David Epstein ✓

@DavidEpstein · joined 07 Jul 2009

author RANGE, TheSportsGene, and now INSIDE THE BOX: How Constraints Make Us Better. (Pic is w/Frances Hesselbein).

58 887Followers

1 399Following

29 833Posts total

71.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views5 096this account2 578median for 10K–100K

Reach, %8.65%this account7.77%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.22%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	5 096	2 578	1.98×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.65%	7.77%	1.11×
Engagement rate	0.22%	1.47%	0.15×

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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

32.1K29 Apr

9.7K29 Jul

6.2K13 Aug

4K31 Aug

13.2K

3.1K1 Sep

3.1K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.39%29 Apr

0.22%29 Jul

1.72%13 Aug

0.15%31 Aug

1.29%

0.16%1 Sep

0.23%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes74.4%381 in total

Reposts3.7%19 in total

Replies7.4%38 in total

Quotes0.8%4 in total

Bookmarks13.7%70 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

He barred black so thoroughly that when they placed a black shroud over his coffin at the funeral, a friend screamed: "No! No black for Monet!" and went and found a floral table cloth. 3.1K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 I was fortunate to correspond with Brooks before he passed away...brilliant man. This post reminds me a bit of Mokyr's economic history work on practitioners, tinkerers, and innovation. 3.1K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 The linear model of innovation says progress starts at universities, then moves to industry, then reaches customers. In a recent talk, @cmuratori presented the 1960s software crisis. Dijkstra, a researcher and professor who actually changed practice, was depressed. In 1972, he 13.2K views · 143 likes · 7 reposts · 18 replies 31 Aug 2026 Narrow restrictions force the brain into productive experimentation. By banning black from his palette, Claude Monet was forced to paint light completely differently, launching the Impressionist movement. @DavidEpstein https://t.co/l5TJVL3FOE 4K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 31 Aug 2026 Made a one-handed stab in centerfield seats last night — no beer spilled. https://t.co/BWH6pQT8Ml 6.2K views · 97 likes · 1 reposts · 9 replies 13 Aug 2026 The Cooper Lutkenhaus of lifeguards 9.7K views · 18 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 29 Jul 2026 Holy cow, that is crazy praise coming from a thinker I admire 🙏 32.1K views · 107 likes · 9 reposts · 9 replies 29 Apr 2026