Jennifer Pahlka

@pahlkadot · Alexandria, VA · joined 16 Dec 2006

Chair of the Recoding America Fund, Advisor to Niskanen Center, Abundance Network, JHU SGP Past: Code for America, USDS, Defense Innovation Board, USDR

37 063Followers

3 289Following

17 734Posts total

239.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views3 273this account3 598median for 10K–100K

Reach, %8.83%this account11.59%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.77%this account1.38%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 273	3 598	0.91×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.83%	11.59%	0.76×
Engagement rate	0.77%	1.38%	0.55×

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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

198.5K7 Jun

1.8K7 Aug

8.3K19 Aug

3.3K

2.6K20 Aug

25.5K26 Aug

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.30%7 Jun

1.39%7 Aug

0.14%19 Aug

0.58%

1.20%20 Aug

0.77%26 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.38%.

What the audience does

Likes68.0%683 in total

Reposts9.8%98 in total

Replies4.7%47 in total

Quotes5.2%52 in total

Bookmarks12.4%124 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

OMG if this robot says load-bearing one more time i swear I am going to strangle it 25.5K views · 171 likes · 3 reposts · 15 replies 26 Aug 2026 What happens when the Speaker of the California Assembly tries to get his chamber to focus on outcomes instead of just bills? And what happens when one legislator tries to make community solar happen? Link below. https://t.co/bhKmmJS3Sq 2.6K views · 22 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies 20 Aug 2026 My paper with @ad_greenway for @foreignaffairs is up. We need to rediscover the art of starting new institutions when the ones we need to work for us can't be reformed. 3.3K views · 12 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies 19 Aug 2026 @RushDoshi @markhleonard @KoriSchake @MikeFroman @jessicacweiss .@pahlkadot and Andrew Greenway argue that if democracies want to restore public trust and rebuild state capacity, they must “get comfortable with creating new institutions.” https://t.co/sl0eSnHOaq 8.3K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 19 Aug 2026 .@HorizonIPS is a fantastic program and I was delighted to do an interview with @r_zwetsloot, where we talked about Government for the AI era and and building faster, smarter institutions Link below https://t.co/UXRCvETuyw 1.8K views · 19 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 07 Aug 2026 “My pitch for this episode is simple: Jennifer Pahlka has written one of the best policy books I have ever read.” - Ezra Klein https://t.co/ovq93yHgJQ 198.5K views · 453 likes · 80 reposts · 25 replies 07 Jun 2023