WriteStats

@Write__stats · joined 16 Apr 2015

Data-Driven Insights for Writers and Publishers.

31 707Followers

5 857Following

321Posts total

11.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

WriteStats@Write__stats23 Sep

More books. More platforms. More AI generated content. More skepticism. In a crowded market, trust becomes a differentiator. Why transparency matters for book publishers: https://t.co/SUTO1QWCGb 199 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

WriteStats@Write__stats19 Sep

Rebecca Lombardo writes every word of her memoir by hand. No Scrivener. No dictation. Just what she calls "the perfect pen" and a brand new notebook. She says the notebook is private in a way a laptop never is. We talked to her about why → https://t.co/RnfawHHBp0 803 views · 7 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

WriteStats@Write__stats2 Sep

Amazon KDP pays authors 70% on ebooks. Traditional publishers pay 25%. Authors know this. They're not asking for parity, but they are asking for a conversation publishers have been avoiding. Full breakdown: https://t.co/9kmpspJrrB 695 views · 12 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

WriteStats@Write__stats28 Aug

4 things that silently kill series read-through: → The middle-book problem → Inconsistent protagonist behavior → World-building bloat → Pricing friction None of them are about writing quality. Full breakdown + fixes → https://t.co/gPGhfcljeW https://t.co/wEh2PoCS5i

968 views · 6 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

WriteStats@Write__stats14 Apr

@Write__stats Nice 54 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

WriteStats@Write__stats6 Apr

Most writing advice is opinion. We focus on data. WriteStats helps authors and publishers understand what actually works using real insights, not guesswork. If you care about results, you're in the right place. https://t.co/2Jn4Son9CR

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8.4K views · 52 likes · 35 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views749this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.36%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.85%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	749	924	0.81×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.36%	3.62%	0.65×
Engagement rate	1.85%	1.52%	1.21×

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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

8.4K6 Apr

5414 Apr

96828 Aug

6952 Sep

80319 Sep

19923 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.05%6 Apr

1.85%14 Apr

1.03%28 Aug

2.45%2 Sep

1.25%19 Sep

2.51%23 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes59.7%83 in total

Reposts32.4%45 in total

Replies2.2%3 in total

Bookmarks5.8%8 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.