By the Belt: A MAC Sports Blog

@bythebelt · The Rust Belt · joined 21 Jul 2010

A fiercely independent publication covering all of Mid-American Conference sports! Formerly SB Nation's Hustle Belt (2011-2026).

15 003Followers

1 236Following

101 683Posts total

44.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views426this account3 808median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.84%this account12.23%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.59%this account1.37%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	426	3 808	0.11×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.84%	12.23%	0.23×
Engagement rate	0.59%	1.37%	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

43.1K3 Sep

696

338

426

238

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

0.46%3 Sep

0.14%

0.59%

3.05%

5.04%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.37%.

What the audience does

Likes73.0%165 in total

Reposts13.7%31 in total

Replies4.4%10 in total

Quotes8.8%20 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

UMass attempts 4th and 1 in their own territory. Fullback dive to Reece Adkins. Of course it worked. It’s the 4th and short play our forefathers envisioned. 238 views · 9 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 UMASS OPENING DRIVE TOUCHDOWN Pop Watson rolls out right, and Elijah Faulkner slips free. Nice pitch-and-catch for the Minutemen’s first touchdown of 2026. Pop’s looking good 426 views · 13 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 UMass is trailing for the first time in the 2026 season. Down 7-0 at Rutgers 6:40 into the game. 338 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 It's official: transfer Reese Poffenbarger won't be playing for Akron this week. Head coach Joe Moorhead stated earlier this week in his presser "all" QBs had gotten significant snaps on the fall when asked about the depth chart at the position. 696 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Sources: Akron will start redshirt freshman Cibastian Broughton at quarterback at Wake Forest tonight. Projected QB starter Reese Poffenbarger is dealing with an NCAA eligibility issue, paving the way for Broughton’s first career college snaps. https://t.co/HCnXX6i7wL 43.1K views · 140 likes · 28 reposts · 10 replies 03 Sep 2026 Frank Solich getting the traditional French fry bath, as one does in Idaho. #PotatoBowl https://t.co/0pCy7rjM6N 0 views · 1.4K likes · 306 reposts · 30 replies 03 Jan 2020