Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓

@ruthbenghiat · USA · joined 03 Dec 2012

Authoritarians, propaganda, democracy, coups/Historian/Consultant 🎥/Book: Strongmen, a NYT bestseller/ @caaspeakers /Substack on democracy threats ⬇️

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat6 Sep

For all thise who thought it was exaggerated to say that Trump is in office to solve Putin's problems. Ask why they are going so public right now with their submission to Putin. What are the Russian problems to be solved, what are the Trump & Kushner problems that could be 47K views · 2.1K likes · 976 reposts · 82 replies Open on X →

Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat6 Sep

It reflects the soul of the WH occupant. Time to drain the swamp, starting with the midterms! 15.4K views · 640 likes · 128 reposts · 30 replies Open on X →

Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat6 Sep

Get talking points from ally/patron first, then head to enemy. Leave Kremlin in Russian vehicles normally reserved for Russian leaders to drive home optics of puppets and masters. They are representing Putin in Kyiv as well as Putin's asset in Washington. 58.5K views · 1.2K likes · 507 reposts · 24 replies Open on X →

Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat6 Sep

After their friendly meeting with Putin at the Kremlin yesterday, Witkoff and Kushner finally arrive in Kyiv for their first visit to Ukraine, following multiple visits to Russia over the past two years. “We have been waiting for Steve and Jared for a long time,” Zelensky told h

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat6 Sep

Holy smokes is that bad. 168K views · 3.3K likes · 672 reposts · 203 replies Open on X →

Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat5 Sep

If anyone wondered why of all the cronies and associates Trump picked Witkoff to represent his "foreign policy" aims, here is your answer. The US policy guideline is to do whatever helps Putin and Witkoff is on board with that. 49.9K views · 1.6K likes · 695 reposts · 50 replies Open on X →

Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat5 Sep

🤔Yikes— Trump’s guy Witkoff (+ Kushner) bending the knee in Russia: “President Putin, thank you so much for having us… We were sitting outside talking about when we retire how we’ll have all these incredible memories, and yours will be right at the top.” https://t.co/9es3aXjOgG

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat22 Mar 2025

@ruthbenghiat @WIRED You’re amazing Ruth, thank you for everything you do 630 views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat22 Mar 2025

@ruthbenghiat @WIRED Twitter has this post throttled hard. Anyone reading should watch this if they aren’t afraid of looking reality in the face. 1K views · 23 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat21 Mar 2025

@ruthbenghiat @WIRED This was really good to watch. I hope that it does some numbers for @wired and they consider doing a series that illustrates the peril that American democracy is in at the moment. 870 views · 15 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Ruth Ben-Ghiat ✓@ruthbenghiat21 Mar 2025

My @WIRED Tech Support video on dictators: https://t.co/FSwULURR2u 337.4K views · 957 likes · 480 reposts · 246 replies Open on X →

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Visualizaciones medianas58 491esta cuenta4 817mediana de 100K–1M

Alcance, %24.73%esta cuenta1.79%mediana de 100K–1M

Interacción, %2.99%esta cuenta1.32%mediana de 100K–1M

Métrica	Esta cuenta	Mediana de 100K–1M	Proporción
Visualizaciones medianas por publicación	58 491	4 817	12.1×
Alcance (visualizaciones ÷ seguidores)	24.73%	1.79%	13.8×
Tasa de interacción	2.99%	1.32%	2.26×

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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

337.4K21 Mar

870

1K22 Mar

630

178.3K5 Sep

49.9K

168K6 Sep

148.4K

58.5K

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47K

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.51%21 Mar

2.18%

2.78%22 Mar

2.06%

1.90%5 Sep

4.84%

2.54%6 Sep

0.49%

2.99%

5.19%

6.86%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.32%.

What the audience does

Likes67.2%12 649 in total

Reposts23.0%4 329 in total

Replies5.8%1 084 in total

Quotes1.5%287 in total

Bookmarks2.5%477 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.

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