Bolts

@boltsmag · joined 21 Jan 2022

We cover the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the local up.

21 371Followers

20Following

14 602Posts total

2KViews on collected posts

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 views359this account1 045median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.68%this account3.41%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.64%this account2.02%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	359	1 045	0.34×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.68%	3.41%	0.49×
Engagement rate	0.64%	2.02%	0.32×

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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

4944 Sep

471

359

357

314

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

1.21%4 Sep

0.64%

0.00%

0.64%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.02%.

What the audience does

Likes41.7%5 in total

Reposts50.0%6 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.

Latest posts

The Trump administration has terminated grants that support local violence intervention programs, which have been associated with reductions of violence in several cities. https://t.co/rHW0NCB5kM 314 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Progressive insurgents who came into office earlier this decade in the Rhode Island legislature are now battling to keep their seat, with a pro-business group looking to oust them. Primaries are next week: https://t.co/bpPTwOLTKL 357 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Before he joined the legislature, a GOP lawmaker in North Dakota helped spearhead a ballot measure that created an ethics commission to investigate corruption. He now opposes a GOP-led effort to make direct democracy harder. https://t.co/pPfByTPWQB 359 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

“You can’t force the Postal Service to do anything,” says an advocate for mail voting. “But you can make voting convenient. Letting people drop ballots off at fire stations, city halls, libraries—that’s the kind of thing states can do.” https://t.co/3gS6eCIBzv 471 views · 1 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Healing Hurt People, a violence intervention program in Portland, works in hospitals to provide services to people affected by gun violence. But its funding is continually in jeopardy. https://t.co/rHW0NCB5kM 494 views · 3 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →