Sam Altman @sama on X (Twitter): stats, voice and strategy
Sam Altman (@sama) is an X (Twitter) creator with 6.3M followers who posts most about Product Announcements. Across their last 200 posts they average a 0.86% engagement rate and 1.29 posts a day, busiest on Tuesdays.
Hook formulas, weaknesses and how to get their attention. Included in the free trial, then from $49 a month. See pricing
- Followers
- 6.3M
- Following
- 1K
- Posts on X
- 8K
- Engagement rate
- 0.86%
- Posts a day
- 1.29
- Reply share
- 0%
Counts as of ; averages from @sama's last 200 posts. Engagement rate is likes, reposts and replies divided by views, averaged per post. View @sama on X
@sama 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 Sam Altman chose.
How @sama's posts perform
An average @sama post gets 10.6K likes, 1.2K replies and 511 reposts from 1.8M views.
Per post, on average
- Likes
- 10.6K
- Reposts
- 511
- Replies
- 1.2K
- Views
- 1.8M
- Median length
- 93 chars
- Posts analyzed
- 200
Format mix
- With media
- 11%
- With links
- 12%
- Ask a question
- 3%
- Part of a thread
- 0%
Share of @sama's last 200 posts. Replies make up 0% of their output.
When does @sama post?
@sama posts about 1.3 times a day, most often on Tuesdays and between 18:00 and 21:00 UTC. Engagement is cooling: 0.95% across the older half of recent posts, 0.76% across the newer half.
Cooling
0.95% to 0.76% (−0.19 pts, down)
Oldest half of recent posts against the newest half.
The busiest day and window are in amber. Hours are UTC.
What does @sama post about?
Most often Product Announcements (35% of recent posts), then AI Safety & Governance (25%), Company Culture & Updates (20%) and Tech Industry Commentary (20%).
Direct, conversational, and deceptively simple. He balances the gravity of an AI pioneer with a self-aware, 'founder-as-a-fan' enthusiasm for his own products.
What they post about
- Product Announcements
- 35%
- AI Safety & Governance
- 25%
- Company Culture & Updates
- 20%
- Tech Industry Commentary
- 20%
Words they lean on
- work×35 uses
- model×31 uses
- good×26 uses
- people×25 uses
- want×25 uses
What works for @sama
The 'Understatement' Flex
Distills world-altering technological breakthroughs into casual, human-readable snippets, creating a stark contrast between his tone and the magnitude of the news.
One of 4 patterns. The rest are in the full analysis.
we made a chip and it is fast
@sama's top recent posts
What the full analysis adds
The full analysis of @sama 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 @sama'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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