Robert Pondiscio ✓

@rpondiscio · Medusa, NY · joined 27 Feb 2008

Dad, teacher, volunteer fireman, American, senior fellow @AEI; author, "How the Other Half Learns." Free Substack: https://t.co/TVEGS97sFA

29 770Followers

2 896Following

13 493Posts total

54.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views3 530this account980median for 10K–100K

Reach, %11.86%this account3.27%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.45%this account2.01%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 530	980	3.60×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	11.86%	3.27%	3.63×
Engagement rate	2.45%	2.01%	1.22×

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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

18K3 Sep

3.5K4 Sep

2.5K

21.4K5 Sep

1.7K

2.5K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

4.30%3 Sep

1.16%

0.91%4 Sep

3.02%

0.50%5 Sep

3.90%

2.45%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 2.01%.

What the audience does

Likes73.2%870 in total

Reposts12.0%143 in total

Replies10.8%129 in total

Quotes2.9%34 in total

Bookmarks1.1%13 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

Your occasional reminder that while we’re fretting about AI-enabled cheating, the vast majority of US students still cannot read or do math at an age-appropriate level. 2.5K views · 53 likes · 5 reposts · 4 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Gary Sinise is a great and unheralded American. His foundation also recently gave a generous grant to my local volunteer fire department. 1.7K views · 62 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Wearable artificial intelligence has delivered a death blow to exams as we know them, an assessment expert has warned, amid mounting reports of students using smart glasses to cheat. @JohnRoss49 reports #highered #AI #cheating https://t.co/DbLXBfL9kW https://t.co/BqHtZwRrby 21.4K views · 59 likes · 24 reposts · 5 replies 05 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

If your writing, research, and social media feed is focused primarily at building your brand--not improving kids' educational outcome--you're doing it wrong. 2.5K views · 66 likes · 5 reposts · 5 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Good for you, dude. See yourself out. We’re finished. 3.5K views · 28 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Last year, I visited a Bronx elementary school to see a demonstration of an AI reading program. The teachers didn't even look up from their phones when I entered. I strongly favor "human connections" but the only instruction I saw was the AI program. Make of that what you will. 5K views · 43 likes · 5 reposts · 9 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

JD Vance: "Tucker Carlson is a friend, and I'm not going to play the game where I throw friends under the bus" If you are the Vice President and you can't bring yourself to condemn someone who is viewed by many as anti-Semitic, don't be surprised when we don't trust you. https:/ 18K views · 559 likes · 99 reposts · 101 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →