Jake Kwon

@therealjakekwon

BBC Seoul Correspondent / jake.kwon@bbc.co.uk / Covering everything from North Korean missiles to latest K-drama trends / 영국 공영방송 BBC 서울 특파원

6 324Followers

3 185Following

2 773Posts total

497.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views3 918this account2 072median for under 10K

Reach, %61.95%this account153.47%median for under 10K

Engagement, %0.77%this account1.63%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 918	2 072	1.89×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	61.95%	153.47%	0.40×
Engagement rate	0.77%	1.63%	0.47×

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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

469K25 Aug

8.4K

3.3K

6.6K

3.9K

3.4K

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

0.77%25 Aug

0.31%

1.36%

1.53%

0.71%

0.82%

0.72%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.63%.

What the audience does

Likes71.4%2 972 in total

Reposts15.7%653 in total

Replies2.6%108 in total

Quotes3.0%123 in total

Bookmarks7.3%304 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

Hi, I’m the BBC’s correspondent in Seoul. Follow for more Korea news, written for you. 3K views · 20 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Which led to Psy, singer of Gangnam Style, singing anti-American song at concerts then later apologising. https://t.co/KmBo4RGhR4 https://t.co/AnyWDc0azi 3.4K views · 26 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

And this: https://t.co/uIRXCUabay 3.9K views · 25 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

If you are wondering why anti-American sentiment in South Korea was in full swing around 2002, this is the reason: https://t.co/OLylcyTaDr https://t.co/qzQ2ek60DD 6.6K views · 90 likes · 5 reposts · 5 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@therealjakekwon He just prefers the north one. https://t.co/tanvh5G0r7 3.3K views · 43 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

https://t.co/de8AVIFjDX 8.4K views · 21 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

"For the first time in over 20 years, a majority of South Koreans have an unfavorable opinion of the U.S." - Pew Research Center https://t.co/e61hD4eEGN 469K views · 2.7K likes · 640 reposts · 97 replies 25 Aug 2026 · Open on X →