Kevin Hartz ✓

@kevinhartz · San Francisco · joined 23 Aug 2008

Co-Founder & General Partner A*. Co-founder of Sauron, Eventbrite (IPO 2018, acquired by Bending Spoons), and Xoom (IPO 2013, acquired by PayPal)

258 734Followers

450Following

832Posts total

133.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views10 287this account4 270median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.98%this account1.71%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.27%this account1.42%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	10 287	4 270	2.41×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.98%	1.71%	2.33×
Engagement rate	0.27%	1.42%	0.19×

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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

91.7K12 May

12.6K1 Aug

11.8K4 Aug

8.8K5 Aug

8.3K4 Sep

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

1.08%12 May

0.28%1 Aug

0.24%4 Aug

0.79%5 Aug

0.27%4 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.42%.

What the audience does

Likes60.0%959 in total

Reposts2.9%46 in total

Replies8.0%128 in total

Quotes0.8%13 in total

Bookmarks28.3%452 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

First South Carolina, then the world! @MonacoGTM 8.3K views · 18 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Five incredible years building A* with @GGuptaSF and @BennettSiegel. Couldn't have asked for better partners or friends. We would never stand in the way of a builder, especially when @travisk calls. Gautam will stay close to A* as a venture partner, and we will keep working 8.8K views · 65 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 05 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Fun conversation with @juliahartz and Will Salvi on building Eventbrite, from the early days to going public and beyond https://t.co/UjJ4ifxRJC 11.8K views · 25 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 04 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

The Best AI Companies Have Unique Data Acquisition Strategies | Simile C... https://t.co/rz4mrLOVyK via @YouTube 12.6K views · 32 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 01 Aug 2026 · Open on X →

Today, we're announcing A* III, a $450 million early-stage fund. We started @A_StarVC with the simple idea to be a founder's first believer. We are generalists by sector, but specialists in the stage and craft of seed investing. We partner with founders before there is 91.7K views · 819 likes · 38 reposts · 122 replies 12 May 2026 · Open on X →