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Maarten Boudry

@mboudry · Brussels · joined 26 Nov 2012

Writer. Substack: https://t.co/VsUehvu0Jj Support me: https://t.co/LpIczJq8hi Upcoming book: 'The Betrayal of Enlightenment' (Pitchstone)

48 666Followers
1 794Following
43 061Posts total
261.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views8 828this account3 644median for 10K–100K
Reach, %18.14%this account11.83%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %3.02%this account1.36%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post8 8283 6442.42×
Reach (views ÷ followers)18.14%11.83%1.53×
Engagement rate3.02%1.36%2.21×

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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

198.1K14 Feb
7.6K27 Aug
14.6K31 Aug
24.3K1 Sep
8.8K2 Sep
7.9K

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.40%14 Feb
0.34%27 Aug
3.01%31 Aug
3.76%1 Sep
3.59%2 Sep
0.27%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes64.3%1 977 in total
Reposts10.4%321 in total
Replies5.4%166 in total
Quotes1.3%41 in total
Bookmarks18.6%572 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

It seems that literary magazine @themothmagazine has awarded its 1st prize to a short story that is 100% AI-generated, according to @Pangram: https://t.co/5kJJrTMIAw I read the story. I ain't no literary critic, but it's kinda lame. It's superficially poetic and atmospheric, but 7.9K views · 15 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 02 Sep 2026 Los van alle voorspelbare klimaatzever in dit perfect inwisselbare stuk: @ReynebeauM snapt kennelijk niet wat "noodzakelijke en voldoende voorwaarden" zijn. "Maar de klimaatverandering behoort wel degelijk tot de noodzakelijke en voldoende voorwaarden die tot de branden hebben 8.8K views · 259 likes · 38 reposts · 17 replies 02 Sep 2026 Een ontluisterend interview met mijn collega Bouke De Vries bij @DoorbraakBE over de verstikkende ideologische sfeer aan de Gentse vakgroep: "Ik heb aan tien verschillende universiteiten in acht verschillende landen gestudeerd of gewerkt, maar nergens heb ik zo’n beklemmend 24.3K views · 719 likes · 152 reposts · 31 replies 01 Sep 2026 Durf (hetzelfde) denken! Decaan Letteren & Wijsbegeerte aan @UGent: "Het verheugt me dat er binnen de facultaire gemeenschap zo'n grote consensus bestaat over deze kwestie, in alle geledingen. De polarisatie die we nu in de media zien, is er intern helemaal niet." Iedereen sa 14.6K views · 377 likes · 41 reposts · 14 replies 31 Aug 2026 In case you missed it – yesterday we crowned a new winner of The Moth Short Story Prize. Jeffrey-Michael Kane's 'The Shoulder', as seen here in The Irish Times. Read all about this year's winners over on our website: https://t.co/BJ8HPxn7Tn https://t.co/zssFlsBxRT 7.6K views · 20 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 27 Aug 2026 Why do people believe crazy stuff? It's because they fall for “fallacies”, we're told. Memorize the classics (ad hominem, post hoc, straw man) and you’ll be inoculated against error. It's a neat little story, and I used to believe it too. But I've become a fallacy apostate. 🧵/1 h 198.1K views · 587 likes · 86 reposts · 99 replies 14 Feb 2026

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