Arvind Subramanian

@arvindsubraman

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Former Chief Economic Adviser, Govt. of India;

169 200Followers

76Following

3 331Posts total

298.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views17 231this account4 283median for 100K–1M

Reach, %10.18%this account1.68%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.59%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	17 231	4 283	4.02×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.18%	1.68%	6.06×
Engagement rate	0.59%	1.40%	0.43×

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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

76.8K4 Sep

81.9K

12K

101.2K

22.5K

1.3K

1.2K5 Sep

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

0.74%4 Sep

0.18%

0.45%

0.17%

0.40%

1.43%

4.46%

7.18%5 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes50.2%791 in total

Reposts12.0%189 in total

Replies9.8%155 in total

Quotes5.8%92 in total

Bookmarks22.1%349 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

@arvindsubraman Only one decoupled from reality is you. Tweeting like a cheap troll, what a fall from grace. 1.2K views · 85 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@arvindsubraman No. Garg's was an attempt at a political hit job calculated to create a buzz and drown out the good news. That you now put lipstick on that pig shows you to be the ponce that you are, masquerading as a serious academic. "Trust deficit" is one of those hollow phr 2K views · 72 likes · 14 reposts · 3 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@arvindsubraman @IndianExpress @abhishekecon @FelmanJosh @sardesairajdeep How can you be so craven and continue to torch your credibility in the econ profession, when even first year undergraduate will understand how measurement series change the estimates ? 1.3K views · 15 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

4. Most important: applying logic of govt. claims about plausibility of latest nos. imply that GDP growth estimates for previous 15 years, including those for new series, are overstated (figure) What's sauce for the goose now must also be sauce for the gander in the past https: 22.5K views · 55 likes · 16 reposts · 14 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

3. Still the high growth numbers seem decoupled from felt reality and are in tension with other indicators and especially with with the magnitude of the energy shock which is about 1.5 percent of GDP https://t.co/9ZUKd2ApwG 101.2K views · 64 likes · 19 reposts · 62 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

1. The latest numbers are plausible on the technical merits, and even plausible directionally because some other co-incident macro-indicators are suggesting rising activity 12K views · 47 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

2. Trust deficit govt. has created on many data issues lends credence to doubts expressed by a former govt. official that downward revisions to past data are aimed at boosting current numbers Burden of proof is on govt. to restore trust by fully publishing data & methodology 81.9K views · 69 likes · 14 reposts · 37 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

.@IndianExpress piece by @abhishekecon @FelmanJosh & me on latest GDP numbers and the raging controversy Link: https://t.co/pmn7UBJ8PT I will discuss this with @sardesairajdeep at 930 PM IST (1130 EST) Four take-aways Thread 1/ https://t.co/XQhm1tp73L 76.8K views · 384 likes · 117 reposts · 34 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →