Ben Carlson ✓

@awealthofcs · Grand Rapids, MI · joined 17 Dec 2009

Trying to bring some common sense to the world of finance. NEW BOOK: https://t.co/R9CBu4QfjK

375 552Followers

687Following

45 103Posts total

303.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views42 242this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %11.25%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.42%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	42 242	21 891	1.93×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	11.25%	6.81%	1.65×
Engagement rate	0.42%	1.14%	0.37×

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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

138.2K12 May

68.4K30 Aug

62.7K1 Sep

21.8K

12.9K2 Sep

Last 5 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%12 May

0.45%30 Aug

0.37%1 Sep

0.77%

0.39%2 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes72.0%1 180 in total

Reposts3.6%59 in total

Replies9.5%155 in total

Quotes1.2%20 in total

Bookmarks13.7%224 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

Animal Spirits: The Next Michael Burry The AI story that's never going away Everyone wants to call the AI crash The S&P 493 bull case Why hasn't AI destroyed jobs yet? Do dividends still matter? Will Gen Z buy a house? Youth travel sports & more https://t.co/J0XIZ 12.9K views · 36 likes · 3 reposts · 11 replies 02 Sep 2026 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INVESTING IN STOCKS 1. Stocks mostly go up but sometimes they go down. Roughly two-thirds of all years have a double-digit peak-to-trough drawdown https://t.co/wltTW73iIb https://t.co/wjq2J5LDkb 21.8K views · 142 likes · 8 reposts · 15 replies 01 Sep 2026 We are very close to 7% mortgage rates yet again We've now had mortgage rates >6% since late-2022 And still no housing market crash I do wonder if housing is the shock absorber for the economy if/when AI causes an economic slowdown (and rates fall) https://t.co/j90iBr9xRX 62.7K views · 187 likes · 7 reposts · 34 replies 01 Sep 2026 I kinda hated S1 of Tires It just didn’t work and wasn’t very good Gave S2 a try and thought it was very funny Just finished S3 and I absolutely loved it Funny, creative & weird The season finale is one of the best TV episodes I’ve watched in a while Bravo Shane Gillis 68.4K views · 276 likes · 2 reposts · 29 replies 30 Aug 2026 It's publication day for my new book! Risk & Reward is now available Tons of my favorite charts, stories and anecdotes I read the audio version of the book myself I had a lot of fun writing this I think it's the best thing I've ever written https://t.co/bzoyHrepPb 138.2K views · 539 likes · 39 reposts · 66 replies 12 May 2026