Ron Charles
@RonCharles · Washington, DC · joined 06 Jan 2009
I write about books on Substack.
46 525Followers
265Following
44Posts total
2.6KViews on collected posts
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
9466 Feb
59913 Feb
31227 Feb
3896 Mar
32512 May
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
1.06%6 Feb
1.50%13 Feb
1.60%27 Feb
0.77%6 Mar
1.23%12 May
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.
What the audience does
Likes78.8%26 in total
Reposts6.1%2 in total
Replies3.0%1 in total
Quotes6.1%2 in total
Bookmarks6.1%2 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
Elderly man found wandering in field muttering bleedingly obvious things....
https://t.co/xbrjiJnmuo
325 views · 4 likes
· 0 reposts · 0 replies
12 May 2026
· Open on X →
A new bill in Congress would punish schools for letting students read about gender identity — and “lascivious dancing.”
Book bans aren’t fading. They’re evolving.
Today’s newsletter: https://t.co/HAP3t7o26Y
389 views · 3 likes
· 0 reposts · 0 replies
06 Mar 2026
· Open on X →
The Collapse of Presidential Rhetoric:
From Lincoln’s eloquence to Trump’s 108-minute harangue
https://t.co/1A5Ha31yRV https://t.co/GWT1laJ1M5
312 views · 4 likes
· 0 reposts · 0 replies
27 Feb 2026
· Open on X →
Roses are red, violets are blue.
A Valentine’s Substack, written for you.
https://t.co/N6mUUdJ42R
599 views · 6 likes
· 2 reposts · 1 replies
13 Feb 2026
· Open on X →
America’s Best Idea — Sabotaged https://t.co/1p5WXXCNjP
946 views · 9 likes
· 0 reposts · 0 replies
06 Feb 2026
· Open on X →
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