John O'Nolan ✓

@JohnONolan · Remote · joined 25 Mar 2008

Founder/CEO @Ghost — Geographically restless. Making an RSS reader for some reason @AlcoveNews

38 798Followers

667Following

5 063Posts total

117.2KViews 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 522this account1 089median for 10K–100K

Reach, %24.54%this account3.50%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.73%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	9 522	1 089	8.74×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	24.54%	3.50%	7.01×
Engagement rate	0.73%	2.00%	0.37×

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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

67.3K4 Mar

2.7K

5875 Mar

9.6K17 Aug

9.4K20 Aug

4.3K21 Aug

23.3K27 Aug

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.93%4 Mar

1.18%

1.36%5 Mar

2.38%17 Aug

0.79%20 Aug

0.67%21 Aug

0.29%27 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes68.8%864 in total

Reposts4.5%57 in total

Replies10.0%126 in total

Quotes1.3%16 in total

Bookmarks15.4%193 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

Just tried this and it worked incredibly well 👌 23.3K views · 62 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies 27 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

My theory is that the GTA6 leak is intentional and this is what they meant when they said they had some very creative marketing planned 4.3K views · 25 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 21 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Running a private beta for machine payments on @ghost - where AI agents can pay you $ to read/access premium content - drop me an email or a reply here if you're interested in trying it out Reqs: Need Stripe Connected / activated on your site Stripe acct must be US based 9.4K views · 48 likes · 13 reposts · 10 replies 20 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

fancy watches are just designer purses for men https://t.co/co5yb6G30P 9.6K views · 193 likes · 3 reposts · 29 replies 17 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

@JohnONolan @Ghost Congrats! 587 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Mar 2026 · Open on X →

@Ghost Btw - we're hiring! Fully remote team, looking for AI-pilled ambitious people who love open source. - Product manager - Staff product engineer - Engineering manager - Senior platform engineer https://t.co/INgk5Tckqi 2.7K views · 26 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies 04 Mar 2026 · Open on X →

Today @Ghost crossed $10M ARR, as a bootstrapped non-profit foundation building open source software. Indie publisher revenue earned with Ghost now ~$130M, and accelerating. The world of technology is shifting rapidly, and so is the world of media, creators and journalism. It's 67.3K views · 503 likes · 35 reposts · 76 replies 04 Mar 2026 · Open on X →