Eric Ries ✓

@ericries · SF · joined 01 Apr 2008

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301 405Followers

1 835Following

35 100Posts total

288.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views2 773this account4 963median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.92%this account2.08%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.12%this account1.47%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	2 773	4 963	0.56×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.92%	2.08%	0.44×
Engagement rate	0.12%	1.47%	0.08×

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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

186.9K23 Jan

16.7K

15.5K

17.9K

38K25 Jan

2.6K3 Sep

3.9K

2.8K4 Sep

4.3K

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.42%23 Jan

0.53%

0.14%

0.41%

0.60%25 Jan

0.49%3 Sep

0.10%

0.32%4 Sep

0.12%

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes79.8%1 138 in total

Reposts2.0%29 in total

Replies3.4%48 in total

Quotes0.7%10 in total

Bookmarks14.1%201 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

@ericries goodreads reviewers giving better blurbs than publishers now 12 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 Steve Brock, a Goodreads reviewer, on Incorruptible. https://t.co/pjBc8K8BtV https://t.co/jslGWf6AxZ 4.3K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 What gives mission-driven companies their “superpowers”? The answer is trustworthiness. Trust helps organizations attract great people, inspire loyalty, communicate more effectively, raise money, and recover when things go wrong. It may be the most underrated asset in business. 2.8K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 Nicki Tessler, president of Lifepoint Behavioral Health, on Incorruptible. https://t.co/hetOKpkvh0 https://t.co/CGfFJFjok9 3.9K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 What if being mission-driven isn’t a tradeoff, but a competitive advantage? The data shows mission-driven companies outperform across return on capital, longevity, customer loyalty, investor loyalty, and more. Yet many leaders have been taught to believe these practices don’t h 2.6K views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 @ericries I love your content but I think you should write it in a single X post Threads are dead! 38K views · 219 likes · 1 reposts · 8 replies 25 Jan 2026 The people who stayed were recommitted to the mission. They'd said no to six months of salary to be there! Sometimes the most effective thing you can do for the mission is help misaligned people leave. 17.9K views · 67 likes · 3 reposts · 3 replies 23 Jan 2026 I’ve been gathering stories and insights like this for years. You’re invited to receive them directly (plus know. about exciting things coming soon). https://t.co/V16JUZ4uvX 15.5K views · 20 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 23 Jan 2026 The result surprised Matt. Misalignment is a hidden cost. In Matt's words, it shows up as "passive-aggressive gunking up the works." "We started moving faster, even though we had fewer people," he told me. 16.7K views · 84 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies 23 Jan 2026 Six months of salary. That's what Matt Mullenweg offered every Automattic employee to resign if they didn't believe in the company's direction. About 9% took the offer and left. 186.9K views · 724 likes · 20 reposts · 31 replies 23 Jan 2026