Ian O'Connor ✓

@Ian_OConnor · New Jersey · joined 09 Sep 2009

Columnist at @TheAthletic...6-time New York Times bestselling author...20-time first-place winner in national writing contests

68 254Followers

1 479Following

11 169Posts total

222.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Ian O'Connor ✓@Ian_OConnor7 Sep

Darius Slayton was one of the most thoughtful professional athletes I've come across. Here's hoping he finds prosperity elsewhere as the Giants move on. 31.9K views · 710 likes · 25 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →

Ian O'Connor ✓@Ian_OConnor6 Sep

You cannot handle an absolutely devastating defeat and missed lifetime opportunity with any more even-keeled grace than Western Michigan's Lance Taylor shows here. He even praises the officiating crew for calling a good game! 26K views · 58 likes · 1 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Ian O'Connor ✓@Ian_OConnor6 Sep

Not sure how in the world Michigan was awarded that last play, but what a throw by Bryce Underwood while taking a big hit. Gotta feel gutted for Western Michigan. Told my son before that final snap, “I got a bad feeling about this.” 9.6K views · 54 likes · 5 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →

Ian O'Connor ✓@Ian_OConnor5 Sep

Downtown New York City https://t.co/Zn8r8vrRCE

34.5K views · 2.8K likes · 178 reposts · 16 replies Open on X →

Ian O'Connor ✓@Ian_OConnor1 Sep

A college football player committing NIL money to 9/11 familes -- now that's a story worth reading ....from the ultra-talented @IraGorawara 26.3K views · 116 likes · 8 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Ian O'Connor ✓@Ian_OConnor1 Sep

Danny Okoye is hoping for an expensive season. Every tackle will cost him $100, sacks $200 and interceptions $500 — paid from his NIL earnings to Tunnel to Towers. Why the Oklahoma DL is tying his season to the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and a history he inherited: Free🔗below: h

94.4K views · 1.8K likes · 218 reposts · 24 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views29 145this account999median for 10K–100K

Reach, %42.70%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.47%this account1.92%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	29 145	999	29.2×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	42.70%	3.62%	11.8×
Engagement rate	1.47%	1.92%	0.77×

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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

94.4K1 Sep

26.3K

34.5K5 Sep

9.6K6 Sep

26K

31.9K7 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.20%1 Sep

0.48%

8.80%5 Sep

0.75%6 Sep

0.25%

2.35%7 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.92%.

What the audience does

Likes90.1%5 582 in total

Reposts7.0%435 in total

Replies1.3%78 in total

Quotes0.5%34 in total

Bookmarks1.0%63 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.