Michael Rothstein

@mikerothstein · New York (& the world) · joined 21 May 2009

Staff writer @ESPN. Daily Orange U (Cuse) Tips? Email michael.rothstein@espn.com, Signal @mikerothstein.22 or DM. Inquiries: tglass@csetalentrep.com

29 513Followers

2 762Following

110 125Posts total

13.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Michael Rothstein@mikerothstein10 Sep

Ex-NFL RB LeShon Johnson sentenced to 5 years for dogfighting https://t.co/mh6Zju5jsb 3.4K views · 1 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Michael Rothstein@mikerothstein6 Sep

This is so worth your time on the final night of Katie Taylor as a professional boxer. 2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Rothstein@mikerothstein5 Sep

Katie Taylor’s career just ended in Ireland — in a place she always hoped to fight in. I covered part of her career & spent time with her in Connecticut leading up to Taylor-Amanda Serrano l. Her legacy then, as now, remains secure. From 2022 👇🏻 https://t.co/42FMKKxYcq 2.9K views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Rothstein@mikerothstein2 Sep

The William Jewell College interim prez told ESPN that the school is not aware of any underlying medical conditions for RB Micah Jo Barnett, who died after scoring a touchdown last Saturday. The family will hold a celebration of Barnett’s life Saturday. https://t.co/I4KC59JCeY 4.3K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Michael Rothstein@mikerothstein30 Aug

https://t.co/Tr6S6GG5NO

1.3K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views2 926this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %9.91%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.16%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 926	924	3.17×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	9.91%	3.62%	2.74×
Engagement rate	0.16%	1.52%	0.10×

Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →

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

1.3K30 Aug

4.3K2 Sep

2.9K5 Sep

2K6 Sep

3.4K10 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

0.16%30 Aug

0.09%2 Sep

0.21%5 Sep

0.10%6 Sep

0.21%10 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes63.6%14 in total

Reposts22.7%5 in total

Replies4.5%1 in total

Quotes4.5%1 in total

Bookmarks4.5%1 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.