Jim Roberts ✓

@nycjim · iPhone: 40.751663,-73.989670 · joined 29 May 2008

Full-time student of the news & long-time follower of the Grateful Dead. Contributing Ed. @the74. Priors: Cheddar, Mashable, NYT. Listen to the thunder shout.

177 040Followers

2 588Following

147 734Posts total

16.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Jim Roberts ✓@nycjim10h

A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. “Doc Marshall” has a net worth of between $3 million and 9.8 million, according to his most recent financial disclosure. https://t.co/ZGatsMGtIB via @NYTimes 1.5K views · 14 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Jim Roberts ✓@nycjim14h

Thieves make off with two Renoirs from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Estimated value €9 million. https://t.co/3JSpcV0509 https://t.co/RMm6kCIxWI

1.8K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Jim Roberts ✓@nycjim7 Sep

Idiocracy update: The trick to lowering gas prices is driving less, US energy secretary says. https://t.co/Hb3b5hrGak 3.1K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Jim Roberts ✓@nycjim6 Sep

#ettd 4.3K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Jim Roberts ✓@nycjim6 Sep

Deplorable. 5.5K views · 17 likes · 5 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views3 055this account4 918median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.73%this account1.70%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.29%this account1.22%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	3 055	4 918	0.62×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.73%	1.70%	1.02×
Engagement rate	0.29%	1.22%	0.24×

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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

5.5K6 Sep

4.3K

3.1K7 Sep

1.8K8 Sep

1.5K

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

0.44%6 Sep

0.14%

0.29%7 Sep

0.22%8 Sep

1.37%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.22%.

What the audience does

Likes67.2%45 in total

Reposts19.4%13 in total

Replies6.0%4 in total

Quotes1.5%1 in total

Bookmarks6.0%4 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.