Peter Atwater

@Peter_Atwater · joined 27 Jun 2012

President of Financial Insyghts. "K-Shaped Economy" guy. Adjunct Professor William & Mary. Author of "The Confidence Map." Lover of very bad puns.

35 046Followers

1 450Following

40 958Posts total

132.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 030this account1 540median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.94%this account4.74%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.72%this account1.87%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 030	1 540	0.67×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.94%	4.74%	0.62×
Engagement rate	0.72%	1.87%	0.39×

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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

128.3K11 May

12029 Jul

17517 Aug

5128 Oct

1.6K3 Sep

9144 Sep

1.1K

675

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

0.19%11 May

0.83%29 Jul

1.14%17 Aug

1.96%28 Oct

0.68%3 Sep

0.77%4 Sep

1.22%

0.30%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.87%.

What the audience does

Likes64.7%227 in total

Reposts8.0%28 in total

Replies5.7%20 in total

Quotes2.3%8 in total

Bookmarks19.4%68 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

FWIW - If American drivers filled up with diesel fuel, no one would be talking about today's Labor Report. 675 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Nothing says K-Shaped Economy like a "mansion shortage" at the top paired with soaring mortgage rates for those at the bottom. 1.1K views · 12 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 When bad things happen, we need clear causation. Why? Because we abhor randomness. Having an easy story provides certainty. 914 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 If history holds, it won't be long before we learn how many college athlete's "business start-ups" have been funded by eager alumni. 1.6K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 @Peter_Atwater Just ordered your new book. Thanks for writing it . 51 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Oct 2024 @Peter_Atwater Hi Peter, I'm watching your interview with Adam on Wealthion. Thank you. Work like yours is very important with exposing and solving the widening wealth gap. Thank you for what you do! 175 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 17 Aug 2023 @Peter_Atwater Currently listening to your interview with @JackFarley96 decided to follow on X and purchase your book on audible. Crazy series of events. 🤣😂🤣 thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Mr. @Peter_Atwater 🙏🏽 120 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 29 Jul 2023 What's my upcoming book, "The Confidence Map" about? It's about the unappreciated impact of our feelings of certainty and control on what we do - why confidence is the real "invisible hand" in the markets, in the economy, and in our individual lives. https://t.co/bdCrYjHZV7 128.3K views · 194 likes · 25 reposts · 18 replies 11 May 2023