Erin Woo ✓

@erinkwoo · sf · joined 12 Aug 2014

google reporter @wsj, previously @theinformation @nytimes et al. tips: erin.woo@wsj.com or erinkwoo.07 on signal

16 108Followers

4 025Following

5 510Posts total

566.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views12 941this account1 195median for 10K–100K

Reach, %80.34%this account3.80%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.69%this account2.00%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	12 941	1 195	10.8×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	80.34%	3.80%	21.1×
Engagement rate	0.69%	2.00%	0.34×

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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

5.1K27 Apr

110.8K28 Apr

2.4K

339

12.9K26 Aug

59.3K27 Aug

298.2K1 Sep

3.6K

1.9K

2.4K2 Sep

66.8K

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.75%27 Apr

0.61%28 Apr

0.83%

2.05%

1.47%

1.26%26 Aug

0.69%27 Aug

0.16%1 Sep

0.56%

0.42%

0.76%2 Sep

0.89%

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

What the audience does

Likes69.7%2 042 in total

Reposts9.8%286 in total

Replies2.2%64 in total

Quotes3.2%94 in total

Bookmarks15.1%442 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

incredible quote from this interview with a Waymo depot worker in @BayAreaCurrent https://t.co/5lGmzixyW0 https://t.co/mJKCbrF6iF 66.8K views · 534 likes · 35 reposts · 11 replies 02 Sep 2026 @erinkwoo https://t.co/dIAbKzW9kV 2.4K views · 17 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @erinkwoo If Google is really getting Flash-level speed close to top-tier coding quality, that’s the part that changes daily work. The winner is often the model people can afford to use without thinking twice. 1.9K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 @erinkwoo lol preferred to Opus 5. No one likes Opus 5 for coding. It talks to much. 3.6K views · 19 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 Scoop: Gemini 3.8 Flash, code-named "Skimaki," is expected to release as soon as tomorrow. Google employees prefer it to Opus on coding in side-by-side testing. Other details in here, including Google ramping up its work on RL and outlook for Gemini 4: https://t.co/ZjJrj4rfjy 298.2K views · 416 likes · 28 reposts · 13 replies 01 Sep 2026 this just in: Barret Zoph, who dramatically left Thinking Machines Lab to go to OpenAI, is now going to Google as a VP of research on RL/posttraining completing the boomerang of Google --> OpenAI --> TML --> OpenAI --> Google scoop with @MeghanBobrowsky https://t.co 59.3K views · 369 likes · 18 reposts · 12 replies 27 Aug 2026 New: Google is moving its AI responsibility team out of GDM and into the global affairs org, sparking employee fears of being sidelined. The team includes researchers testing for CBRN risks and studying the impacts of chatbots first scoop for @WSJ: https://t.co/H4cDPcnapx 12.9K views · 138 likes · 19 reposts · 4 replies 26 Aug 2026 @erinkwoo "Not intended for" versus "prohibited from". Quite the gap. Legal comfort blanket rather than enforceable constraint. Seen this dance before? 339 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Apr 2026 This deal came despite substantial employee opposition — 600+ employees signed a letter today asking Sundar Pichai to reject the agreement. As always, I want to talk to people on all sides of the situation. You can reach me at erinkwoo.07 on Signal. https://t.co/aqR58fjOpF 2.4K views · 44 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 28 Apr 2026 https://t.co/NV6rFtxrUm 2.4K views · 19 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 28 Apr 2026 SCOOP: Google has signed a deal with the Pentagon to allow the use of its AI for "any lawful government purpose." Google’s agreement also requires it to assist in adjusting its AI safety settings and filters at the government’s request. https://t.co/IF5uN7js6Y 110.8K views · 447 likes · 173 reposts · 18 replies 28 Apr 2026 NEW: More than 600 Google employees, including Google DeepMind and Cloud employees, are asking Sundar Pichai to reject a deal to let the Pentagon use Google's AI on classified work, after I first reported on deal talks earlier this month https://t.co/KgRtaivEn5 https://t.co/vQuC5 5.1K views · 26 likes · 9 reposts · 2 replies 27 Apr 2026