Architect of the Capitol (AOC)

@uscapitol · Washington, D.C. · joined 21 Nov 2008

Serve | Preserve | Inspire — Stewards of the iconic buildings and grounds of #USCapitol Hill. More AOC: 🙂 @aochiring, 🪴 @usbotanicgarden, 🎟 @visitthecapitol

161 504Followers

101Following

5 439Posts total

38.1KViews on collected posts

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol11 Sep

25 years later. We remember. 🇺🇸 Smoke from the Pentagon. U.S. Capitol evacuated; spared when Flight 93 overcame hijackers, crashing in Pennsylvania. Names of the passengers and crew are displayed on a plaque near the Rotunda. A commemorative oak is planted on the Grounds. https:

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol24 Aug

A design for the Car of History sculpture first appears in this August 1815 drawing by architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The drawing shows his proposal for rebuilding the former Hall of the House of Reps, which was destroyed when British troops burned the Capitol #OTD 1814. 🔥 ht

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol14 Aug

Selected 🎄 species & height just announced!📣: https://t.co/LWw4n4W3iu Chosen from a different national forest each year, the 2026 tree will hail from Idaho's National Forests, named for the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) people & their term Koos-Koos-Kai-Kai, which means "clear water." ht

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol12 Aug

These pollutant tolerant London plane trees are great for our urban environment! Used on the west grounds in double rows by Frederick Law Olmsted to guide your eye to the Capitol Dome. 😍 https://t.co/ptEsnwoZJS

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol15 Jul

It's time to select the 2026 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree. See you soon, Idaho! 🌲🛶🪻 #ChristmasInJuly https://t.co/X8LHWtCt4u

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol1 Jun

Take a deeper look at the four large history paintings by John Trumbull in the #USCapitol Rotunda, which depict pivotal moments before, during and after the Revolutionary War. 🎬 Watch the full video: https://t.co/DvqjHMetla #America250 https://t.co/LTIxNPQTNE

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol30 Aug 2023

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol28 Aug 2023

@uscapitol https://t.co/XOiLsewTbR

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol24 Aug 2023

Follow the path the British took #OTD 1814 to burn the #USCapitol, learn more about damage done to this historic building, and discover how the 2nd Architect of the Capitol helped prevent total destruction. https://t.co/GqsBjzm1Oo

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Architect of the Capitol (AOC)@uscapitol24 Aug 2023

During the War of 1812, #OTD in 1814, British forces burned many public buildings in #WashingtonDC, including the Capitol & White House. Seeing the burning as a national insult, Americans rallied around their capital, taking pride in it like never before. https://t.co/NZ28pHGSkP

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Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views2 562this account4 472median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.59%this account1.69%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.53%this account1.30%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	2 562	4 472	0.57×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.59%	1.69%	0.94×
Engagement rate	0.53%	1.30%	0.41×

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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

13.9K24 Aug

928 Aug

1630 Aug

4.7K1 Jun

3.3K15 Jul

2.6K12 Aug

2.1K14 Aug

1.8K24 Aug

3.7K11 Sep

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.88%24 Aug

0.40%

11.11%28 Aug

12.50%30 Aug

1.16%1 Jun

0.37%15 Jul

0.62%12 Aug

0.53%14 Aug

0.38%24 Aug

3.20%11 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.30%.

What the audience does

Likes78.4%304 in total

Reposts14.4%56 in total

Replies2.1%8 in total

Bookmarks5.2%20 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.