Jacob Goldstein

@jacobgoldstein · joined 15 Sep 2008

Author of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. Formerly @planetmoney. Now I host What's Your Problem and Business History.

15 083Followers

1 835Following

7 457Posts total

5.5KViews on collected posts

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

2968 May

74618 May

294

4.2K21 May

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.68%8 May

0.54%18 May

0.34%

1.51%21 May

3.03%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes47.3%53 in total

Reposts9.8%11 in total

Replies3.6%4 in total

Quotes2.7%3 in total

Bookmarks36.6%41 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

Followers by day

5 Sep

Daily snapshots since 05 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

@jacobgoldstein @every @danshipper exact data reality. we keep reaching for automation as this perfect shield against human friction, only to realize the bots break down the second you remove the actual empathy and accountability of a person 33 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 21 May 2026 · Open on X →

🔥 from @every CEO @danshipper: Automation is a lie. Bots need people! https://t.co/mMQDJ7moEm 4.2K views · 47 likes · 10 reposts · 3 replies 21 May 2026 · Open on X →

The new @BenEvans AI Eats the World deck is fun and interesting as always. But I have one tangential question that is not about AI. Why did SKUs per supermarket fall sharply around 2008? https://t.co/AtXxYm9AiR 294 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 May 2026 · Open on X →

Remember Jack Welch's catchphrase? https://t.co/ATWuhC4Juo 746 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 May 2026 · Open on X →

Why does the market @Kalshi say there's a 1 in 4 chance the US govt will confirm the existence of aliens THIS YEAR? https://t.co/7Uojk7CC49 296 views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 08 May 2026 · Open on X →

My book comes out today! Please buy one or more copies! (Also, please RT) Here's a preview of the book, along with links to buy it: https://t.co/PzqJdNnXEk 0 views · 362 likes · 79 reposts · 60 replies 08 Sep 2020 · Open on X →