Patrick Collison @patrickc on X (Twitter): stats, voice and strategy
Patrick Collison (@patrickc) is an X (Twitter) creator with 1.8M followers who posts most about Internet Commerce & Financial Infrastructure. Across their last 200 posts they average a 0.58% engagement rate and 0.52 posts a day, busiest on Mondays.
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- Followers
- 1.8M
- Following
- 29
- Posts on X
- 10.3K
- Engagement rate
- 0.58%
- Posts a day
- 0.52
- Reply share
- 1%
Counts as of ; averages from @patrickc's last 200 posts. Engagement rate is likes, reposts and replies divided by views, averaged per post. View @patrickc on X
@patrickc 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 Patrick Collison chose.
How @patrickc's posts perform
An average @patrickc post gets 1.8K likes, 107 replies and 127 reposts from 530.2K views.
Per post, on average
- Likes
- 1.8K
- Reposts
- 127
- Replies
- 107
- Views
- 530.2K
- Median length
- 177 chars
- Posts analyzed
- 200
Format mix
- With media
- 46%
- With links
- 43%
- Ask a question
- 14%
- Part of a thread
- 0%
Share of @patrickc's last 200 posts. Replies make up 1% of their output.
When does @patrickc post?
@patrickc posts about 4 times a week, most often on Mondays and between 15:00 and 18:00 UTC. Engagement is cooling: 0.63% across the older half of recent posts, 0.54% across the newer half.
Cooling
0.63% to 0.54% (−0.09 pts, down)
Oldest half of recent posts against the newest half.
The busiest day and window are in amber. Hours are UTC.
What does @patrickc post about?
Most often Internet Commerce & Financial Infrastructure (40% of recent posts), then AI & Agentic Workflows (25%), Aesthetics & Built Environments (15%), Science & Bio-Tech Discovery (10%) and Cultural Criticism & Reading (10%).
Patrick Collison writes with a high-bandwidth, polymathic, and optimistic tone that bridges the gap between deep-tech engineering and cultural history. His persona is that of a intellectually curious…
What they post about
- Internet Commerce & Financial Infrastructure
- 40%
- AI & Agentic Workflows
- 25%
- Aesthetics & Built Environments
- 15%
- Science & Bio-Tech Discovery
- 10%
- Cultural Criticism & Reading
- 10%
Words they lean on
- new×87 uses
- stripe×75 uses
- much×53 uses
- many×45 uses
- time×44 uses
What works for @patrickc
The 'Founder-Researcher' Insight
He frames corporate updates as discoveries rather than PR, making product announcements feel like a natural extension of his intense intellectual curiosity.
One of 4 patterns. The rest are in the full analysis.
It is increasingly clear that agents will be responsible for most transactions in the not overly distant future.
@patrickc's top recent posts
What the full analysis adds
The full analysis of @patrickc 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 @patrickc's analysis
- 5 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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