Michael Arrington 🏴‍☠️ ✓

@arrington · Miami, FL · joined 04 May 2009

Founder of TechCrunch, CrunchBase and Arrington Capital. Be Excellent To Each Other. 🚀🌕

344 770Followers

6 558Following

30 705Posts total

2.6MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views5 998this account4 304median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.74%this account1.62%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.16%this account1.29%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	5 998	4 304	1.39×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.74%	1.62%	1.07×
Engagement rate	1.16%	1.29%	0.90×

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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

10.4K4 Sep

176.9K5 Sep

1.6K

326

195

14.8K6 Sep

2.4M

798

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.58%4 Sep

0.04%5 Sep

1.40%

0.92%

2.05%

1.78%6 Sep

0.10%

0.63%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.29%.

What the audience does

Likes90.8%2 794 in total

Reposts3.0%92 in total

Replies3.2%100 in total

Quotes0.2%7 in total

Bookmarks2.8%85 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

@arrington @bgarlinghouse the sock game on that stage is TIGHT 798 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Time flies! Eight years ago @bgarlinghouse and I debated the great issues of the day. I miss my hair. https://t.co/ctBE9Vc8Ai 2.4M views · 2.3K likes · 70 reposts · 40 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

https://t.co/ro1glCgvTy 14.8K views · 230 likes · 11 reposts · 21 replies 06 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@arrington Foldable smart phones are easily scratchable trash. Foldable iPhones are expensive easily scratchable trash. 195 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@arrington I’ve had all things apply for almost 20 years. I’ve sold most of it the last three months for a deep discount on marketplace just to get rid of it. Want to use chips from Israel? Lose a family of base customers. 326 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@arrington I'll only get it if the battery life makes sense, i'm a heavy phone user. 1.6K views · 22 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Who’s getting the new foldable iPhone? 🙋🏼‍♂️ 176.9K views · 41 likes · 4 reposts · 27 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

https://t.co/mogFiBSJLI 10.4K views · 147 likes · 5 reposts · 10 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

buying bitcoin. 0 views · 3.3K likes · 375 reposts · 481 replies 06 Oct 2014 · Open on X →