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A newsletter that mixes insights from the history of the digital future (#WIREDarchive) with observations and rants about the state of politics today. Basically a blog for your inbox.
Data updated 1 month ago
Engagement Rate
0.00%
Media category average
Quality Score
Engagement vs Media
0.00%category median
The Future, Now and Then hasn't published recently
Last post was 3 months ago. Growth, revenue and CPM projections assume ongoing activity, so they're hidden until posting resumes.
We don't have enough growth data for The Future, Now and Then yet. The average Media newsletter has 2K subscribers.
Based on 813 Media newsletters tracked
vs 252 newsletters in Media
11K places you in the top 25% of newsletters in this category.
Posts per Week
1.0
median: 1.2
Subscribers
11K
median: 2K
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10K subs
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13K subs
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13K subs
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