John Talty ✓

@JTalty · Birmingham · joined 29 Jun 2009

National college sports reporter @CBSSports. Wall Street Journal bestselling author. "Lane Being Lane" on Lane Kiffin due out this fall. Order at below link.

17 267Followers

1 592Following

35 754Posts total

1.5MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views9 870this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %57.16%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.30%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	9 870	2 751	3.59×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	57.16%	9.00%	6.35×
Engagement rate	0.30%	1.65%	0.18×

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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

9.1K1 Sep

10.2K

9.6K

1.5M2 Sep

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.40%1 Sep

0.25%

0.13%

0.35%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes65.0%4 343 in total

Reposts7.6%505 in total

Replies2.5%164 in total

Quotes2.8%188 in total

Bookmarks22.1%1 477 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

“You’ve got to keep Lane away from the girls that are in college,” Nick Saban said according to one former coach. On Lane Kiffin's chaotic Alabama era, Saban's frustrations and nights at Innisfree Irish Pub. @VanityFair excerpt of Lane Being Lane: https://t.co/W217qEGEdd 1.5M views · 4.3K likes · 493 reposts · 162 replies 02 Sep 2026 Good, thorough reporting from Brandon here on a really interesting trend. Lots of good details in here. 9.6K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Sports Illustrated (@SInow) calls Lane Being Lane "quite an interesting read, delving into Lane Kiffin’s career-long shenanigans on multiple levels." You can pre-order a copy here: https://t.co/pT3AiVy0l6 And read more about the book here: https://t.co/mvdnRk84ck 10.2K views · 19 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 If hot seat coaches like FSU's Mike Norvell, Maryland's Mike Locksley and Wisconsin's Luke Fickell are going to survive into 2027, these are the make-or-break games. https://t.co/ow72PiejiY https://t.co/mJnrUTyPG4 9.1K views · 26 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026