Amit Varma ✓

@amitvarma · Mumbai · joined 13 Feb 2008

Writer & columnist. Podcaster at https://t.co/clnwAyuGM8 Blogger at India Uncut. Two-time winner of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism (2007 & 2015).

86 446Followers

2 659Following

25 315Posts total

82.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma7 Sep

The city & nature do not need to be at odds with each other; and dreamers can be doers. @HariniNagendra joins me in episode 452 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss ecology, urban sustainability, detective fiction & the art of managing multitudes: https://t.co/N8ZbkortUR 2.8K views · 56 likes · 11 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma4 Sep

Numbers can help you see the world clearly. They can also be turned into a weapon against you. This week on Watching the Wheels, @pranaykotas, @srajagopalan & I discuss why numbers are AWSESOME & also DANGEROUS & how we can DEFEND against the DARK ARTS: https://t.co/ngZuHcZzrI 10.2K views · 37 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma3 Sep

@amitvarma Correct me if I'm wrong, but do you mean that u have earned approximately ₹3 Crore spread over roughly 6 years, which averages out to about ₹50 Lakhs per year in gross course fees? 32 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma3 Sep

Last day to sign up! 🙂 https://t.co/Vn8STHSiVj 3K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma29 Aug

Not surprised Fiscal Fables has started so well. There is such a vacuum when it comes to accessible books on this subject -- and you cannot get better guides than @pranaykotas and @PSarthak19! 5.9K views · 75 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma29 Aug

Fiscal Fables is in the top 500 on @amazonIN. Please go buy, read, gift. Also check out https://t.co/dzUVE0U6Lw https://t.co/akIrPEAFkh

8.2K views · 48 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma28 Aug

Do you care about what is being done with YOUR money? We do. In episode 5 of Watching the Wheels, @pranaykotas gives @srajagopalan & me a masterclass in Public Finance: https://t.co/IGBnoESy0w It's based on his remarkable new book with @PSarthak19, Fiscal Fables. Buy now! 🙂 6.2K views · 61 likes · 14 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma28 Aug

@amitvarma Will the video be available for those who may end up missing a session? (Though will try not to) 734 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma27 Aug

@amitvarma Question; Does signing up require us to be on WhatsApp too? 1.1K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Amit Varma ✓@amitvarma27 Aug

Since 2020, over 3000 people have attended my online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Registration is now open for Cohort 37, which starts Sep 5. Four Saturdays, four webinars, a community for life. A focus on both craft & process.💪 Enroll here: https://t.co/VbL3MNseNn https:

43.9K views · 176 likes · 23 reposts · 7 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 views4 452this account1 061median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.15%this account3.72%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.43%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	4 452	1 061	4.20×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.15%	3.72%	1.38×
Engagement rate	0.43%	1.65%	0.26×

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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

43.9K27 Aug

1.1K

73428 Aug

6.2K

8.2K29 Aug

5.9K

3K3 Sep

10.2K4 Sep

2.8K7 Sep

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.47%27 Aug

0.09%

0.27%28 Aug

1.22%

0.67%29 Aug

1.45%

0.34%3 Sep

0.00%

0.40%4 Sep

2.42%7 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes56.0%463 in total

Reposts8.1%67 in total

Replies1.7%14 in total

Bookmarks34.2%283 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.