Molly Hensley-Clancy

@mollyhc · Washington, DC · joined 31 May 2011

Investigative reporter covering higher education @ProPublica. Formerly: The Washington Post; BuzzFeed; South Minneapolis. molly.hensley-clancy@propublica.org

30 282Followers

1 710Following

14 154Posts total

193.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views11 134this account949median for 10K–100K

Reach, %36.77%this account3.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.71%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	11 134	949	11.7×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	36.77%	3.23%	11.4×
Engagement rate	0.71%	2.00%	0.36×

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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

93.3K22 Apr

372

516

5.9K13 Aug

76.4K

16.3K20 Aug

1.1K1 Sep

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

0.51%22 Apr

0.00%

0.19%

0.62%13 Aug

0.80%

1.19%20 Aug

0.37%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes60.1%919 in total

Reposts23.5%360 in total

Replies0.7%11 in total

Quotes2.0%30 in total

Bookmarks13.7%210 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

Homeland Security Investigations is opening a child exploitation probe into the coach at the center of our story, who is still working with young volleyball players. https://t.co/TcGl1qCGqN 1.1K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

A Texas volleyball coach was barred by SafeSport in February 2025 over allegations that he had a yearslong sexual relationship with a 16-year-old player in 2022. He's still coaching. And he's been posting the evidence every day on Instagram. https://t.co/SLiL6kby5t 16.3K views · 137 likes · 53 reposts · 1 replies 20 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

I asked the AAU if coaches who had been banned for abusing kids were allowed to coach under their organization. They wouldn't answer. I started digging. I found an organization failing on nearly every level to protect kids from sexual abuse. Thread: https://t.co/ZCbXMjUoWz 76.4K views · 428 likes · 164 reposts · 4 replies 13 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

New investigation: How one of America's largest and most powerful youth sports organizations, the AAU, is failing to protect kids from sexual abuse https://t.co/ZCbXMjUoWz 5.9K views · 22 likes · 12 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@mollyhc There are so many ways to do AI in news the right way, ways that are transparent and add value to both readers and newsrooms. It almost feels like some orgs are going out of their way to make bozo moves. 516 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 22 Apr 2026 · Open on X →

@mollyhc @emmanuelfelton Yoicks. Which podcast was this? 372 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 22 Apr 2026 · Open on X →

The Post was refusing to let us remove our bylines from their falsehood-riddled AI podcast because it was "product," not editorial. It was clear our standards editor had no say over the content, either. 93.3K views · 328 likes · 131 reposts · 5 replies 22 Apr 2026 · Open on X →