Dan Merica

@merica · Washington, D.C. · joined 01 May 2009

Anchor of the Early Brief newsletter at @WashingtonPost. Formerly at @AP, @TheMessenger and @CNN. Email: dan.merica@washpost.com

71 473Followers

3 306Following

39 133Posts total

8.7KViews on collected posts

Posts recentes

Dan Merica@merica1 Sep

@merica Cooper has won six statewide races, not four. AGx4 + Govx2. 34 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Dan Merica@merica19 Aug

A democratic socialist pulled off a stunning upset in Florida’s Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, defeating her better-funded opponent with a strong showing in communities where progressives usually struggle. w/ @ccemorse & @teoarmus: https://t.co/27mMSz5Fs7 1.1K views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Dan Merica@merica13 Aug

Oatmeal strikes back. What Democrats can learn from Tony Evers and his audacious Wisconsin plan: https://t.co/5c3sKYu4fE 1.5K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Dan Merica@merica31 Jul

Trump’s poll numbers just took another turn for the worse  The president of the United States is more unpopular than he has ever been, according to a series of polls of American voters ahead of the 2026 midterms. More here: https://t.co/pkf0s7qetJ 2.3K views · 14 likes · 10 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Dan Merica@merica30 Jul

Sign me up for the Day 2 story on this one. 3.8K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Em comparação com contas do mesmo porte

5 posts dos últimos 90 dias, ao lado da faixa de 10K–100K seguidores. abaixo dos pares tanto em alcance quanto em engajamento.

Mediana de visualizações1 484esta conta924mediana para 10K–100K

Alcance, %2.08%esta conta3.62%mediana para 10K–100K

Engajamento, %0.47%esta conta1.52%mediana para 10K–100K

Métrica	Esta conta	Mediana para 10K–100K	Proporção
Mediana de visualizações por post	1 484	924	1.61×
Alcance (visualizações ÷ seguidores)	2.08%	3.62%	0.57×
Taxa de engajamento	0.47%	1.52%	0.31×

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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

3.8K30 Jul

2.3K31 Jul

1.5K13 Aug

1.1K19 Aug

341 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

0.16%30 Jul

1.21%31 Jul

0.47%13 Aug

0.74%19 Aug

0.00%1 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes60.0%30 in total

Reposts28.0%14 in total

Replies6.0%3 in total

Quotes4.0%2 in total

Bookmarks2.0%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.