Ben Strauss

@benjstrauss

sports business reporter @espn; former @washingtonpost; co-author of Indentured ben.strauss@espn.com

8 990Followers

989Following

15 107Posts total

1.9MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the under 10K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views69 620this account4 276median for under 10K

Reach, %774.42%this account296.67%median for under 10K

Engagement, %0.15%this account1.16%median for under 10K

Metric	This account	Median for under 10K	Ratio
Median views per post	69 620	4 276	16.3×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	7.7× audience	3.0× audience	2.61×
Engagement rate	0.15%	1.16%	0.13×

Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →

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

1.7M3 Sep

126.2K

13K

10K

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.18%3 Sep

0.11%

7.89%

0.11%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for under 10K accounts is 1.16%.

What the audience does

Likes63.3%3 115 in total

Reposts7.5%368 in total

Replies11.7%576 in total

Quotes7.0%346 in total

Bookmarks10.5%519 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

Should say four* pieces of content 10K views · 7 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 @benjstrauss @espn "We investigated ourselves and cleared ourselves of any wrongdoing" 13K views · 1K likes · 25 reposts · 4 replies 03 Sep 2026 Report found no inaccuracies in Russini's coverage but suggested adding editor's note to two pieces of content. Also of note: the report had no access to Russini's phone, relying on public reporting and interviews with Athletic staff. https://t.co/AuxypfCfLj 126.2K views · 74 likes · 22 reposts · 21 replies 03 Sep 2026 New @espn: Athletic's long-awaited investigation into Dianna Russini's reporting is done. Key finding: she violated newsroom standards, but showed no clear bias toward Mike Vrabel. https://t.co/AuxypfCfLj 1.7M views · 2K likes · 319 reposts · 549 replies 03 Sep 2026