Patrick Chovanec

@prchovanec · New York, NY · joined 11 Aug 2009

Private sector economic advisor. Author of the newly released book “Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly”. https://t.co/vhcQrJq9n3. #avgeek

75 915Followers

2 909Following

316 878Posts total

185KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec18 Aug

The inability to DM non-followers on X unless you subscribe has been a pain in the ass. Nonetheless, I refuse to subscribe. 2.6K views · 47 likes · 2 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec17 Aug

Made ever funnier by the fact that Oman was the USS Abraham Lincoln's last resupply port call. We don't know WTF we're doing right now, that much is clear. 168.4K views · 4.9K likes · 655 reposts · 26 replies Open on X →

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec9 Jul

I found a fortune cookie for @MarshaBlackburn. https://t.co/7eFCdnRjMd

2.4K views · 37 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec18 Jun

I feel like I should periodically reappear on this site just to say one thing: "I told you so." 6.6K views · 149 likes · 12 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec16 May

We don't need Chinese propaganda, we've got a President who just regurgitates whatever Xi tells him. 5.1K views · 45 likes · 10 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views2 585this account989median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.41%this account3.87%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.17%this account1.53%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 585	989	2.61×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.41%	3.87%	0.88×
Engagement rate	2.17%	1.53%	1.41×

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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

5.1K16 May

6.6K18 Jun

2.4K9 Jul

168.4K17 Aug

2.6K18 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

1.16%16 May

2.71%18 Jun

1.70%9 Jul

3.29%17 Aug

2.17%18 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.53%.

What the audience does

Likes85.3%5 142 in total

Reposts11.3%681 in total

Replies0.9%55 in total

Quotes0.1%4 in total

Bookmarks2.5%149 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.