25%

0.76%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes85.0%24 000 in total

Reposts10.4%2 934 in total

Replies1.8%513 in total

Quotes2.4%690 in total

Bookmarks0.3%83 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

Wow. TikTok told @ChinaSelect they couldn’t show up for a hearing about national security, because of Meta’s recent settlement about child safety issues. That’s like saying you can’t sweep the floor because it’s raining outside. The two are entirely unrelated. We all know why 15.8K views · 84 likes · 29 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 Scoop in @business- TikTok has dropped out of an upcoming meeting with the House China Committee -- saying it can't join to answer lawmakers' questions on national security because of unrelated child safety litigation, according to Chairman @RepMoolenaar: https://t.co/0K7bcb6Ydp 28.6K views · 38 likes · 22 reposts · 8 replies 02 Sep 2026 Trump should move securing the release of Gulshan Abbas to the top of his list when Xi meets with him in Washington. My latest w/ my @HudsonInstitute colleague @OliviaEnos, in @dcexaminer https://t.co/Ov31XrKgsO 2.6K views · 15 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 …while representing the Chinese Communist Party. 15.2K views · 429 likes · 21 reposts · 74 replies 01 Sep 2026 Doubling down on repping CCP-controlled companies in the middle of the AI race. This should be career-ending. It won’t be, but it should be. https://t.co/tO1cRXOqC7 35.1K views · 120 likes · 22 reposts · 6 replies 01 Sep 2026 “I train like I’ve never won, and I compete like I’ve never lost.” — Eileen Gu 🎙️: On Purpose with Jay Shetty https://t.co/B56fXTmPin 13.5M views · 23.3K likes · 2.8K reposts · 404 replies 01 Sep 2026 Xi Jinping will never let American companies truly succeed in China. It’s a rigged game. Instead of asking Xi for promises with short expiration dates, President Trump should focus his leverage on freeing political prisoners in China. @ABCNewsLive @KyraPhillips @HudsonInstitute 10.4K views · 57 likes · 18 reposts · 15 replies 13 May 2026