Michael Tomasky

@mtomasky · Washington DC · joined 21 Mar 2010

Editor, The New Republic (https://t.co/p5uYcEn10x), Democracy journal (https://t.co/ebHnxGYn0G).

29 115Followers

1 321Following

16 417Posts total

4.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views1 029this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.53%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.24%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 029	2 751	0.37×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.53%	9.00%	0.39×
Engagement rate	1.24%	1.65%	0.75×

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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

1.1K27 Jul

1K28 Jul

90231 Jul

72410 Aug

1K11 Aug

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

1.61%27 Jul

1.07%28 Jul

0.89%31 Jul

1.24%10 Aug

2.04%11 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes57.1%40 in total

Reposts20.0%14 in total

Replies12.9%9 in total

Quotes5.7%4 in total

Bookmarks4.3%3 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

If the form of capitalism that we have now in this country continues unchecked and unchanged, socialism’s popularity will rise and rise. https://t.co/jomxiWHLgJ 1K views · 13 likes · 5 reposts · 3 replies 11 Aug 2026 These fraud-idiot free marketeers who bomb us with their propaganda and sing the praises of Adam Smith ought to take 10 minutes to go read about what an inveterate foe of monopoly Smith was. https://t.co/En6SN49C72 724 views · 5 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 10 Aug 2026 The Todd Blanche nomination mess in the Senate is truly one of those pass-the-popcorn moments for Democrats and liberals. But this fracas is more than mere entertainment. https://t.co/Tni78mU0k8 902 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 31 Jul 2026 The party is on the cusp of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Seems to me that’s when a party needs to act. I know—we’re talking about the Democrats. Sigh. https://t.co/H0RytLhXHt 1K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 28 Jul 2026 The Democratic Party is broke. Not just broke. In debt. To the tune of $2 million. The Republican National Committee, by contrast, has $128.5 million cash on hand. https://t.co/1PoM0WgbjH 1.1K views · 10 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 27 Jul 2026