Mike Cosper ✓

@MikeCosper · Louisville, KY · joined 04 Nov 2008

Podcaster and writer. Creator and host of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. Subscribe to my newsletter at the link below.

34 391Followers

2 735Following

4 109Posts total

5.2MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views16 600this account3 644median for 10K–100K

Reach, %48.27%this account11.83%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.56%this account1.36%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	16 600	3 644	4.56×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	48.27%	11.83%	4.08×
Engagement rate	0.56%	1.36%	0.41×

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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

22.4K19 May

3.7M20 Aug

4.7K23 Aug

1.5M27 Aug

7.2K

26K1 Sep

1.9K3 Sep

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

0.88%19 May

0.42%20 Aug

0.69%23 Aug

0.19%27 Aug

1.27%

3.56%1 Sep

0.26%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes28.6%5 689 in total

Reposts1.7%331 in total

Replies46.4%9 230 in total

Quotes21.8%4 333 in total

Bookmarks1.4%288 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

I wrote about Lindsay Clancy in this week's newsletter, and the ascendant cult of death that she represents. Link below. Subscribe if you're able. More to come. 1.9K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Wendell Berry's essay "Damage" is one of the most important things in shaping my perspective on the world I'll ever read. He describes how an effort to create a man-made pond in a field where he wanted to graze cattle worked, for a time, and then collapsed, causing irreparable 26K views · 828 likes · 86 reposts · 6 replies 01 Sep 2026 I am so excited for the @JonahDispatch rant on this. 7.2K views · 81 likes · 0 reposts · 11 replies 27 Aug 2026 Trump drops Presidential rankings chart: https://t.co/ag8FiSDP6B 1.5M views · 1.1K likes · 116 reposts · 972 replies 27 Aug 2026 Andrew Luck 4.7K views · 28 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 23 Aug 2026 Derrick Rose isn’t available. Name an athlete you wish had a fully healthy career. 3.7M views · 3.5K likes · 125 reposts · 8.2K replies 20 Aug 2026 A few of you have asked what’s next for me since my exit from Christianity Today. I thought I’d send out a quick note and update you. The truth is… I’m not entirely sure. I have a couple of interesting options opening up, but given the nature of what I do best — long form audio 22.4K views · 183 likes · 4 reposts · 10 replies 19 May 2026