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@craignewmark · San Francisco · joined 12 Apr 2008

craigslist founder & CSR, not management since 2000, https://t.co/MgiGNQHgZf

89 349Followers

5 666Following

177 032Posts total

22KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views957this account1 045median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.07%this account3.41%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.30%this account2.02%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	957	1 045	0.92×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.07%	3.41%	0.31×
Engagement rate	1.30%	2.02%	0.65×

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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

16.6K24 Jan

71230 Jun

349 Jul

31520 Oct

9863 Sep

9284 Sep

1.8K5 Sep

601

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

1.34%24 Jan

0.42%30 Jun

2.94%9 Jul

0.95%20 Oct

1.42%3 Sep

2.26%4 Sep

1.19%5 Sep

1.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.02%.

What the audience does

Likes61.2%186 in total

Reposts9.9%30 in total

Replies24.3%74 in total

Quotes0.7%2 in total

Bookmarks3.9%12 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

Sept 10: @AspenDigital is hosting a conversation on reimagining what #DataCenters could be, from tiny distributed networks to public-owned utilities. Hear how librarians, farmers, and community advocates are creating a #MorePublic computing future! https://t.co/exGChsy0Kg 601 views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Thanks! My Sunday School teachers really did influence me, and I've only recently realized it. 1.8K views · 16 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Texas was selected to set the national standard for defending water systems, and the WWC is standing with them to make demonstrable progress on the front lines of this fight #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 #WaterWatchCenter #Watershed250 https://t.co/5wSA5oPxIK 928 views · 14 likes · 2 reposts · 5 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Join VetsInTech on September 24 for a virtual Vets in Space Employer Meetup, connecting veterans and military spouses with hiring teams and leaders from Amazon Leo, Vast, Blue Origin, True Anomaly, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, NVIDIA, and other companies across the space and defense 986 views · 7 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@craignewmark @baekdal Facts over hype, always the safer play. 315 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 20 Oct 2025 · Open on X →

@craignewmark @baekdal Thank you for your generous donations to journalism. Without facts and a free press our country is doomed. #Resist I have admired you ever since you turned down the offer to buy Craigslist, stating you have enough money and you like your company (or words 34 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 09 Jul 2025 · Open on X →

@craignewmark @baekdal Facts always cut through noise better than hype ever will. 712 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jun 2025 · Open on X →

Looks like it's useful to repeat actual facts from @baekdal: https://t.co/gjbJ3jX9tm 16.6K views · 139 likes · 19 reposts · 64 replies 24 Jan 2025 · Open on X →