Jessica Lessin ✓

@Jessicalessin · San Francisco · joined 19 Sep 2007

Working for a better journalism future. Founder, @theinformation. Founder, @lessinmedia. Co-host @moreorlesspod

309 608Followers

1 634Following

15 092Posts total

41.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

9 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views5 085this account4 682median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.64%this account1.95%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.31%this account1.48%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	5 085	4 682	1.09×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.64%	1.95%	0.84×
Engagement rate	0.31%	1.48%	0.21×

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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

9.2K3 Sep

9.4K

184

9.2K

764 Sep

5.9K

5.1K

2.2K

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.14%3 Sep

0.43%

0.54%

0.31%

1.32%4 Sep

0.00%

0.14%

0.20%

0.32%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.48%.

What the audience does

Likes72.8%91 in total

Reposts5.6%7 in total

Replies8.8%11 in total

Quotes0.8%1 in total

Bookmarks12.0%15 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

Enjoyed catching up with @DylanByers on this era for @theinformation. Give a listen. https://t.co/P1hlx27Jzn 2.2K views · 4 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Save me from the Recursive Sam Loop..... 5.1K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Claude refused, Grok did it in seconds, and nobody on this podcast can tell whether the Dario–Benioff video was real. Full episode live soon, with @lessin deep in what @Jessicalessin has diagnosed as a recursive Sam loop. Catch it wherever you get your podcasts.🎙️ Topics: htt 5.9K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 @Jessicalessin and they all look like claude slop which make it extra sad 49 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 @Jessicalessin The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record 5,048 on March 10, 2000, and did not close above that level again until April 23, 2015. 76 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Amen. Finally a tech platform dominated by women :) 9.2K views · 25 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 @Jessicalessin Just lock in on the winners and ignore the noise. 184 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 There are moments in every tech cycle that the startup landscape is so crazy I can no longer keep track of individual company names. They are coming so fast and furious that I revert to calling them all "GooYahMicroFaceSpace" for example. This is usually not a great sign for 9.4K views · 35 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies 03 Sep 2026 Both @nytimes and @PuckNews have sent me subscription pricing increase notices this week. Happy to pay the small bump up for each, but what is in the water? 9.2K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026