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Avg Comments
13.8
Avg Likes
252.0
Engagement Rate
0.11%· ~266 likes + comments/post
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Typical for lists with 236K+ subscribers
Quality Score
Engagement vs Culture
0.11% engagement rate
Score Breakdown
Engagement Score
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| I'm tired of hearing about your politics on my books app This might be a little controversialJun 28, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Of books and boats In The Wind and the Willows, the Rat says it allJun 10, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| How wokeness made literary criticism worse Terry Eagleton, Edmund Wilson and the shocking decline of criticismJun 2, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| 10 books for people who love rivers, summer and great literatureFind your perfect riverbank readMay 27, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Memorial Day belongs to the greatest war writer America ever producedHe paid the ultimate price.May 25, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| The Guardian’s Top 100 Novels list has a Hemingway problem Why literary elites keep trying to shrink HemingwayMay 19, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| 3 short books worth reading#1 will make you feel, #2 will make you think, #3 will make you madMay 13, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
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236K places you in the top 10% of newsletters in this category.
Engagement Rate
0.11%
median: 0.01%
Posts per Week
1.4
median: 1.0
Publishing Consistency
72/100
median: 65/100
Subscribers
236K
median: 1K
20.1K paid
Weekly Growth
+1.9%
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Publishing Frequency
Weekly
Last published Jul 13, 2026
Usually publishes Mon, Wed, Fri
1.4 posts/week avg
Culture Pricing
$5/mo median
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