Max Chafkin

@chafkin · Queens, NY · joined 26 Oct 2007

writer, @BW and @technology. Co-Host, the Everybody's Business podcast. Author, The Contrarian. Worse half to @lagorio. Email: m at maxchafkin dot com.

19 826Followers

2 248Following

8 521Posts total

69.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views3 634this account1 195median for 10K–100K

Reach, %18.33%this account3.80%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.35%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 634	1 195	3.04×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	18.33%	3.80%	4.82×
Engagement rate	0.35%	2.00%	0.18×

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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

9.2K28 Aug

749

40.4K

1.7K

5962 Sep

3.7K3 Sep

9.7K4 Sep

3.5K

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

0.16%28 Aug

0.67%

0.68%

0.48%

0.17%2 Sep

0.99%3 Sep

0.15%4 Sep

0.23%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.00%.

What the audience does

Likes84.6%307 in total

Reposts9.1%33 in total

Replies2.8%10 in total

Quotes3.3%12 in total

Bookmarks0.3%1 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

this was great. @markgurman previews every unannounced apple product 3.5K views · 5 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 From foldable iPhones to AirPods with cameras to smart glasses, Apple has a whole lineup of major product launches planned for the coming two to three years. @markgurman joins @chafkin and @svaneksmith to unpack the latest products the company will be releasing at the start h 9.7K views · 10 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Forget ai. The average nyc parent would prolly support a ban of all screens in k-8 schools 3.7K views · 32 likes · 1 reposts · 4 replies 03 Sep 2026 This helps explain why so many people hate this stuff 596 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 this is hurtful 1.7K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 28 Aug 2026 The 9th Circuit roasted the Mets in today's prediction market injunction ruling. "Going back to the Mets example, perhaps in an uber-technical sense a Mets’ loss could have marginal economic impact as some fans guzzle more beer to drown away their sorrows." 40.4K views · 238 likes · 21 reposts · 4 replies 28 Aug 2026 great conversation on the hostilities to the north + me and @svaneksmith talk about fakes vs the real thing, when it comes to diamonds and op-eds 749 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 On this episode of the Everybody's Business podcast, Harvard economist Ken Rogoff tells @svaneksmith and @chafkin why he calls the US-Canada trade war a "bar fight" and how President Trump's latest spat with US's closest ally differs from tariff wars with other countries. https 9.2K views · 11 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026