Alex & Books 📚 ✓

@AlexAndBooks_ · 👉 · joined 10 Mar 2017

📖 Helping people find amazing books & develop a reading habit. 📧 Get my list of 100 life-changing books (link in bio).

362 416Followers

511Following

31 283Posts total

123.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

27 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views1 039this account7 037median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.29%this account2.88%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.05%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	1 039	7 037	0.15×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.29%	2.88%	0.10×
Engagement rate	1.05%	1.40%	0.75×

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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

4178 Aug

34.4K13 Aug

1.9K

1.3K

827

770

717

681

1.7K

1.6K

359

12.1K14 Aug

16.4K15 Aug

12K30 Aug

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.96%8 Aug

1.39%13 Aug

1.05%

0.76%

1.21%

0.78%

0.98%

1.32%

1.19%

0.18%

1.11%

0.69%14 Aug

1.36%15 Aug

0.49%30 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes58.0%1 058 in total

Reposts6.3%114 in total

Replies4.7%86 in total

Quotes0.7%13 in total

Bookmarks30.3%552 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

Happiness shortcut that works every time: Grab a book and head to the beach. https://t.co/k5QD0bHzr8 12K views · 45 likes · 1 reposts · 12 replies 30 Aug 2026 A 400-page book is not long. A boring 400-page book is long. 16.4K views · 184 likes · 19 reposts · 18 replies 15 Aug 2026 Life/Work Update: -Initial manuscript submitted to my publisher -Editing an author's book that will likely be a bestseller -Met several of my author heroes this month -Updating the UI and UX of my website -Going on vacation to Poland and Italy Onward and upward. https://t.co/W 12.1K views · 70 likes · 1 reposts · 12 replies 14 Aug 2026 @AlexAndBooks_ Fascinating. Just ordered a copy. 359 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 PS: Want more book summaries? Join my free newsletter and you'll get a new book summary every week (50,000+ readers have already signed up): https://t.co/Uix8NwhAQH 1.6K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 13 Aug 2026 7) Without books, without literacy, the good society vanishes and barbarism triumphs. https://t.co/XWFl2mDR9S 1.7K views · 14 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 13 Aug 2026 6) When multitasking, you enter an addiction loop for the brain's novelty centers. https://t.co/6gwL2SkJeN 681 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 5) The average sentence length in bestselling novels is less than half that of 20th-century novels. https://t.co/rjZEzvhE1B 717 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 4) People check their phones 150-190 times a day. https://t.co/wIp7X9qEKK 770 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 3) Reading is an unnatural cultural invention that has been around for just 6,000 years. https://t.co/usa3tSYnjz 827 views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 2) The act of learning to read added an entirely new circuit to our brain's repertoire. https://t.co/vAqP4pW8Ed 1.3K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 1) A simple but surprising fact: human beings were never born to read. https://t.co/GnV3gkvFdU 1.9K views · 17 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2026 Has technology changed our brains? Yes, and a lot. Neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf explains how technology has affected our attention spans, critical reasoning abilities, and even changed the way we read books. Here are 7 key lessons from her book: https://t.co/TJPso8ScVU 34.4K views · 394 likes · 67 reposts · 13 replies 13 Aug 2026 @AlexAndBooks_ The power of habit is an amazing book 417 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 My biggest takeaway: They say “Don’t meet your heroes”, but that doesn’t apply to authors. Every single author at this event is one of the kindest, smartest, and most generous people you’ll ever meet. Thank you to everyone who writes books. You make the world a better place. 2.3K views · 35 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 08 Aug 2026 12) Ryan Levesque ("Return to Real") https://t.co/DubWWiYo8N 2.2K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 08 Aug 2026 11) Adam Wallace ("How To Catch A Dinosaur") https://t.co/ddpIWOOBsg 777 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 10) Michael Hyatt ("Your Best Year Ever") https://t.co/hBpynv79Xu 788 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 9) Lori Gottlieb ("Maybe You Should Talk To Someone") https://t.co/uP8cKgbn5h 835 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 8) Phil Jones ("Exactly What To Say") https://t.co/O6lx609RDw 876 views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 7) John Strelecky ("The Cafe on the Edge of the World") https://t.co/0ZaZdV1tIy 921 views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 6) Joseph Nguyen ("Don't Believe Everything You Think") https://t.co/HlyRSnqzgh 948 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 5) Jefferson Fisher ("The Next Conversation") https://t.co/RmCz5y7mZH 992 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 4) Amy Morin ("13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do) https://t.co/YDH1Ii8w0F 1K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 3) Will Guidara ("Unreasonable Hospitality") https://t.co/t9yvwYgsT9 1.8K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 08 Aug 2026 2) Shane Parrish ("Clear Thinking") https://t.co/zUwWGQB8KK 2.2K views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 08 Aug 2026 I was fortunate to spend the past 3 days with 50+ bestselling authors. Here's who I met and the biggest lesson I learned: 1) Charles Duhigg ("The Power of Habit") https://t.co/8RZz8CExUF 23K views · 150 likes · 18 reposts · 5 replies 08 Aug 2026

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