John Branch

@JohnBranchNYT · San Francisco · joined 20 Apr 2009

New York Times reporter in California. I try to write stories you didn't know you wanted to read. Author of The Last Cowboys; Boy on Ice; Sidecountry

17 389Followers

4 007Following

26 970Posts total

156.5KViews on collected posts

Últimas publicaciones

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT13 Aug 2025

Thank you, Tyler. If only I was still active on Twitter, I’d retweet this. OK, fine. Exception made. Much appreciated. 1.6K views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT11 Aug 2025

After finding the lone copy @ my local Barnes & Noble — and picking it up on and off for the last yr, as I’ve challenged myself to get back into reading — I just finished. So many incredible stories that remind me why writing & reporting, are so important. @JohnBranchNYT Bravo ht 1.8K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT6 Apr 2025

I will momentarily suspend my silence here by saying thank you, thank you 2K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT12 Dec 2024

“We’ve got sanewash, yes we do! We’ve got sanewash, how about you?” Periodic repost as related news happens, which is a lot these days 1.9K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT9 Dec 2024

Hey, thank you, Jeff 1.2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT9 Dec 2024

This is really good. @JohnBranchNYT is so good at his job. https://t.co/6f7ARReVgT 1.5K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT5 Oct 2024

@JohnBranchNYT @nytimes Great article that asks an important question for athletic programs … given your commercial revenue stream, why do you need a subsidy from the academic side? Leave it to @TheOnion to nail it “Deion Sanders Admits He Has No Idea What School Colorado Buff 138 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT4 Oct 2024

I was just asked by a friend: In the 170+ years of the NYT, how many times has the term 'trough urinal' appeared? Turns out zero. Until now. #shouldertoshoulder 1.6K views · 15 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT4 Oct 2024

I went home to Colorado to ask a national question: What does college football have to do with college? As I wrote, this isn't about Deion Sanders. It's really a question for the rest of us. Today's Great Read at the @nytimes https://t.co/5Oz1SHvLdY 144.7K views · 111 likes · 23 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →

John Branch@JohnBranchNYT14 Jul 2022

My insincere apologies if you get tired of seeing this cool ad across NYT platforms. And my sincere thanks for those who have supported this endeavor and continue to support one-of-a-kind journalism in general. @wwnorton @nytimes https://t.co/iH8MVoQgMJ 0 views · 31 likes · 7 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

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

144.7K4 Oct

1.6K

1385 Oct

1.5K9 Dec

1.2K

1.9K12 Dec

2K6 Apr

1.8K11 Aug

1.6K13 Aug

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

0.11%4 Oct

0.93%

1.45%5 Oct

0.26%9 Dec

0.16%

0.21%12 Dec

0.54%6 Apr

0.28%11 Aug

0.56%13 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes64.4%154 in total

Reposts10.5%25 in total

Replies9.2%22 in total

Quotes3.8%9 in total

Bookmarks12.1%29 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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Growth & engagement

Views per post

Engagement rate per post

What the audience does

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