Marcus Thompson II

@ThompsonScribe · Oakland · joined 23 Jan 2009

Write bars for The Athletic. Oakland's own. Author of "GOLDEN," "KD" and "DYNASTIES" books. Groomed at @CAU. Bondservant, here to serve. marcus@theathletic.com

137 274Followers

3 846Following

97 130Posts total

148.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views13 364this account5 674median for 100K–1M

Reach, %9.74%this account2.38%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.30%this account1.44%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	13 364	5 674	2.36×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	9.74%	2.38%	4.09×
Engagement rate	0.30%	1.44%	0.21×

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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

26.1K27 Aug

13.4K28 Aug

21.5K29 Aug

17.7K30 Aug

64.3K3 Sep

376

626

3.9K5 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.14%27 Aug

1.35%28 Aug

0.14%29 Aug

0.30%30 Aug

0.82%3 Sep

1.86%

0.64%

0.19%

0.18%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.44%.

What the audience does

Likes76.9%698 in total

Reposts10.7%97 in total

Replies3.2%29 in total

Quotes2.4%22 in total

Bookmarks6.8%62 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

This was incredible. Educational and entertaining. “Because there's a person behind the swing. A ballplayer.” 3.9K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 @ThompsonScribe @ShotDrJr 👀 1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @ThompsonScribe Hell of a list, especially on the women's side. Because I'm as old as most of the hills, just automatically, I'd add Cousy, Baylor and Russell. But it's smart to target a contemporary audience. 626 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 @ThompsonScribe Still time to add https://t.co/ngmw0qhjU4 376 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 GAME CHANGERS 9.15.26 https://t.co/xq0NNAfBRy The game didn’t evolve on its own. https://t.co/NbS2NGTAl3 64.3K views · 417 likes · 68 reposts · 23 replies 03 Sep 2026 Means a lot coming for you! 17.7K views · 50 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 30 Aug 2026 I’ve known and of course read @ThompsonScribe pretty much since he started in the business, witnessed/admired his star rise, maybe most cheered on his recent mentorship of another star riser @nathancanilao. That said, I’ve never read a more insightful, entertaining, spot on, 21.5K views · 28 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 29 Aug 2026 On July 15, Veronica Burton closed a road trip with 4 assists and 3 turnovers at Indiana. In the 13 games since: 95 assists 12 turnovers 13.4K views · 152 likes · 22 reposts · 2 replies 28 Aug 2026 🍿 26.1K views · 32 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies 27 Aug 2026