Walter Isaacson ✓

@WalterIsaacson · New Orleans, LA · joined 23 Apr 2009

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written: https://t.co/DxGTg7n0la Also, bios of Musk, Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo, Franklin, Einstein, Jobs. Professor @Tulane

503 253Followers

1 043Following

7 592Posts total

211.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views14 942this account4 270median for 100K–1M

Reach, %2.97%this account1.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.66%this account1.42%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	14 942	4 270	3.50×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.97%	1.71%	1.74×
Engagement rate	0.66%	1.42%	0.46×

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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

121.1K24 Jul

1.4K

1.9K

834

21.5K1 Sep

31.4K

828

1.4K

456

16K2 Sep

14.9K4 Sep

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.57%24 Jul

1.43%

1.05%

0.96%

0.49%1 Sep

0.80%

1.33%

0.55%

0.66%

0.34%2 Sep

0.88%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.42%.

What the audience does

Likes65.9%1 022 in total

Reposts9.1%141 in total

Replies7.7%119 in total

Quotes1.7%27 in total

Bookmarks15.6%242 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

Amazing what we have, and can, accomplish. Congratulations to the schools and teachers of New Orleans. https://t.co/VQDmsVTpXQ 14.9K views · 113 likes · 12 reposts · 6 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Kurt Andersen, the best social novelist of our time, explains our breakup. @KBAndersen @AmanpourCoPBS https://t.co/E8TyZfYqC4 16K views · 45 likes · 8 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@WalterIsaacson https://t.co/t3F4tPvMCz 456 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@WalterIsaacson We need to do everything we can to make sure folks graduating from @Tulane can use their education to work and start businesses here. Very exciting big step. 1.4K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@WalterIsaacson So it was not at all destroyed by Katrina. We are happy about what is being done at the site, but it could have reopened as a hospital in 2006 and was not destroyed. The facts matter 828 views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

A game-changer for New Orleans. https://t.co/BfhHGFGBP0 31.4K views · 198 likes · 38 reposts · 14 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

A great story about one of my lifelong heroes: What if We Were All a Little More Like Yo-Yo Ma? https://t.co/0Ac6PN0i1c via @NYTimes 21.5K views · 89 likes · 14 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@WalterIsaacson Any update to elon book ;) getting bit outdated ? 834 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 24 Jul 2025 · Open on X →

@WalterIsaacson Will definitely read. Time for an Elon Musk part 2, lot has happened since the last book. 1.9K views · 18 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 24 Jul 2025 · Open on X →

@WalterIsaacson Great! I am just about to finish your Elon Musk biography. Really enjoying it and I think we need a part 2 at some point! 1.4K views · 14 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 24 Jul 2025 · Open on X →

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written https://t.co/ulbMGELvGw 121.1K views · 517 likes · 65 reposts · 91 replies 24 Jul 2025 · Open on X →