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Followers
9.4K
Account age
1 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$53 – $86 / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
5
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2024
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: "We propose “networked proximity” – a model in which local livea · 21 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
28 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
5.8×
Follows 1.6K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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New #TalkingHeadways Lisa Jerram of APTA and Philip Plotch of @enotrans.bsky.social join the show to talk about Bus Customization - link.theoverheadwire.com/vcyrh @usa.streetsblog.org
Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Maryland's case for a statewide housing revolving fund link.theoverheadwire.com/7a34f Maryland Matters
Wednesday's Most Read # 2 - Move over, zoning. Housing’s unsung hero is better street design. link.theoverheadwire.com/k7f49 Planetizen
Wednesday's Most Read # 3 - Greener streets may improve sleep link.theoverheadwire.com/fvupg Pragmatika
Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - To Save Japan’s Heritage Homes, People Are Shipping Them Across the World link.theoverheadwire.com/q9ntu @nytimes.com
Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - World’s tallest hybrid timber tower tops out in Sydney link.theoverheadwire.com/4p7dv @archinect.bsky.social
Tuesday's Most Read # 3 - The rent was already high. Then came the $200 work-from-home fee link.theoverheadwire.com/frvpa @usatoday.com
Monday's Most Read # 1 - Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It. link.theoverheadwire.com/hydjv @nytimes.com
Monday's Most Read # 2 - When Home Equity Isn’t Enough: The Challenge Facing House-Rich, Income-Poor Older Adults link.theoverheadwire.com/eac6g @shelterforce.bsky.social
Monday's Most Read # 3 - In Philadelphia’s Chinatown, a Fight to Restore Funding for a Critical Highway Cap link.theoverheadwire.com/uxc7d @insideclimatenews.org
"People will walk three miles inside of this big ... store but they have to park on the front step. They could just park in the back of the parking lot but no, they have to get their Toyota Tundra in that parking spot currently held by a l…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@theoverheadwire.com
The handle is the domain theoverheadwire.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real theoverheadwire.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Nov 2024
Joined after Bluesky opened to the public — a settled account with a real history.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2024 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 5 views per post.
📤Posts about 28× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated38/100
Low
Credibility score
68%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 68% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Jeff Wood is the host of the Talking Headways podcast and the publisher of The Overhead Wire daily newsletter. http://theoverheadwire.com
Sign up for our 20 year old daily newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/theoverheadwire/trial
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