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Peter Sterne

@petersterne · Queens, NY · joined 20 Sep 2010

News & Opinion Editor @CityAndStateNY. Previously @nysfocus @freedomofpress @politico. He/him. Tips & pitches: psterne@cityandstateny.com Signal: petersterne.91

21 945Followers
3 839Following
116 393Posts total
110.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views6 498this account3 644median for 10K–100K
Reach, %29.61%this account11.83%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %1.24%this account1.36%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post6 4983 6441.78×
Reach (views ÷ followers)29.61%11.83%2.50×
Engagement rate1.24%1.36%0.91×

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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

51.3K15 May
29.9K2 Sep
8.9K
4.9K
8.1K
3K3 Sep
4.8K

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

0.11%15 May
5.58%2 Sep
0.17%
1.20%
1.27%
0.37%3 Sep
2.72%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes82.6%1 775 in total
Reposts10.7%231 in total
Replies0.9%20 in total
Quotes0.6%13 in total
Bookmarks5.1%110 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 have no doubt Mamdani would endorse AOC. They're close political allies. But Politico is reading too much into this petition, which (as I wrote at the time) was about whether to endorse AOC for reelection in 2026, not whether to endorse her in 2028. https://t.co/99M38ngWVV 4.8K views · 124 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Absolutely phenomenal cover story. Everyone should read it! 3K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 So the landlords originally filed this case against the rent freeze in Staten Island, but the city successfully argued for it to be moved to Manhattan – and it was assigned to a Manhattan judge who's the former head of the Staten Island GOP. https://t.co/QIqyXVSWAQ 8.1K views · 86 likes · 14 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 https://t.co/SHDaXWzddD 4.9K views · 47 likes · 10 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 The rent freeze set to go into effect on Oct. 1 for nearly 1 million NYC apts remains up in the air - a Manhattan judge will issue a decision in a case challenging it in a few days. In a Weds hearing no one knew what would happen to leases already resigned https://t.co/gQ4bm10LI9 8.9K views · 10 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 Seems like LA is going even further than NYC just did in banning AI in schools. 29.9K views · 1.5K likes · 190 reposts · 7 replies 02 Sep 2026 Want to know what's really happening in NY politics? Subscribe to HEARD AROUND TOWN, the new City & State newsletter I'm editing. For just $17/month, you'll get access to exclusive reporting and analysis, delivered every Tuesday and Friday. Sign up here: https://t.co/T9EBfd8 51.3K views · 37 likes · 7 reposts · 7 replies 15 May 2026

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