ILIAS ISM @illyism on X (Twitter): stats, voice and strategy
ILIAS ISM (@illyism) is an X (Twitter) creator with 29.7K followers who posts most about SEO Strategy. Across their last 200 posts they average a 0.81% engagement rate and 1.45 posts a day, busiest on Tuesdays.
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- Followers
- 29.7K
- Following
- 1.5K
- Posts on X
- 17.1K
- Engagement rate
- 0.81%
- Posts a day
- 1.45
- Reply share
- 0%
Counts as of ; averages from @illyism's last 200 posts. Engagement rate is likes, reposts and replies divided by views, averaged per post. View @illyism on X
@illyism is The Analyst
Brings receipts. Every take arrives with data attached.
- Evidence over vibes
- Long-form depth
- Contrarian when earned
One of six archetypes Xpert reads from the published numbers: topics, cadence, reply habits and format mix. It is a heuristic label, not one ILIAS ISM chose.
How @illyism's posts perform
An average @illyism post gets 117 likes, 16 replies and 4 reposts from 47.6K views.
Per post, on average
- Likes
- 117
- Reposts
- 4
- Replies
- 16
- Views
- 47.6K
- Median length
- 179 chars
- Posts analyzed
- 200
Format mix
- With media
- 64%
- With links
- 59%
- Ask a question
- 14%
- Part of a thread
- 0%
Share of @illyism's last 200 posts. Replies make up 0% of their output.
When does @illyism post?
@illyism posts about 1.5 times a day, most often on Tuesdays and between 15:00 and 18:00 UTC. Engagement is heating up: 0.72% across the older half of recent posts, 0.9% across the newer half.
Heating up
0.72% to 0.9% (+0.18 pts, up)
Oldest half of recent posts against the newest half.
The busiest day and window are in amber. Hours are UTC.
What does @illyism post about?
Most often SEO Strategy (40% of recent posts), then AI Agents & Tooling (30%), SaaS Growth & Indie Hacking (20%) and Digital Nomad Lifestyle (10%).
Direct, contrarian, and data-obsessed. He speaks with the dry, high-velocity tone of a veteran builder who favors technical pragmatism over marketing fluff.
What they post about
- SEO Strategy
- 40%
- AI Agents & Tooling
- 30%
- SaaS Growth & Indie Hacking
- 20%
- Digital Nomad Lifestyle
- 10%
Words they lean on
- seo×69 uses
- google×45 uses
- backlinks×31 uses
- blog×24 uses
- every×24 uses
What works for @illyism
The 'SEO Roast' audit
Demonstrates authority by applying specific technical critiques to real sites, turning a helpful service into public proof of competence.
One of 4 patterns. The rest are in the full analysis.
I just roasted a startup funding database with 10,000 pages and 0 organic traffic.
@illyism's top recent posts
What the full analysis adds
The full analysis of @illyism goes past the public numbers: the hooks they rely on, the patterns that work, the weaknesses holding the account back, and how to get their attention.
The rest of @illyism's analysis
- 6 opening-hook formulas, as reusable templates
- 3 more what-works patterns with real quotes
- 3 weaknesses holding the account back
- How to get their attention: what to reply to, in what tone
- 6 more top posts plus cadence detail
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