The Harvard Crimson ✓

@thecrimson · Cambridge, MA · joined 07 Oct 2008

The nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper.

73 061Followers

426Following

36 701Posts total

31.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views2 314this account3 644median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.17%this account11.83%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.40%this account1.36%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 314	3 644	0.64×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.17%	11.83%	0.27×
Engagement rate	0.40%	1.36%	0.29×

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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

15.3K18 Jan

2K2 Sep

1.7K

2.6K

9.8K

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

0.35%18 Jan

0.10%2 Sep

0.12%

1.32%

0.68%

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

What the audience does

Likes51.9%107 in total

Reposts14.6%30 in total

Replies7.8%16 in total

Quotes3.4%7 in total

Bookmarks22.3%46 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

Harvard College Dean David Deming told members of the Class of 2030 that they were entering a “third era” of higher education — arguing AI would fundamentally change universities' roles in society. @SebastianC4784 and Summer E. Rose report. https://t.co/6blUtXWBtu 9.8K views · 49 likes · 13 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 Harvard College will supply phone pouches to encourage undergraduate students to participate in technology-free socialization, College Dean David Deming told incoming freshmen Tuesday afternoon. @SebastianC4784 and Summer E. Rose report. https://t.co/x7nkfh9srP 2.6K views · 29 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 NEW: Incumbent state Rep. Marjorie Decker held on to her seat in the primary to represent much of Cambridge in the State House, fending off a fierce challenge from progressive labor leader Evan MacKay. @ShawnBoehmer and Claire A. Michal report. https://t.co/326WgIgzut 1.7K views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Incumbent state Representative Marjorie Decker held a 505-vote lead over progressive labor organizer Evan MacKay as of 2:15 a.m., according to an unofficial vote count from the Election Commission. @ShawnBoehmer and Claire A. Michal report. https://t.co/87e0yyrBgx 2K views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 What’s happening at Harvard — first. The Crimson in your inbox, every morning. Subscribe: https://t.co/LQXX6koH0j https://t.co/S30XA9J9n1 15.3K views · 28 likes · 11 reposts · 14 replies 18 Jan 2026