Christine Benz

@christine_benz · Chicago, IL · joined 07 Oct 2009

Director of personal finance and retirement planning for Morningstar. Author of the bestselling book "How to Retire." https://t.co/keI2Q2bpla

37 052Followers

967Following

13 913Posts total

92.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Christine Benz@christine_benz31 Aug

Another installment in my series of me justifying things that I do with my money. 😂 https://t.co/Er59uIA4kW 4.9K views · 28 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Christine Benz@christine_benz6 Jul

This arrived right on time for the holiday weekend. Even my husband said “Wow, nice.” Thanks and congrats, @MebFaber ! https://t.co/rS8D9h3okk 3K views · 27 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Christine Benz@christine_benz8 Jun

Step-up in cost basis after death: "Hold my beer." 😂🤣 12.7K views · 23 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Christine Benz@christine_benz8 Jun

I wrote about an expense that catches a lot of retirees off guard--and how to get ahead of it. https://t.co/KTqnOFmEj9 5.7K views · 16 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Christine Benz@christine_benz16 Jul 2024

@christine_benz Congratulations!! 305 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Christine Benz@christine_benz16 Jul 2024

@christine_benz Congrats Christine! I can't wait to read it 1.8K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Christine Benz@christine_benz15 Jul 2024

@christine_benz I'd love to read this Christine and chat about the lessons on ChooseFI... 420 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Christine Benz@christine_benz15 Jul 2024

I've had my head down working on a book project over the past year. How to Retire, a true labor of love, is coming out on Sept. 17 but is available for pre-order now. https://t.co/9gmRuVv881 https://t.co/wPiQH5VytC 63.9K views · 423 likes · 33 reposts · 66 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views3 937this account968median for 10K–100K

Reach, %10.63%this account3.43%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.85%this account1.91%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 937	968	4.07×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	10.63%	3.43%	3.10×
Engagement rate	0.85%	1.91%	0.45×

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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

63.9K15 Jul

420

1.8K16 Jul

305

5.7K8 Jun

12.7K

3K6 Jul

4.9K31 Aug

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

0.83%15 Jul

2.86%

0.77%16 Jul

3.28%

0.40%8 Jun

0.20%

1.03%6 Jul

0.68%31 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.91%.

What the audience does

Likes69.6%546 in total

Reposts5.0%39 in total

Replies10.1%79 in total

Quotes2.2%17 in total

Bookmarks13.2%104 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.