David Epstein ✓

@DavidEpstein · joined 07 Jul 2009

author RANGE, TheSportsGene, and now INSIDE THE BOX: How Constraints Make Us Better. (Pic is w/Frances Hesselbein).

58 887Followers

1 399Following

29 833Posts total

71.4KViews on collected posts

Posts recentes

David Epstein ✓@DavidEpstein1 Sep

He barred black so thoroughly that when they placed a black shroud over his coffin at the funeral, a friend screamed: "No! No black for Monet!" and went and found a floral table cloth. 3.1K views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Epstein ✓@DavidEpstein1 Sep

I was fortunate to correspond with Brooks before he passed away...brilliant man. This post reminds me a bit of Mokyr's economic history work on practitioners, tinkerers, and innovation. 3.1K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Epstein ✓@DavidEpstein31 Aug

The linear model of innovation says progress starts at universities, then moves to industry, then reaches customers. In a recent talk, @cmuratori presented the 1960s software crisis. Dijkstra, a researcher and professor who actually changed practice, was depressed. In 1972, he 13.2K views · 143 likes · 7 reposts · 18 replies Open on X →

David Epstein ✓@DavidEpstein31 Aug

Narrow restrictions force the brain into productive experimentation. By banning black from his palette, Claude Monet was forced to paint light completely differently, launching the Impressionist movement. @DavidEpstein https://t.co/l5TJVL3FOE 4K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Epstein ✓@DavidEpstein13 Aug

Made a one-handed stab in centerfield seats last night — no beer spilled. https://t.co/BWH6pQT8Ml 6.2K views · 97 likes · 1 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

David Epstein ✓@DavidEpstein29 Jul

The Cooper Lutkenhaus of lifeguards 9.7K views · 18 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

David Epstein ✓@DavidEpstein29 Apr

Holy cow, that is crazy praise coming from a thinker I admire 🙏 32.1K views · 107 likes · 9 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Em comparação com contas do mesmo porte

5 posts dos últimos 90 dias, ao lado da faixa de 10K–100K seguidores. aparece para muita gente, mas poucos desses espectadores reagem.

Mediana de visualizações3 969esta conta924mediana para 10K–100K

Alcance, %6.74%esta conta3.62%mediana para 10K–100K

Engajamento, %0.23%esta conta1.52%mediana para 10K–100K

Métrica	Esta conta	Mediana para 10K–100K	Proporção
Mediana de visualizações por post	3 969	924	4.30×
Alcance (visualizações ÷ seguidores)	6.74%	3.62%	1.86×
Taxa de engajamento	0.23%	1.52%	0.15×

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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

32.1K29 Apr

9.7K29 Jul

6.2K13 Aug

4K31 Aug

13.2K

3.1K1 Sep

3.1K

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

0.39%29 Apr

0.22%29 Jul

1.72%13 Aug

0.15%31 Aug

1.29%

0.16%1 Sep

0.23%

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

What the audience does

Likes74.4%381 in total

Reposts3.7%19 in total

Replies7.4%38 in total

Quotes0.8%4 in total

Bookmarks13.7%70 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.