Nick Maggiulli ✓

@dollarsanddata · joined 30 Dec 2016

Helping people build wealth since 2017. Author of Just Keep Buying (https://t.co/8gu4qZ7MWy) & The Wealth Ladder (https://t.co/3lGb0qPuin)

189 771Followers

422Following

13 648Posts total

147.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views2 964this account4 138median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.56%this account1.73%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.54%this account1.48%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	2 964	4 138	0.72×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.56%	1.73%	0.90×
Engagement rate	0.54%	1.48%	0.37×

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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

14.5K11 Aug

60.9K18 Aug

1.1K

40K

320

539

130

116

11.2K25 Aug

16K1 Sep

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.58%11 Aug

0.31%18 Aug

0.10%

0.27%

0.54%

0.62%

0.37%

2.31%

1.72%

0.53%25 Aug

0.60%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.48%.

What the audience does

Likes60.6%537 in total

Reposts4.6%41 in total

Replies8.4%74 in total

Quotes1.0%9 in total

Bookmarks25.4%225 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

At 27 I almost spent $150k on an MBA. Then I ran the numbers. My latest on which graduate degrees are the best investment: https://t.co/hpvQFiCDuI 16K views · 76 likes · 5 reposts · 11 replies 01 Sep 2026 Much of the speculative stuff of 2021 ended up failing (NFTs, DeFi, etc.) while much of the speculative stuff of 2025 (AI) seems to be succeeding. My latest on why I was wrong to be bearish on US stocks a year ago: https://t.co/Q4dkPp2LNh 11.2K views · 46 likes · 3 reposts · 10 replies 25 Aug 2026 @dollarsanddata The business owners I meet who sold and then hated retirement had this exact pattern. The work wasn't the obligation, it was the identity. Financial independence arrives years before anyone figures out what to do with it. 116 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 Aug 2026 @dollarsanddata This flips the old leisure-class logic on its head. In 1983 high earners bought status with free time; now they buy it with busyness. The scarcest asset on most balance sheets I see isn't money, it's a calendar the owner actually controls. 130 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 18 Aug 2026 @dollarsanddata In high-skill fields, there is arbitrage available with trading money for time Particularly, if we keep our personal burn-rate under control An interesting topic given your interest in true wealth 539 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 Aug 2026 @dollarsanddata 79% of weekends. so weekends exist for these guys as a concept only 320 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 Aug 2026 Harvard Business Review tracked the time of 27 CEOs (of large companies) and found that they: -Worked 62.5 hours per week, on average -Worked 79% of weekend days -Worked 70% of vacation days Having time freedom and not using it is the same as not having it. 40K views · 181 likes · 9 reposts · 27 replies 18 Aug 2026 @dollarsanddata In my career I have seen so many people who work big hours just to maintain appearances. 1.1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 18 Aug 2026 @dollarsanddata I’m reading “Young Money” right now by @Jack_Raines - great book and it speaks to this 3K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 18 Aug 2026 In 1983, the bottom 20% of workers were more likely to put in long hours than the top 20%. By 2002, the top 20% were twice as likely to work long hours as the bottom 20%. My latest on why "owning your time" is a myth: https://t.co/Xc5NhTS5kd 60.9K views · 157 likes · 17 reposts · 12 replies 18 Aug 2026 Since 1926, the median U.S. stock has underperformed the market by 7.9% over a 10-year period. If you have a lot of money in one stock, you'll likely experience a similar fate. But you don't have to. My latest on the best way to sell a concentrated position: 14.5K views · 65 likes · 6 reposts · 12 replies 11 Aug 2026