New York Times Opinion ✓

@nytopinion · NYC, London, Seoul · joined 10 Oct 2008

We amplify voices on the issues that matter to you. | Tell us what you think: letters@nytimes.com

753 324Followers

1 197Following

248 457Posts total

259.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views7 649this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.02%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.54%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	7 649	21 891	0.35×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.02%	6.81%	0.15×
Engagement rate	0.54%	1.14%	0.47×

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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

218.6K27 Jan

7.8K26 Aug

7.1K27 Aug

18.7K28 Aug

7.5K1 Sep

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

0.24%27 Jan

0.50%26 Aug

0.25%27 Aug

1.20%28 Aug

0.57%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes36.5%345 in total

Reposts26.3%249 in total

Replies25.9%245 in total

Quotes1.3%12 in total

Bookmarks10.0%95 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

“We have arrived in a new age of disorder,” Margaret MacMillan writes. “We must prepare ourselves, which begins with being honest about the seriousness of the moment we’re in, and accepting that our fragile system is faltering.” https://t.co/M8yO6FIJf4 7.5K views · 24 likes · 10 reposts · 8 replies 01 Sep 2026 In the 18th century the East India Company was the most powerful and dangerous corporation the world had ever seen — that is, until the A.I. giants turned up, William Dalrymple writes. https://t.co/WtYVbPLjjp 18.7K views · 154 likes · 62 reposts · 4 replies 28 Aug 2026 Dolly Parton “didn’t see herself as a saint,” our columnist, Tressie McMillan Cottom, writes. “She identified as something we needed even more: a writer.” https://t.co/e5HTqdvIr2 7.1K views · 10 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies 27 Aug 2026 Dolly Parton “used humor and charm to control every interview,” writes Jad Abumrad, creator of the podcast “Dolly Parton’s America.” “She was always two steps ahead of you. She never allowed herself to be a part of a story of which she was not the author.” https://t.co/XJ2LPpcGIw 7.8K views · 31 likes · 8 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 New York Times Opinion amplifies voices on the issues that matter to you. Follow us on Bluesky for our latest. Read. Listen. Watch. ⬇️ https://t.co/elvnL198zL 218.6K views · 126 likes · 165 reposts · 230 replies 27 Jan 2025