@jakesheridan_Jake Sheridan

Chicago Tribune City Hall reporter. Follow for Chicago news — here to answer your questions! My full articles at link below & more on chicagotribune.com.

card updated Oct 22, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 111 · 2,800,000 likes total

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Engagement23.46%above average

Account summary

@jakesheridan_ has 25,600 followers and 147 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 659,768 views and 147,471 likes. Engagement to views is 23.46%, which is above average for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−16.62 pp). Posts roughly 0.3 times a week. An average clip reaches 2577% of the follower count.

Followers

25.6K

+100 in period

Engagement

23.46%

−16.62 pp newer half

Average views

659.8K

median 6.9K

Likes per clip

147.5K

1.2K comments avg

Shares / saves

6.1K / 7.6K

1.14% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.3 / wk

reach 2577% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

Take two? Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a corporate head tax Wednesda — @jakesheridan_

2271:29Take two? Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a corporate head tax Wednesday — reviving the idea after aldermen rejected it l12100

Who is actually running for Chicago mayor? It’s time to figure out — c — @jakesheridan_

22.2K1:39Who is actually running for Chicago mayor? It’s time to figure out — candidates began filing petitions Monday in what’s 1.2K221652

I followed Chicago mayor candidates around at the Bud Billiken parade — @jakesheridan_

1.4K1:31I followed Chicago mayor candidates around at the Bud Billiken parade — here’s what I saw!! #chicago #news #mayor 124636

Fourth time’s the charm? Willie Wilson launched a campaign for Chicago — @jakesheridan_

5K1:38Fourth time’s the charm? Willie Wilson launched a campaign for Chicago mayor this week on the West Side. The business o351592127

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Tuesday directing city — @jakesheridan_

2.4K1:26Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Tuesday directing city departments to intensify scrutiny of new data cen316331726

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson argued safety “is not policing alone” as — @jakesheridan_

2.6K0:49Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson argued safety “is not policing alone” as he was asked about CPD Superintendent Larry Snell843246

As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson led the raising of a Juneteenth flag — @jakesheridan_

2.7K0:21As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson led the raising of a Juneteenth flag in Daley Plaza, he told the crowd that the struggl2283913

There was an explosion outside the home of Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez thi — @jakesheridan_

10.5K1:09There was an explosion outside the home of Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez this weekend, a Chicago City Council member and outsp1.9K29147177

A petition to rename Trump Tower’s street “Barack Hussein Obama Avenue — @jakesheridan_

6.9K1:09A petition to rename Trump Tower’s street “Barack Hussein Obama Avenue” has 20,000 signatures — should Chicago do it? Th49831018

Hundreds of Chicago cyclists gathered Monday to honor Riley O’Neil, a — @jakesheridan_

51K1:31Hundreds of Chicago cyclists gathered Monday to honor Riley O’Neil, a CDOT planner and project manager who was hit and k1.8K263163

Chicago Tribune photographers took these two photos in Little Village — @jakesheridan_

27K1:36Chicago Tribune photographers took these two photos in Little Village Saturday — Brian Cassella and Armando Sanchez. The4.6K4489395

ICE / Border Patrol arrested several people in Chicago’s Wicker Park n — @jakesheridan_

45K1:10ICE / Border Patrol arrested several people in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood Friday. I interviewed Ald. Daniel La S6K110259319

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson shot back at a reporter who used the ter — @jakesheridan_

8.4M0:24Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson shot back at a reporter who used the term “illegal aliens” in a question Friday, calling t1.9M15.7K78.2K97.1K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 23.7% ER

Oct 24Jun 16Oct 21

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Oct 21, 2026	227	12	1	0	0	5.73%
Oct 21, 2026	22,200	1,239	22	16	52	5.75%
Aug 17, 2026	1,422	124	6	3	6	9.35%
Aug 15, 2026	5,021	351	59	21	27	8.58%
Aug 11, 2026	2,439	316	33	17	26	15.01%
Jul 2, 2026	2,601	84	32	4	6	4.61%
Jun 16, 2026	2,653	228	3	9	13	9.05%
Jun 15, 2026	10,500	1,874	29	147	177	19.52%
Jun 11, 2026	6,916	498	3	10	18	7.39%
Jun 10, 2026	51,000	1,824	26	31	63	3.69%
Nov 10, 2025	27,000	4,580	44	89	395	17.46%
Oct 25, 2025	45,000	5,997	110	259	319	14.15%
Oct 24, 2025	8,400,000	1,900,000	15,700	78,200	97,101	23.74%