PJ Vogt

@PJVogt · joined 19 Jun 2009

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107 399Followers

2 941Following

150Posts total

215.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

PJ Vogt@PJVogt16 Sep

Just great news all around. 10.9K views · 49 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt16 Sep

My new show with @CaseyNewton is called Machine Gods, and we’re partnering with NPR! It’s a twice-a-week, video-first podcast about AI, and it will be available next month on YouTube and other podcast apps (and on radio soon!) It’s a really critical time for public engagement 155K views · 1.5K likes · 89 reposts · 118 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt28 Jul

@dseetharaman Hi Deepa, trying to reach you with an interview request. Do you mind following back so I can DM you? Thanks - PJ. 11.5K views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt22 May

This is going to be fun!! June 16th in at Roulette in Brooklyn. 4.7K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt20 May

I'll be onstage reading stories with PJ Vogt, Kristen Roupenian, Josh Hamilton, Emilia Clarke and others, at a club in Brooklyn called Roulette. I've read everyone's stories and they're pretty wonderful. June 16th! Come on out! Tickets just $25: https://t.co/e8DB63nY9C https://t

8K views · 10 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt18 Apr

@PJVogt I would love to hear an episode about what percentage of the personal testimonials that podcast hosts give in ads are true? 49 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt9 Apr

A lot of discourse about self-driving cars on the timeline today! If you're curious about how they were made and the safety data, we've got an episode for you. If you're curious about job displacement and the politics around them, we also have an episode for you. 2.8K views · 14 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt5 Apr

@PJVogt I was going to tell you I’m glad you’re back, PJ, but now I see I’m late to the Search Engine party and you’ve been at it for a while. Thanks to @Freakonomics for making me smarter (as always). 45 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt27 May 2025

@PJVogt Scab 505 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

PJ Vogt@PJVogt27 May 2025

A playlist of some favorite episodes of Search Engine for anyone looking for a place to get started: https://t.co/BM5virIVuc 21.6K views · 56 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

3 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views11 480this account6 018median for 100K–1M

Reach, %10.69%this account1.60%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.47%this account0.97%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	11 480	6 018	1.91×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.69%	1.60%	6.68×
Engagement rate	0.47%	0.97%	0.49×

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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

21.6K27 May

505

455 Apr

2.8K9 Apr

4918 Apr

8K20 May

4.7K22 May

11.5K28 Jul

155K16 Sep

10.9K

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.29%27 May

0.79%

0.00%5 Apr

0.60%9 Apr

0.00%18 Apr

0.19%20 May

0.21%22 May

0.11%28 Jul

1.11%16 Sep

0.47%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.97%.

What the audience does

Likes78.5%1 631 in total

Reposts4.6%96 in total

Replies6.3%130 in total

Quotes1.3%28 in total

Bookmarks9.3%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.

Followers by day

16 Sep

Daily snapshots since 16 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.