Tyler Kepner

@TylerKepner · joined 12 Jun 2009

Senior Writer @TheAthleticMLB. Author of "K" (2019) and "The Grandest Stage" (2022). Reporter in quarter-zip in ep. #787 of The Simpsons. Immaculate Grid nerd.

69 665Followers

3 985Following

35 984Posts total

366.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner16 Sep

1 and 1 and 1 https://t.co/MBknI9WayJ

2.2K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner15 Sep

It still makes no sense that the Mets lost Pete Alonso, an everyday force they cannot replace https://t.co/K9DUx46brt 19.6K views · 52 likes · 16 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner11 Sep

This week’s Sliders visits with Walt Weiss, the Braves’ old-school ‘beast’ who deserves to be Manager of the Year https://t.co/dMFzGceJdq 74.3K views · 33 likes · 6 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner10 Sep

‘The Mets have not forgotten’ – 25 years later, the team has kept its 9/11 promise https://t.co/UWrLCM4aXg 52.1K views · 187 likes · 26 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner9 Sep

@TylerKepner Am I wrong for longing for the days when 300 IP was the benchmark? 775 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner9 Sep

200 innings! You love to see it. The quaint pitching benchmark survives. 👏👏👏 https://t.co/PZjQPxLwte

121.3K views · 19 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner7 Sep

For the Phillies, the ghosts of October are showing up early https://t.co/q3XGvJBRNq 25.5K views · 28 likes · 8 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner6 Sep

The Phillie Phanatic’s 5th inning bit today: he dresses up in a weightlifting outfit and tries and tries and tries but can’t lift this giant barbell. Then this little girl, a cancer survivor, comes out and lifts it up easily. So sweet. 12.1K views · 243 likes · 10 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner4 Sep

Mickey Gasper’s unlikely journey from late-round Yankees draft pick to late-summer slugging sensation for the Red Sox — and more Sliders! https://t.co/WU6maRmipa 42.3K views · 33 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner29 Aug

Good day for a Zero. https://t.co/RVuLQ3xgXF

4.2K views · 22 likes · 1 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner26 Oct 2024

@TylerKepner Oh my god Tyler 478 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tyler Kepner@TylerKepner26 Oct 2024

Hobbled Dodger at the plate as the winning run with 2 outs in the ninth in Game 1 11.3K views · 58 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views22 524this account972median for 10K–100K

Reach, %32.33%this account3.58%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.37%this account1.60%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	22 524	972	23.2×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	32.33%	3.58%	9.03×
Engagement rate	0.37%	1.60%	0.23×

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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

11.3K26 Oct

478

4.2K29 Aug

42.3K4 Sep

12.1K6 Sep

25.5K7 Sep

121.3K9 Sep

775

52.1K10 Sep

74.3K11 Sep

19.6K15 Sep

2.2K16 Sep

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.54%26 Oct

0.42%

0.87%29 Aug

0.09%4 Sep

2.08%6 Sep

0.16%7 Sep

0.02%9 Sep

0.52%

0.42%10 Sep

0.06%11 Sep

0.41%15 Sep

0.32%16 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.60%.

What the audience does

Likes80.7%683 in total

Reposts8.7%74 in total

Replies5.2%44 in total

Quotes1.2%10 in total

Bookmarks4.1%35 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

10 Sep

Daily snapshots since 10 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.