Sam Brodey

@sambrodey · Washington, DC · joined 26 Feb 2012

National political reporter @bostonglobe. Contributor @The_Almanac. Lapsed Californian. Fan of the 2025 and 2024 World Series Champion LA Dodgers.

16 538Followers

3 063Following

11 610Posts total

209.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views10 853this account2 896median for 10K–100K

Reach, %65.62%this account9.51%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.69%this account1.56%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	10 853	2 896	3.75×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	65.62%	9.51%	6.90×
Engagement rate	0.69%	1.56%	0.44×

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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

161.3K30 Aug

14.2K2 Sep

4.9K

19.6K

7.5K

1.7K

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

0.69%30 Aug

2.00%2 Sep

0.32%

0.69%

0.62%

2.41%

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

What the audience does

Likes87.1%1 456 in total

Reposts6.2%104 in total

Replies2.2%36 in total

Quotes2.0%34 in total

Bookmarks2.5%42 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

In Massachusetts tonight, not one Democratic incumbent federal lawmaker lost, and the Dem who won an open-seat House primary ran heavily on his ties to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 1.7K views · 31 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 Emerson's final poll may end up being spot on with the final result tonight Moulton dismissed polls like this & argued polling was way off this cycle, but MA never had the outside spending/endorsement moves that led to big late shifts in MI, WI, etc. 7.5K views · 37 likes · 5 reposts · 4 replies 02 Sep 2026 Talking to MA voters, we found plenty of signs of how the race scrambled "generational change" But I was struck by how many disliked Moulton seizing on Markey's muddled AI debate answer for attacks: “I don’t know either what [AI] I use,” one senior said. “And I’m not stupid.” 19.6K views · 119 likes · 9 reposts · 4 replies 02 Sep 2026 Just now: Seth Moulton tells supporters he called Sen. Markey to congratulate him “We entered this race as the underdog… I could not be prouder of the fight we put up” “I will never stop pushing the Democratic Party and our country to look toward the future” https://t.co/rBVEH 4.9K views · 13 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Moulton supporters are still mingling and chatting in Dorchester as returns come in after race is called for Markey. Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck Babe” is playing on the speakers for the second time since I got here. https://t.co/vrnevvzG3m 14.2K views · 248 likes · 23 reposts · 5 replies 02 Sep 2026 New - Senate poll - Massachusetts 🔵 Markey 65% 🔵 Moulton 35% Emerson #A - LV - 8/29 https://t.co/CZqG12eXWy 161.3K views · 1K likes · 55 reposts · 22 replies 30 Aug 2026