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Data updated 3 months ago
Engagement Rate
0.00%
Economics category average
Quality Score
Engagement vs Economics
0.00%category median
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Rational Optimist Society 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.
vs 11 newsletters in Economics
26K places you in the top 10% of newsletters in this category.
Posts per Week
0.9
median: 1.0
Publishing Consistency
57/100
median: 66/100
We don't have enough growth data for Rational Optimist Society yet. The average Economics newsletter has 2K subscribers.
Based on 182 Economics newsletters tracked
Subscribers
26K
median: 2K
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