James Herbert

@outsidethenba · Brooklyn, NY via Toronto · joined 10 Oct 2009

NBA writer, ex-@CBSSports. email: james@never.computer

27 807Followers

2 278Following

64 178Posts total

578.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

James Herbert@outsidethenba16 Sep

if you read one longform profile of john konchar, who has agreed to a deal with the knicks, make it this one! 6.9K views · 13 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba3 Sep

this was fun! 1.4K views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba3 Sep

Now joined by @outsidethenba! Watch: https://t.co/k59odCmYLx 2.2K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba14 Jul

@outsidethenba I hope the next opportunity finds you soon and is bigger and better than this one. 3.3K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba14 Jul

@outsidethenba Congrats on an incredible run, James. I’ll always appreciate what you’ve done for so many writers. 5K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba14 Jul

@outsidethenba you do great work! hope you land well soon 13.2K views · 19 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba14 Jul

Today’s my last day at CBS Sports. They’re not renewing my contract. Sorry, LeBron—there’s another James hitting free agency. Eternally thankful for 12+ years, and for the chance to write about everybody from Dirk and Giannis to Alvarado and Konchar. Email’s in bio. 448.1K views · 535 likes · 36 reposts · 35 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba9 Jul

he's a big tyrese haliburton fan https://t.co/k4DtbEPjHy 7.5K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba13 Apr 2023

The Grizzlies are loud and brash … and then there’s Jitty. Here’s my story about the one-of-a-kind John Konchar https://t.co/ZsAK3ne6Eh 90.5K views · 159 likes · 46 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

James Herbert@outsidethenba8 Apr 2022

Scottie Barnes is everything, everywhere, all at once — here’s my deep dive on the Raptors’ remarkable rookie https://t.co/XZslgvvJ8o 0 views · 2.3K likes · 418 reposts · 100 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views5 046this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %18.15%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.15%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	5 046	924	5.46×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	18.15%	3.62%	5.01×
Engagement rate	0.15%	1.52%	0.10×

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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

90.5K13 Apr

7.5K9 Jul

448.1K14 Jul

13.2K

3.3K

2.2K3 Sep

1.4K

6.9K16 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.26%13 Apr

0.07%9 Jul

0.14%14 Jul

0.15%

0.22%

0.24%

0.05%3 Sep

0.14%

0.26%16 Sep

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

What the audience does

Likes76.4%751 in total

Reposts9.1%89 in total

Replies4.7%46 in total

Quotes5.5%54 in total

Bookmarks4.4%43 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.

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