W.G. Dunlop

@wgdunlop · Washington, DC · joined 08 Oct 2009

Pentagon Correspondent for @AFP. Previously based in Iraq, the UAE and Lebanon and reported around the Middle East; editor in the US | william.dunlop@afp.com

14 178Followers

1 927Following

14 459Posts total

5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

W.G. Dunlop@wgdunlop23 Sep

A Houthi military adviser told @AFP that the group would attack US interests in the Middle East if Washington intervenes in Yemen's conflict in support of Saudi Arabia or tries to unblock Bab al-Mandab. 186 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

W.G. Dunlop@wgdunlop21 Sep

A fishing story with a military twist 🧵 296 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

W.G. Dunlop@wgdunlop18 Sep

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth -- speaking after Donald Trump banned multiple media outlets from the White House -- claims that US media "does fake propaganda better than Iran." 3.7K views · 2 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

W.G. Dunlop@wgdunlop17 Sep

The United States has approved a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 stealth warplanes to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said Thursday, announcing the kingdom's latest major US arms purchase since the start of the Iran war 330 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

W.G. Dunlop@wgdunlop11 Sep

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have seized control of the country's entire Red Sea coast, a military official from the internationally recognized government told AFP on Friday, consolidating the group's control over the vital waterway. 441 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views330this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.33%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.45%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	330	924	0.36×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.33%	3.62%	0.64×
Engagement rate	0.45%	1.52%	0.30×

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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

44111 Sep

33017 Sep

3.7K18 Sep

29621 Sep

18623 Sep

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

0.45%11 Sep

0.00%17 Sep

0.13%18 Sep

1.01%21 Sep

0.54%23 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes50.0%6 in total

Reposts25.0%3 in total

Replies8.3%1 in total

Quotes8.3%1 in total

Bookmarks8.3%1 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.