John Branch

@JohnBranchNYT · San Francisco · joined 20 Apr 2009

New York Times reporter in California. I try to write stories you didn't know you wanted to read. Author of The Last Cowboys; Boy on Ice; Sidecountry

17 389Followers

4 006Following

26 970Posts total

157KViews on collected posts

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

144.6K4 Oct

1.5K9 Dec

1.2K

1.9K12 Dec

2.2K5 Apr

2K6 Apr

1.8K11 Aug

1.6K13 Aug

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

0.11%4 Oct

0.26%9 Dec

0.16%

0.21%12 Dec

0.13%5 Apr

0.54%6 Apr

0.28%11 Aug

0.56%13 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes69.0%138 in total

Reposts12.5%25 in total

Replies11.5%23 in total

Quotes5.0%10 in total

Bookmarks2.0%4 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

Thank you, Tyler. If only I was still active on Twitter, I’d retweet this. OK, fine. Exception made. Much appreciated. 1.6K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 13 Aug 2025 After finding the lone copy @ my local Barnes & Noble — and picking it up on and off for the last yr, as I’ve challenged myself to get back into reading — I just finished. So many incredible stories that remind me why writing & reporting, are so important. @JohnBranchNYT 1.8K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 11 Aug 2025 I will momentarily suspend my silence here by saying thank you, thank you 2K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 06 Apr 2025 going thru my bookshelf and one of thee absolute best hockey books. I've given copies to at least four people by now. got assigned it in a Sociology of Sports class back in undergrad. @JohnBranchNYT you're the best https://t.co/HeSSECRjXc 2.2K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Apr 2025 “We’ve got sanewash, yes we do! We’ve got sanewash, how about you?” Periodic repost as related news happens, which is a lot these days 1.9K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 12 Dec 2024 Hey, thank you, Jeff 1.2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 09 Dec 2024 This is really good. @JohnBranchNYT is so good at his job. https://t.co/6f7ARReVgT 1.5K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 09 Dec 2024 I went home to Colorado to ask a national question: What does college football have to do with college? As I wrote, this isn't about Deion Sanders. It's really a question for the rest of us. Today's Great Read at the @nytimes https://t.co/5Oz1SHvLdY 144.6K views · 111 likes · 23 reposts · 17 replies 04 Oct 2024 My insincere apologies if you get tired of seeing this cool ad across NYT platforms. And my sincere thanks for those who have supported this endeavor and continue to support one-of-a-kind journalism in general. @wwnorton @nytimes https://t.co/iH8MVoQgMJ 0 views · 31 likes · 7 reposts · 11 replies 14 Jul 2022

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