Jared Diamond

@jareddiamond · joined 03 May 2008

I'm at the national baseball writer @WSJ. Teach: @columbiajourn, @Mville_U. Author: SWING KINGS (@wmmorrowbooks). Email: jared.diamond@wsj.com.

29 025Followers

863Following

18 210Posts total

393.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views2 456this account2 392median for 10K–100K

Reach, %8.46%this account7.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.00%this account1.50%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 456	2 392	1.03×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.46%	7.18%	1.18×
Engagement rate	1.00%	1.50%	0.66×

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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

1.5K1 Sep

44.1K

4.2K

2.8K

2.1K

1.6K2 Sep

331.2K

3.1K

2.1K

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

0.19%1 Sep

1.43%

1.86%

1.03%

0.48%

0.45%2 Sep

1.19%

1.11%

0.63%

0.97%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.50%.

What the audience does

Likes69.2%4 299 in total

Reposts5.4%333 in total

Replies1.2%77 in total

Quotes0.7%46 in total

Bookmarks23.5%1 461 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

4 Sep

Daily snapshots since 04 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.

Latest posts

@jareddiamond @brian_mcgill Show his hands right before swing… that’s what matters 1K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @jareddiamond @BornOnThirdCubs @brian_mcgill @brendan_cubs 🤤 2.1K views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 @jareddiamond @brian_mcgill Looks like Schwarbs stance a bit 3.1K views · 33 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 The numbers behind Pete Crow-Armstrong's mechanical changes are amazing. He was hitting .224 with his hold stance -- and .320 since reworking his setup. This great graphic by @brian_mcgill shows it perfectly. https://t.co/zqq00YYzH0 https://t.co/0QIJiLzMDJ 331.2K views · 3.5K likes · 315 reposts · 59 replies 02 Sep 2026 Watching an at-bat from Pete Crow-Armstrong now versus one of his at-bats from April is like watching two different hitters. I went deep on the big mechanical changes that made PCA the MVP favorite. https://t.co/scU7gHPWMz 1.6K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 02 Sep 2026 @jareddiamond Its not really a Los Angeles team, come on 2.1K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 @jareddiamond This feels like a rather big point for the union, if the Angels can sell for 4 billion in a sport where the entire national TV deal is smaller than just the NBC's deal in the NBA 2.8K views · 28 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 @jareddiamond If MLB had shared national media rights, the Angels would have gone for far more than the Timberwolves, and that’s where this discussion should start and end 4.2K views · 77 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 The Minnesota Timberwolves recently sold at a valuation of $4.5 billion. The Los Angeles Angels just sold at a valuation of $4 billion. This will be discussed at the baseball bargaining table. 44.1K views · 593 likes · 16 reposts · 12 replies 01 Sep 2026 Arte Moreno bought the Angels for about $184 million in 2003. He has now sold the team for a valuation of $4 billion -- to a man who has won championships in the NFL, NBA, NHL and EPL all since 2022. https://t.co/eE5IqfX0L9 1.5K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Rule 1: Don’t tweet. Rule 2: If you do tweet, don’t tweet again. Rule 3: Never tweet through it. 0 views · 45 likes · 7 reposts · 6 replies 09 Nov 2018