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A pandora's box of books and culture recs. I hack through the cultural overload so you don't have to.
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Avg Comments
32.8
Avg Likes
165.7
Engagement Rate
0.10%· ~198 likes + comments/post
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Typical for lists with 200K+ subscribers
Quality Score
Engagement vs Culture
0.10% engagement rate
Score Breakdown
Engagement Score
| Subscriber-only |
| I don’t believe in beach reads.... but if I did, this would be my beach read of the yearQueenie’s back!Aug 22, 2026 | Public |
| Bits #82A big ole download of things to read, watch, listen toAug 20, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Why has the world gone nuts for horny fiction?One romance reader breaks down the billion dollar genre's appealAug 9, 2026 | Public |
| Bits #81things to read, watch, listen to and chew overAug 6, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| 2 Girls 1 Book: Kin by Tayari Jones8 years after the Women's Prize-winning An American Marriage, novelist Tayari Jones is backJul 31, 2026 | Public |
| Bits #80: GUEST EDIT by Lucy WilliamsThe creator and curator on her favourite things to read, watch, listen to and travel toJul 22, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Sorting through my book piles + figuring out what to read nexthow the sausage gets madeJul 18, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Bits #79craniometry, the decline of booze, writing scandals + mediocre tv recs. Plus, the best podcast I've listened to this yearJul 16, 2026 | Subscriber-only |
| Everything I've read in 2026 so farthat I can remember/ locateJul 10, 2026 | Public |
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Engagement Rate
0.10%
median: 0.01%
Posts per Week
1.5
median: 1.0
Publishing Consistency
77/100
median: 67/100
Subscribers
200K
median: 1K
Here's what we know about this newsletter's activity:
Publishing Pace
Weekly
Consistent
Category Rank
#14 of 3137
in Culture
Engagement Trend
Rising
based on recent posts
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68K subs
++5.7%/wk
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67K subs
++0.8%/wk
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34K subs
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Publishing Frequency
Weekly
Last published Aug 25, 2026
Usually publishes Thu
1.5 posts/week avg
Culture Pricing
$5/mo median
Above average(+40%)
Monetization Readiness
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