Samantha J. Gross

@samanthajgross · Boston, MA · joined 22 Nov 2011

@bostonglobe politics, @miamiherald alumna • Hoosier • @comatbu grad • she/her • tips and chisme: samantha.gross@globe.com 🏳️‍🌈

13 730Followers

3 594Following

47 920Posts total

19.9KViews 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 views2 111this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %15.38%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.40%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 111	2 896	0.73×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	15.38%	9.51%	1.62×
Engagement rate	1.40%	1.56%	0.90×

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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

7.1K2 Sep

7.8K

1.2K

4133 Sep

342

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

1.80%2 Sep

1.62%

1.10%

0.83%

3.15%3 Sep

1.17%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.56%.

What the audience does

Likes81.9%249 in total

Reposts9.9%30 in total

Replies3.0%9 in total

Quotes0.7%2 in total

Bookmarks4.6%14 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

The most enduring impact of Ed Markey’s massive primary win may not be that he was more progressive than his rival. Here’s what the victory says about progressive Democrats’ path forward as they stare down another presidential primary cycle, w/ @sambrodey https://t.co/8axWdHoD0I 342 views · 1 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 📍marked safe from the Massachusetts Bay Tinder Authority https://t.co/o4SlB7ojjm 413 views · 13 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Election Day is forever! Last night’s tight margins meant the race between Rep. Marjorie Decker + Evan MacKay was too close to call last night. So the sign holders backing Decker returned to Porter Sq Wednesday ahead of a likely recount. (Déjà vu, for those who remember 2024) 1.2K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Two hours after polls closed, Ed Markey and his wife, Susan Blumenthal, enter to “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” In his speech, Markey thanks the late political consultant John Walsh for teaching him that “organizing can change the world.” https://t.co/Gkh4GnoPOx 7.8K views · 74 likes · 7 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 “We don’t accept a younger politician with older politics,” she said of Seth Moulton. “Throwing trans kids under the bus … is a dealmaker.” 3K views · 42 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 Before Ed Markey gives his victory speech, transgender activist Tyler Hack takes the stage. They founded a political action committee that works to elect pro-trans candidates to federal office. “Tonight Massachusetts chose the person who stayed. This means something.” https:// 7.1K views · 110 likes · 14 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026