Tim Harford ✓

@TimHarford · Oxford · joined 17 Apr 2009

Author How To Make The World Add Up (UK) / The Data Detective (US). Cautionary Tales podcast. Undercover Economist at the FT. BBC More or Less. Views my own.

181 135Followers

1 035Following

6 529Posts total

68.1KViews on collected posts

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Tim Harford ✓@TimHarford4 Sep

Super genius tho https://t.co/bHu3K2abJL 5.2K views · 19 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tim Harford ✓@TimHarford4 Sep

Cautionary Tales - Evel Knievel Faces the Abyss https://t.co/eTZaO8k7CQ https://t.co/COI3qY3NoU 3.5K views · 7 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Tim Harford ✓@TimHarford3 Sep

The Big Power of Small Annoyances https://t.co/2gFfV65ScG https://t.co/yTI12vgUpR 5.3K views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tim Harford ✓@TimHarford3 Sep

Reading the latest analysis of suspected academic fraud by the @DataColada team and having all the feels. It's really remarkable what they do, and often quite funny, but the whole thing is pretty disheartening too. https://t.co/sgP9sm8aFC 8.9K views · 69 likes · 10 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Tim Harford ✓@TimHarford2 Sep

Well, I was wrong about Bad Girl Books https://t.co/IQYqaLPiDD 7.9K views · 13 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Tim Harford ✓@TimHarford1 Sep

Wow - nearly at £1000. I am very grateful for the donations, especially since I realise this is very much a local charity. Thank you. 9.2K views · 11 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tim Harford ✓@TimHarford1 Sep

Working on a Cautionary Club conversation about the power of positive thinking, a colleague has reminded me that I once put together a list of "self-help books that work". I stand by the list! https://t.co/RiSl7kif0p 9K views · 30 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Tim Harford ✓@TimHarford20 Aug

My mother died 30 years ago after a long and difficult illness. I'm running the Oxford Half this October in her memory and to raise money for Occtopus, the Oxford Colon Cancer Trust. They do good work, and any donations would be gratefully received. https://t.co/ksuFVprfAn https: 19K views · 96 likes · 12 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views8 416this account5 983median for 100K–1M

Reach, %4.65%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.32%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	8 416	5 983	1.41×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.65%	1.49%	3.12×
Engagement rate	0.32%	0.93%	0.34×

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