Thorsten Benner

@thorstenbenner · Berlin · joined 22 Nov 2010

Co-Founder & Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin.

41 280Followers

2 873Following

29 452Posts total

37.8KViews 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 views4 303this account1 637median for 10K–100K

Reach, %10.42%this account5.01%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.45%this account1.81%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 303	1 637	2.63×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.42%	5.01%	2.08×
Engagement rate	0.45%	1.81%	0.25×

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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

12.2K24 Aug

5.2K29 Aug

3.4K30 Aug

1.1K3 Sep

13.5K

2.3K4 Sep

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

0.30%24 Aug

0.35%29 Aug

0.53%30 Aug

0.37%3 Sep

0.61%

0.69%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.81%.

What the audience does

Likes57.8%115 in total

Reposts17.6%35 in total

Replies8.0%16 in total

Quotes4.5%9 in total

Bookmarks12.1%24 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

European cheerleaders of the Graham Memorial Russia Tariff Bill should read this very carefully. 2.3K views · 13 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 I respectfully disagree on the "sufficient safeguards and flexibility" point and urge opposition to the Lindsey Graham Russia Tariff Bill. 1) Trump has imposed sanctions on effectively two Russian entities in 18 months (plus a few dozen subsidiaries) over the Ukraine war, 13.5K views · 54 likes · 21 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 🇨🇦, 🇨🇳, 🇧🇷 & IRGC all show it's possible to stand up against US president if you are willing to bear costs & use your leverage. Given EU's lack of unity, vulnerability to Kremlin aggression & dependence on US, EU has not done same. My take for @Carnegie_Europe @Ry 1.1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 "The fact that you don't see we use it doesn't mean we don't". 🇩🇪government & media would do well to learn from the UK response to Skripal where part of reaction (e.g. joint expulsion of 🇷🇺operatives) was very public but number of counter-measures to deter happened covertly 3.4K views · 11 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 30 Aug 2026 Bin beim Stück von @schullerkonrad über zwei Dinge gestolpert. Erstens: Behauptung, @OlafScholz habe 🇺🇦-Täterschaftsermittlungen in sein Konzept gepaßt, auf "minimale Hilfe" zu beschränken. Wirklich? https://t.co/pg3jz7gOwN 5.2K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 7 replies 29 Aug 2026 Germany's Brandmauer has failed and enabled the AfD to become more stronger and radical. It is time for a fundamental re-think. My piece for @ForeignPolicy https://t.co/WLfcfeWutg 12.2K views · 25 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies 24 Aug 2026