Ufuk Akcigit ✓

@ufukakcigit · Chicago, IL · joined 10 Jan 2018

Professor of Economics, University of Chicago | Economic growth, Productivity, Competition, Innovation, Entrepreneurship | Türkçe: @ProfUfukAkcigit

27 700Followers

196Following

595Posts total

6.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

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

Median views1 470this account1 328median for 10K–100K

Reach, %5.31%this account4.18%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.56%this account1.94%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 470	1 328	1.11×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	5.31%	4.18%	1.27×
Engagement rate	0.56%	1.94%	0.29×

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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

1.7K19 Mar

1.5K4 Aug

1K24 Aug

2.7K

Last 4 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.24%19 Mar

0.95%4 Aug

0.20%24 Aug

0.56%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.94%.

What the audience does

Likes64.3%27 in total

Reposts14.3%6 in total

Replies2.4%1 in total

Quotes2.4%1 in total

Bookmarks16.7%7 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

Unser Gastbeitrag in der heutigen @faznet Frankfurter Allgemeine: @ReintGropp und ich zeigen, warum kurze Aufbewahrungsfristen unersetzliche historische Daten gefährden und die Grundlage evidenzbasierter Wirtschaftspolitik schwächen. Datenerhalt ist eine Investition in bessere 2.7K views · 9 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 24 Aug 2026 Our op-ed in today’s @faznet, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: @ReintGropp and I argue that short retention periods threaten irreplaceable historical data and weaken the evidence base for sound economic policy. Preserving data is an investment in better research and better 1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 24 Aug 2026 It has been a privilege to work on this year's @WorldBankGroup World Development Report on AI and Development with Gaurav Nayyar, Susan Athey, and the entire WDR team. Congratulations to everyone for the tremendous effort and dedication that went into this important work. 1.5K views · 13 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 04 Aug 2026 The “great sucking sound” of AI brain drain via @FT l https://t.co/6zDgTU7b9J 1.7K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 19 Mar 2026 I am very happy and honored to receive this year’s Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award to study the economic gap between East and West Germany w/ @IWH_Halle. And push forward my research on what drives innovation and how we can improve it @maxplanckpress @UChicago @BeckerFriedman 0 views · 541 likes · 50 reposts · 33 replies 19 Sep 2019 Forward-looking ideas that shape the future: the winner of the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2019, Ufuk Akcigit, is honoured for his achievements in the fields of #macroeconomics & modern growth theory. #MaxPlanckHumboldt19 @ufukakcigit @UChicago @AvHStiftung @maxplanckp 0 views · 158 likes · 26 reposts · 6 replies 19 Sep 2019