Natalie Fertig ✓

@natsfert · Washington, DC · joined 29 Mar 2009

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32 035Followers

7 456Following

61 654Posts total

131.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views3 085this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %9.63%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.38%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 085	2 751	1.12×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	9.63%	9.00%	1.07×
Engagement rate	0.38%	1.65%	0.23×

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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

110.5K26 May

3.8K2 Sep

3.4K

7.5K

1.6K

3.1K

7073 Sep

487

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.56%26 May

0.16%2 Sep

0.17%

1.42%

0.38%

1.07%

1.41%3 Sep

0.21%

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

What the audience does

Likes83.5%694 in total

Reposts5.1%42 in total

Replies5.1%42 in total

Quotes1.2%10 in total

Bookmarks5.2%43 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

I’m not actually sure that being unable to effectively legislate would go over well in the district. 487 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Thanks for the heads up, Substack https://t.co/swdRLNZBUv 707 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 mgp couldn’t ask for better reelection fodder than jeffries stripping her of her committee assignments lol 3.1K views · 29 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 I can think of a dozen shots of Obama from this angle back in the day 1.6K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 everyone calling this “the ossoff shot” when it is the most straight forward low-angle podium shot imaginable 7.5K views · 94 likes · 4 reposts · 7 replies 02 Sep 2026 Genuinely didn’t realize I did this until @samjsutton a few years back asked if I grew up Republican. I was like “omg how did you know??” …it’s because I often, purely out of habit, leave off the “ic” It is indeed DemocratIC leadership and I didn’t realize I used the wrong 3.4K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 @natsfert @RepGolden @natsfert it's "Democratic" leadership, not "Democrat" leadership. No need to parrot incorrect GOP phrasing! 3.8K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 👋 Personal news: I was one of the people to take the POLITICO buyout — my last day was Friday. It’s bittersweet to end my seven years here this way, but I’m grateful for all the great stories I got to report, the impact my work had and the great reporters and editors I got to 110.5K views · 547 likes · 37 reposts · 29 replies 26 May 2026