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Followers
39K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$219 – $355 / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 29latest
30
Avg engagement / post
12–36
Typical post (engagement)
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
65/100
Consistent reach
Jul 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 12 and 36 likes + reposts (median 27) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: BREAKING: Mayor Katie Wilson announced Police Chief Shon Barnes' · 87 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
59.1 / week
A very active account — posts many times a day.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
93×
Follows 418 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Nearly everything comes down to land use policies ultimately.
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Treating private contracts and personal freedom of expression as the same as a voluntary privilege from legislative fiat is fascinating.
NEW STORY// Wilson Ousts Police Chief Amid Criticisms of Missteps, Frequent Absences
By Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org
NEW STORY// Impending Metro Service Changes See Last-Minute Pushback in Lake Forest Park
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
The topic really has two strong factions…
NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Join the Children’s Political Table in Voting to Empower Kids
By Ayan Mohamed, Eric Holzapfel, Ryan Disch-Guzman via @theurbanist.org
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NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Hannah Sabio-Howell is the Leader LD43 Needs
By Shaun Scott, Alexis Mercedes Rinck via @theurbanist.org
“A failed amendment from Rob Saka would have gutted the proposal, giving the hearing examiner a new 90-day deadline to deal with appeals like this one rather than the current 120-day deadline, with the option for an extension of that deadl…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@theurbanist.org
The handle is the domain theurbanist.org. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real theurbanist.org account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Jul 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 30 views per post.
📤Posts about 59.1× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
📍Based in United States.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated81/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% 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.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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Advocacy journalism for better cities.👩🦽👨🦯🚶🚴♀️ 🚎 ⛴️ 🚊 🚆 🏙️
Based in the Seattle metro area.
Read our coverage on theurbanist.org. 📰
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