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Ivan Werning

@IvanWerning · Cambridge, MA · joined 19 Apr 2009

MIT Professor of Economics | Macro, International, Public, Monetary, Taxes, Finance | Boston + Argentina | no AI posting

227 536Followers
2 696Following
24 587Posts total
272.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views7 578this account5 994median for 100K–1M
Reach, %3.33%this account2.51%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.78%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M
MetricThis accountMedian for 100K–1MRatio
Median views per post7 5785 9941.26×
Reach (views ÷ followers)3.33%2.51%1.33×
Engagement rate0.78%1.40%0.56×

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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

73.8K4 Jul
66.2K24 Aug
86.8K29 Aug
1.3K30 Aug
764
840
7.6K1 Sep
35.3K2 Sep

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.58%4 Jul
0.79%24 Aug
0.78%29 Aug
0.23%30 Aug
0.26%
0.12%
1.16%1 Sep
0.86%2 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes61.1%1 740 in total
Reposts6.8%195 in total
Replies2.4%68 in total
Quotes0.8%23 in total
Bookmarks28.9%823 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

Interesting paper with a provocative conclusion from two MIT PhD students. 35.3K views · 278 likes · 24 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 Wise words for many…(but not all) https://t.co/yzAyRFw93P 7.6K views · 77 likes · 10 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 @IvanWerning Paul has figured out the trick to a successful podcast: whenever his guests get technical, he politely explains the concepts so listeners can follow along. 840 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Aug 2026 @IvanWerning The greatest indeed https://t.co/J2r86pRlWb 764 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 30 Aug 2026 @IvanWerning Paul Krugman almost never admits he’s wrong about anything — even when he’s obviously wrong. 1.3K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Aug 2026 I highly recommend the interview of Ricardo Caballero by Paul Krugman (two greats). It starts off with PK admitting defeat (sort of) to RC on the issue of global imbalances. Overall, a great economic discussion. https://t.co/2m32KX3COm https://t.co/3r1fLxnSjB 86.8K views · 561 likes · 105 reposts · 5 replies 29 Aug 2026 A partial list of economists without economics PhD or training: Maskin Shapley Debreu Kahnemann Ostrom Nash Simon Kantorovich (all Nobels) Keynes Irving Fisher. Scarf never took a single Econ class. Not to mention all economic founders in XIX So credentials not needed but at the 66.2K views · 434 likes · 42 reposts · 36 replies 24 Aug 2026 Happy 4th! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/ODtmJ0t9J9 73.8K views · 385 likes · 14 reposts · 25 replies 04 Jul 2025

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