Christiaan Triebert ✓

@trbrtc · joined 08 Jun 2009

Visual Investigations at @nytimes. Previously with @Bellingcat, @Airwars. DMs open. Signal: trbrtc.32

119 702Followers

2 277Following

29 623Posts total

337.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views72 190this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %60.31%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.68%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	72 190	21 891	3.30×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	60.31%	6.81%	8.86×
Engagement rate	0.68%	1.14%	0.60×

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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

64.1K27 Aug

87.4K1 Sep

72.2K

12.2K2 Sep

102K

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

1.19%27 Aug

0.30%1 Sep

0.59%

1.62%2 Sep

0.68%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes57.8%1 570 in total

Reposts23.3%632 in total

Replies2.8%76 in total

Quotes2.3%62 in total

Bookmarks13.8%376 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

Using weapon remnants, satellite images, witness accounts, here's our report on the U.S. airstrike on a wedding gathering in Kuhestak, southern Iran, that killed 5 and wounded 67. w/ @malachybrowne @farnazfassihi @ErikaSolomon @johnismay @SanamMahoozi https://t.co/52Sz9Qk3aU 102K views · 406 likes · 243 reposts · 31 replies 02 Sep 2026 Armed gunmen (incl. automatic rifles) attacked a property in Overasselt, Netherlands, yesterday, killing a 51-year-old security guard. Police arrested 34 suspects from multiple countries. Appears linked to a drug conflict over missing cocaine shipment. https://t.co/aUsdEtCkdM htt 12.2K views · 139 likes · 47 reposts · 6 replies 02 Sep 2026 At least 5 killed, 68 wounded in U.S. strikes on Kuhestak (کوهستک), Iran, according to @Iranian_RCS. There was a direct hit on a residential building, geolocated below, where a traditional wedding ceremony was taking place, per a local politician. 72.2K views · 270 likes · 137 reposts · 9 replies 01 Sep 2026 Geolocation of a building in a residential area in Kuhestak, Iran, said to have been struck by the US while it was hosting a wedding. The building is 430 feet from a comms tower, which was also struck. Building: 26.80297, 57.02492 Tower: 26.80231, 57.02377 cc: @GeoConfirmed http 87.4K views · 172 likes · 56 reposts · 13 replies 01 Sep 2026 High-resolution satellite imagery from @vantortech shows the aftermath of the devastating floods along the Nepal-China border. This is the Gyirong Port/Rasuwagadhi border post (location: 28.280, 85.377). https://t.co/mAtedv8DN2 64.1K views · 583 likes · 149 reposts · 17 replies 27 Aug 2026 The bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh came from the approx. position of an Israel military vehicle — most likely fired by a soldier from an elite unit. It was one of 16 bullets fired into the direction of 5 clearly marked journalists. Our investigation: https://t.co/sFL6zl08LK 0 views · 6.4K likes · 3.1K reposts · 219 replies 20 Jun 2022