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Followers
43.6K
Account age
2 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$244 – $397 / sponsored post
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 25latest
27
Avg engagement / post
9–34
Typical post (engagement)
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
60/100
Consistent reach
Oct 2024
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 9 and 34 likes + reposts (median 18) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Photographer Nancy Shia has documented the movements, politician · 73 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
18.2 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
43.6K×
Follows 1 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Capturing tenant organizing, statehood activism, and rapid gentrification taught D.C. photographer Nancy Shia that change comes for those who keep fighting.
See more of her photos here: www.51st.news/nancy-shia-photography-dc-protest-stat…
NEW: Looking to lend a hand?
Each week, we round up ways to get involved around D.C.
Here's this week's list:
One of our main goals at The 51st is to make D.C. an easier place to live.
One way to do that is by explaining stuff that is otherwise confusing, mystifying, or intentionally opaque!
What do you want to know more about? What can we help…
At just 16 years old, Robert Barton made a drastic decision that derailed his life.
But a D.C. law that allowed Barton to redefine himself.
It's now under threat by federal elected officials, he writes in an opinion piece:
Are you a D.C. native? Want to test your hometown knowledge in front of a live audience?
We're looking for contestants for "Ask A D.C. Native, Live!" — our trivia game show presented in partnership with Black.Native.Creative.
More info +…
After nearly a year of conversations, community events, and listening sessions, The 51st's Ward 7 Information Ecosystem Assessment is finally here.
Curious what that actually means? Want to hear what we learned from 300+ Ward 7 residents?…
MedStar Washington Hospital Center delivers more babies in D.C. than any other.
They’re cutting over a third of their postpartum beds, @samdelgado.bsky.social reports.
What this could mean, especially for high-risk patients:
Nearly everyone in D.C. has a harrowing rat story — and for an upcoming story, we want to hear yours. Don't spare us the details!
Need more characters? Tell us here: 51st.news/ratstories
Being a transplant to D.C. comes with tells you may not even realize, Malachi Byrd writes for our Ask a D.C. Native column.
Here's what he notices:
Know about a cool event happening in (or around) the city soon? Let us know via the form below.
We publish two roundups each week — one featuring fun weekend events, and the other sharing opportunities to get more civically engaged. Submi…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@51st.news
The handle is the domain 51st.news. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real 51st.news account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Oct 2024
Joined after Bluesky opened to the public — a settled account with a real history.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2024 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 27 views per post.
📤Posts about 18.2× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated76/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
💚 Brand affinity
EstimatedBrands The 51st's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.
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