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Data updated Yesterday
Avg Comments
25.8
Avg Likes
65.2
Engagement Rate
1.82%· ~91 likes + comments/post
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Quality Score
Engagement vs Media
1.82% engagement rate
Score Breakdown
Engagement Score
| Public |
| Colleges need to teach last-mile knowledgeCome down from the ladder of abstractionOct 8, 2026 | Public |
| How I look at buildings, with aphantasiaA photograph is not a substituteOct 3, 2026 | Public |
| Darwin and AIRelax. Humans are not degenerating.Sep 17, 2026 | Public |
| Aristotle and AIBefore tokens, wordsSep 11, 2026 | Public |
| “After the University” (Review)On Chad Wellmon’s newest higher ed bookSep 10, 2026 | Public |
| Just one more thing....What Columbo might say about the Hugging Face postmortems...Sep 4, 2026 | Public |
| Teaching the Ocean to SwimWhy LLMs keep failing their Big Five personality testsAug 27, 2026 | Public |
| The Medium Eats the MessageThe Singularity is Post-PrivacyAug 22, 2026 | Public |
| What a Time to Be an Agent!Anthropic’s agents assumed the worst of each other. My new paper explains why.Aug 19, 2026 | Public |
Publishing Frequency
Weekly
Last published Oct 22, 2026
Usually publishes Thu, Sat, Fri
1.4 posts/week avg
Media Pricing
$6/mo median
At average
Monetization Readiness
Already monetizing
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Start tracking — freeAnecdotal Value reports a rounded subscriber count of 5K. The platform doesn't expose finer-grained numbers, so week-to-week changes below the rounding threshold aren't visible in a chart.
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vs 252 newsletters in Media
5K places you in the top 50% of newsletters in this category.
Posts per Week
1.4
median: 2.6
Publishing Consistency
74/100
median: 75/100
Subscribers
5K
median: 4K
Rough Transition
5K subs
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5K subs
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